Here is a Great Non-GMO Shopping Guide - Check it Out

For packaged foods, your best option is to avoid any food containing corn, soy, canola, or sugar (unless specified from cane sugar). That means avoiding most packaged foods. For the packaged foods you still need or want to buy, below are some options that will help you significantly reduce your exposure to GMOs.

For meat, dairy, and eggs, the products in the grocery store almost always come from large-scale confinement operations that feed large quantities of GMO corn and soy. So your best option it to buy from local farmers and ask them what they feed their animals. Optimally, you want to buy from a farmer that raises 100% grass-fed livestock or use non-GMO feed (either grains that have not been genetically engineered, such as barley, oats and wheat, or certified organic feed, or feed tested for GMO contamination).

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WHAT TO BUY? Here are some explanations of the various labels on food:

USDA Organic
Note: USDA Organic products cannot intentionally be made with genetically engineered ingredients. Because of the widespread planting of GMO crops, there may be some level of contamination in organic crops, but it’s much lower than in conventional crops.

NON-GMO Project Verified
Note: Products labeled with the NON-GMO Project seal have been tested for GMO content and have been found to have no more than 0.9% GMOs, the same standard as the European Union.

MicroGreens Making Headlines - now in DC

People are becoming aware all over America.  Rising healthcare costs, education about non-GMO and organic foods being healthier for humans has contributed to the incredible increase in interest about MicroGreens.  Americans want better food and they are engaging farmers to provide it.  Simply stated MicroGreens HAVE HIGHER NUTRITION.

CHECK OUT FULL STORY HERE - OR WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW

News about the surprisingly-high nutritional content of microgreens – tiny seedlings of various vegetables and herbs – continues to spread across the country. - See more at: http://agnr.umd.edu/news/video-mighty-microgreens-continue-make-headlines#sthash.64nFBiKT.dpuf

News about the surprisingly-high nutritional content of microgreens – tiny seedlings of various vegetables and herbs – continues to spread across the country. - See more at: http://agnr.umd.edu/news/video-mighty-microgreens-continue-make-headlines#sthash.64nFBiKT.dpuf

News about the surprisingly-high nutritional content of microgreens – tiny seedlings of various vegetables and herbs – continues to spread across the country. - See more at: http://agnr.umd.edu/news/video-mighty-microgreens-continue-make-headlines#sthash.64nFBiKT.dpuf

A Real MicroGreens Inspiration in the North West - Coming Soon to the North East

Enjoy this video.  We have spoken with Stacey several times.  MicroGreensNH is developing something like Nomadic Chef in New Hampshire.

What Would You Ask a Plant if You Knew They Could Communicate with You?

Check out Dropping Knowledge. http://www.droppingknowledge.org/bin/posts/focus/40863.page

Just left this question at Dropping Knowledge:

If you knew plants felt emotions, had a nervous system, and could respond to your thoughts ... what would you ask them?  by MicroGreensShaman

Please click on the Dialogue link above and tell me what you think about the question. 

A MicroGreens Shaman's Question

I was thinking today about what a MicroGreens Shaman really is.  Is it merely someone who knows everything these might be to know about growing and marketing microgreens?  Some might ask is it really more than that?  Maybe it's being in pursuit the spirit of the plants and what they have to tell us about matters of interest to humanity ... to sustainability.  Maybe it's about how microgreens relate to the health of body and of our spirit when we grow them and eat them.  Maybe about our intentions and how they influence plants.

Searching I pulled from the shelves Stephen Harrod Buhner's book Sacred Plant Medicine - The Wisdom of Native American Herbalism  After all MicroGreens are herbs right?  If you have read any of  Stephen's multiple works, you will know he is a truly gifted healer and a shaman in the truest sense of the word.

Not surprisingly, he quotes another favorite author and healer of mine:  Joan Halifax.  she writes:

"Shaman song, therefore, represents a profound relationship between spirit and matter.  The spirit of breath, emerging from within the human organism in the form of a song, can be likened to the illumined soul shining through human eyes."

More will be coming on the subject of MicroGreens and their spirit, their healing properties, how to use them in food, teas, and herbal preparations and much more.  Please check back.  Watch this video playlist and learn like I did.  Namaste

MicroGreensNH believes Stacey Givens, proprietor of The Side Yard Farm has a great concept which is worthy of emulation all over America.  This is what micro-farming is about.

The Side Yard is a small scale urban farm located in the NE Cully Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon established in 2009. We provide local restaurants with creative organic produce and the community with food, education and opportunity. The farm is largely operated by volunteers who gain hands on experience with the seed to plate movement. The Side Yard offers 'Nomadic Chef' suppers & brunches, private catering, DIY workshops and kids camp. Their  focus is to provide local food for the local community, from the seeds they sow, animals they raise and to the craftsmanship they embrace.   They grow produce sustainably and ethically, with a creative touch. They are known for their micro crops, such as: micro breakfast radish, micro carrots, micro beets and more. The farm produces a wide range of seasonal veggies, fruits and culinary herbs that are harvested within hours of delivery to ensure quality and freshness.

MicroGreensNH believes Urban Farm Guys are inspiring to every person across this country.  Great work.