Mary Crimmins

It’s that time of the year again, and I thought I’d give you all some adorable gift suggestions for your favorite locavore (or foodie). One of my favorite sites for handmade gifts is the website Etsy. You can find a huge variety of crafts and items that help support individual artists and business owners. And [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how cleaver our marketing agencies are. We have coined the “All-Natural” buzz word for just about everything these days. And of course it doesn’t mean jack. Our latest discovery of a major offender in the All Natural trend is Kashi. Kashi, a Kellogg company, has been a leader in the “All-Natural” [...]

Happy Leap Day All. What better way to celebrate an extra day with a giveaway. This is a giveaway that is near and dear to my heart. Last year I bought a basket at Whole Foods which immediately caught my eye. It was purple and orange and I knew I must have it, as that [...]

You may have noticed that it is the dead of winter,  but if you are a farmer or perhaps a gardener you know that this is the time of year when planning takes place. And the anticipated seed catalogs start making them into your mailbox. As one farmer put it: This year I am trying [...]

When we walk into a supermarket we are hit with an illusion of diversity. We have 50 options for cereal, cheese,yogurt, etc. In reality the majority of those options contain the same ingredients, and most of them will contain some form of corn. This commodity crop has become so cheap to produce, that we had such [...]

Several people have asked me what juicer I use, so I thought I would write a little post about it. I invested in an Omega 8006 which will run around $299 from Amazon. However, you can get the same juicer in a cheaper model that is white which is $259 and is called the Omega [...]

Alright folks, today’s giveaway in light of Cyber Monday is a fantastic book written by Leda Meredith entitled The Locavore’s Handbook. For those of you that think you can’t eat local because you are on a budget, have limited access to local food, or are simply too busy – this book is for you. To [...]