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Scary News about Meat

Scary News about Meat

Not that I eat a lot of meat to begin with… and less so now that I am dating a vegetarian, but this is scary news. I don’t think I will be ordering red meat at a restaurant again (even though steak may be one of my most favorite food items!).

I’m now on a mission to find local organic grass fed meat.
I know of Hemlock Hills. Anyone know of others?

If you are going to still purchase processed meat, I did a quick search online and found a few brands that sell sodium nitrate free products. Even Boars Head and Applegate are not entirely sodium-nitrate free, so pay attention to labels!

This however is not a credible source, printed in sensational style, and is definitely missing sources. Not to mention the publication date as being April fools! The New York Times recently published an article with similar danger, an conveys the danger in many red meats, without the sensations. This is the link.

CSA Goodies

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Face Scrub and Conditioner from Cold Spring Apothecary

Shop recommendation:

CSA – Cold Spring Apothecary
49 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY 10516

Website: http://www.coldspringapothecary.com/

I’m excited about these two new purchases!

The Cold Spring Apothecary on Main Street in Cold Spring, NY has a cute shop with lots of fantastic natural, small batch goodies. These two, face scrub made with only three ingredients (adzuki Beans, lavender essential oil, and baking soda) and Lavender Honey Conditioner, are both exciting finds for me.

I really want to find products that are made locally and are also natural and organic. Another thing that is important to me is that they be BPA (bisphenol-a) free as well. However, with the exception of places like LUSH (which not only is not local, it also can sometimes give me a headache just walking by due to the strong fragrance!) I haven’t found too many options that I like.  I have a few other local brands on the list that I’d like to try and will hopefully get to soon.

As for the CSA products, I’ve used them twice so far, and I like what I’ve found. Hope I like them as much by the end of the bottles!

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Store front sign of Cold Spring Apothecary