May 1, 2009
When a tree suffers stress, you can see it in its rings. Whether drought, disease, or fire, times of stress are permanently etched and visible to the naked eye. Have you ever thought to think the same might happen to our food? It does. Stress can permanently, and negatively, influence the taste and texture of [...]
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November 9, 2008
A lot of people have asked me why grass-fed (what I like to call grass-only) beef is more expensive, given that the ranchers / graziers don’t have to give the cattle growth hormones or preventative antibiotics to improve their, er, ability to get big fast. Well, that’s one of the points, grass-only beef takes longer [...]
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