Back to the Basics

I grew up on a farm. I also grew up with a grandmother who had a garden big enough to feed the entire community. At least that what me and my sisters thought after spending hours picking and snapping beans, shelling peas and shucking corn. Of course, we complained.   But I now cherish those memories and realize my grandmother and my farming family whose produce surrounded us, sustained us. 

Farmer’s markets are everywhere. Even larger grocers are realizing that consumers want to buy local and fresh. What can be better than buying your vegetables and fruits directly from the grower?   If you haven’t made a trip lately, get back to the basics. Visit your local farmer’s market. Stop at the roadside stand that you pass by every day. Prepare meals for your family with ingredients that have are natural and have names that you can pronounce.

A common ingredient in the top dryer sheets? Dipalmethyl Hydroxyethylammoinum Methosulfate. Doesn’t sound very natural, does it? I’m proud to say that LooHoos contain only one natural ingredient. Wool. That’s it. No fillers, no additives, no chemicals or preservatives. Just plain wool.

Have you ever been shocked at some of the ingredients in food or products that you have purchased?