KNIKA
KNIKA produces content relative to appreciating the raw gifts that earth has to offer. KNIKA highlights health conscious content such as: education on the importance of consuming fruits, vegetables; organic farming, and sustainable gardening.
The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth
This a great book, written by Nutritionist, Dr. Jonny Bowden! I bought it many months ago from Barnes & Noble. It is a great reference book for all the nutritionists out there.
Some of the top foods listed are:
- Blueberries
- Spinach
- Grass Fed Beef
- Eggs
Visit Jonny Bowden’s site for more info.
Food Crisis in Niger
NY Times Article Article by Adam Nossiter. Photos by Jane Hahn Click here to see the slide show
Niger is facing a food crisis, a grimly familiar predicament in a vast desert country with an explosive birthrate and rudimentary agriculture. Rains and crops failed last year — rainfall was about 70 percent below normal in the region — and now half the population of 15 million faces food shortages, officials say. Thus it was in 2005, 1985 and 1974.
Is the US giving them food as we speak? I want to know.
I just found this article online. The World Food Program (United Nations) is providing aid to Niger.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63Q3GX20100427
“Holmes responded: “We do not have a miracle solution but we’ll do our best.” The U.N. is running a food-for-work program for villagers who remain, paying them for clearing the main road threatened by the encroaching desert.
Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said less than a third of the $190 million it is seeking from international donors to respond to the crisis has been raised.”
Earth Day
Mr. Thoreau
Today is Earth Day. What does that mean, well we need to appreciate the Earth.
Grab, Henry Thoreau’s Walden and venture out in the forest and read it as you appreciate the natural woods of the earth.
Links on Earth Day
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Eco/earth-day-2010-40-years-earth-day/story?id=10446923
Apples smiles
Ingredients: apples, peanut butter, marshmallows.
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Take two slices of apples (use an apple slicer)
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Spread peanut butter on each side.
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Then place marshmallows in-between the apples slices
Béa's site: La Tartine Gourmande
Please check out this beautiful site by the name of La Tartine Gourmande
It is simply beautiful. The author is a photographer and writer and she loves to write about food as well as share amazing recipes with her audience. This is not your ordinary food blog, she utilizes the art of storytelling as she describes her food adventures. As you read, you feel like you are right there with her picking the tomatoes off the vine and bringing them back to the kitchen to dice and season. By the way, the photo above was taken by her. Beautiful, right?
Song of the day - In this world by Reflection Eternal
