Life With a Golden Heart

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Iowa Senate Panel Holds Hearing on GMO Labeling Bill Occupy Monsanto

While this bill had no real chance of passing, it does demonstrate that change is coming.

The State Senate of Iowa held a hearing Wednesday on a law to implement labeling GMOs in the state for the first time. It would label all products containing GMOs except for in meat, alcohol, and organics (organics are already controlled to be as non-GMO as possible in the current environment). Quite interestingly, not even the most fervent supporters of the bill believed it had a chance, but the committee held the public hearing anyway for educational purposes and to raise awareness on this issue which is heading for the forefront of public debate in many arenas around the country.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Roasted Rainbow Carrots Recipe 2 Ways-Sweet & Savory-Healthy Side Dish — Family Fresh Cooking

Roasted Rainbow Carrots Recipe 2 Ways-Sweet & Savory-Healthy Side Dish — Family Fresh Cooking

The pics are gorgeous, and the recipes sound divine! Great side for Ostara or Easter. The recipes and pictures come from Marla Meredith at Family Fresh Cooking.

For her savory version she roasted the carrots in garlic sea salt and melted ghee. And then finished the carrots with more melted ghee and chopped fresh herbs.

For her sweeter version, she roasted the carrots with unrefined coconut oil, pure maple syrup, a pinch of salt and some cinnamon. Could be a dessert or side…they are delightfully sweet.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Pin Addiction - or would that be Pinterest-itis?

I saw people ~~talking~~ typing about Pinterest and thought it was one of the ~~stupidest~~ silliest things. I couldn't figure out why someone would need it, never mind use it. Of course, my organization skills are on the pile level - I know what is in each pile and the order of the piles, but it doesn't get much better. And to think in the 80s I worked as a file clerk. I think it damaged me for life!

Now I can't stop pinning. There's so much info out there that I didn't know I wanted to know and reference! Who knew?! And then I found this program that downloads ALL YOUR PINS TO THE LINKS!!! - right to your computer. Woo-hoo! Can't beat that. As long as I have my solar charger, I can get all my info without having it all printed out. (Yay, saving trees!)

I started off with basic boards - health, religion, gardening, hair, prepping, food - the usual girly stuff. Then I noticed I couldn't find stuff. I KNEW I read/saw an article, and then couldn't find the thing after pinning. So I reorganized. So then I started breaking out my boards when they had good subgroups in them. Now, I've gotten 139 boards and over 12,000 pins.

So, for the crafters out there, here's a quick list of my crafting boards.

For the Crafters:

Neat Crafts :