If you buy salmon at the local big box store and think you’re eating healthy you may want to read this article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/world/americas/27salmon.html?ex=1364356800&en=4b2fce1db851825c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
I don’t mean to say don’t eat it…just check the package and see if it was caught in the wild or raised in an underwater pen in the waters off Chile.
This time of year I’m thumbing through my seed catalogs and dreaming about vegetables. My garden plot calls to me when I go feed the horses and these global warming induced days of 65 degrees in january are no help. It feels like spring around here even though my mind knows it’s the “dead of [...]
There’s more over at www.opensecrets.org but I found this list over at www.capitaleye.org just in time for your last minute holiday shopping. Isn’t it nice to know where your money goes after it leaves your hands? -val
Barnes and Noble
2006 total contributions: $156,180 (84 percent to Democrats)
2008 total contributions: $55,067 (100 percent to Democrats)
No. 1 recipient [...]
Subaru figured it out awhile ago. Lesbians have money to spend and no one’s advertising to them specifically. When I watched an old episode of L-Word recently Dana (our favorite tennis star next to Martina) mentioned them. I’m sure they paid for a mention in the hottest lesbian soap opera.
Check out this article I found [...]
Here is a woman blogging about shopping and Chineese Imports, Walmart etc. She’s going natural and sharing her experiences.
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-qBweSVs9dKqgMCcUe7QjqhFw;_ylt=AqCJyG.EEy6Iyx.1_hHWzkGkAOJ3
I found out about her when I read a blog on women’s space about a pair of flip flops this woman bought at walmart. no telling what is in the material but it looks like they burned [...]
I have decided to start documenting my research & experiences as I learn how to put my (our) money where my mouth is and buy “green.” I want to stop using stores that employ “slave labor” in foreign countries in sweatshops so they can advertise “Low, Low Prices.” I want to stop shopping with companies [...]
I am still on my search for a new pair of sneakers. I’ve been wearing New balance until I read the following…
Of the major shoe manufacturers New Balance is typically considered more responsible than the rest. The company vows strict labor standards for its factories in the US as well as internationally, however watchdog groups [...]
