Tweet Written by: Stephanie Hsieh Last month Seattle-based artisan chocolate makers Theo Chocolate, in partnership with the Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), have released two Congo chocolate bars made using organic, fair trade cocoa sourced from Congolese farmers. The ECI is a non-profit organization founded by actor and director Ben Affleck. The organization takes a two-pronged [...]
Tweet Written by: Brittany Bluford Houston- July 19 carries many historical events: Apollo II orbited the moon, Christa McAuliffe was chosen for space flight and XXVI Olympic games opened in Atlanta, Georgia. A Houston restaurant also shares a memorable moment on this popular date. On July 19, 2012 Sorrel Urban Bistro, the farm-to-table eatery named [...]
Tweet A new study has emerged that tell us it is fine for pregnant women who love their morning coffee to be able to consume a moderate amount of caffeine at maximum of 200 milligrams per day. The new findings could bring some elation to women who suffer from fatigue and really miss that latte [...]
Tweet Fruits Watches by Fruitz with proprietary Natural Frequency Technology Fruits watches, produced by Fruitz, have been creating quite a buzz lately, not only because of the brand’s fashion appeal and fun image, but also because of the natural frequency technology embedded in each watch. The concept behind Fruitz is that just as fruits provide [...]
Tweet Recently McDonald’s made it’s Wi-Fi Internet service available free in around 12,000 locations in the United States. This trend is has been growing over the last few years, and now Starbucks has decided to go in on the deal in its locations in the United States and Canada. Starbucks hopes to encourage patrons to [...]
Tweet If you have attended college on a shoestring budget you may be one of the thousands of students who choose a diet consisting of ramen style noodles that are quick to fix and great tasting, but lack nutritional value. A recent study in Australia found that those who consumed mostly ramen style noodles put [...]
Tweet School is out and parents are stocking up for lunches their children can eat at home. The only problem is they may be also bringing in food born illnesses courtesy of Con Agra Foods. The CDC reported in April and May fourteen states had outbreaks of salmonella poisoning. The foods that were linked to [...]
Tweet When visiting the Magic Power Coffee website you will find a sparkling cup of joe underneath a couple who apparently just had a drink, but what the enticing page doesn’t tell the reader is that the FDA has put an official warning out to consumers that this love concoction could spell disaster for your [...]
Tweet Producers of coffee need to take notice of a growing demand for Fair Trade organic beans. In 2009 alone the market sales were at 1.4 billion dollars, which blows away the standard coffee competition. This is evidenced in the last four years where organic coffee demand has increased by 21 percent on average, compared [...]
Tweet Agriculture in the United States could see a big boost over the next year as the U.S. Department of Agriculture aggressively promotes exporting fruit products to countries like China and Canada. Currently there is a large demand for our agricultural produce such as fresh fruits and vegetables and nuts, especially in Hong Kong. Since [...]
