A New Enzyme Found in Compost Just Set a Speed Record For Breaking Down Plastic

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-newly-found-enzyme-sets-a-speed-record-for-breaking-down-plastic/amp

Living Soil Film

This 60-minute documentary features innovative farmers and soil health experts from throughout the U.S. Our soils support 95 percent of all food production, and by 2060, our soils will be asked to give us as much food as we have consumed in the last 500 years. They filter our water. They are one of our most cost-effective reservoirs for sequestering carbon. They are our foundation for biodiversity. (more)

Good News Friday: National Geographic Ditches Plastic Magazine Wrappers

From: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/editor-letter-plastic-planet-waste-pollution-crisis/ As part of their planet or plastic campaign, which aims to inform consumers about plastic waste and encourage cutting out single use plastics, National Geographic has gotten rid of the plastic wrappers on their magazines. Subscribers of their magazine in the U.S., U.K., and India will now receive their magazines wrapped in a …

Good News Friday: Midwestern Farms Sequester Carbon

30 years ago, farmers stopped leaving their fields fallow during the summer months, in favor of planting seasonal shallow root cash and food crops. Interestingly, it increased the probability of rainfall.

If it’s naturally occuring, it probably won’t kill you

This is where it really started.  Before organics.  Before cutting out processed foods.  The focus was on whether or not the food could be classified as "real." Remember those commercials about high fructose corn syrup?  You know, the ones that show people enjoying a popsicle, or fruit-flavored colorful sugar water (with Vitamin C!) at a …

We really like food

Although you might not believe us, we really do like food. Now, bear with us for a second; we know we're both skinny, and we've been accused of not eating enough, but we really do eat. We like food so much that we have various cookbooks that we read and research in order to make …

We started a blog “together”

We have been learning and changing quite a bit (a lot) since we got married in September of 2009. Now, we figured that we would share some of these changes/ramblings with the people in our lives. We hope you enjoy or maybe even learn a little bit by reading our random thoughts.