Experts Say Food May Contribute To Anger, Violent Behavior « CBS Boston

Experts Say Food May Contribute To Anger, Violent Behavior « CBS Boston

An interesting article to start my week - it will make me feel better about salad for lunch every day!



(SimplyRecipes.com)

Small Oil from Small Farms

Oil.  When you hear that word, do multi-country corporate conglomerates pop into your head, reminding you of oil spills, high gas prices, and sandy places?  Well, this post has nothing to do with big oil, it's about the 1/4 cup of cooking oil you may use in one recipe - let's call it "small" oil.  Where does that come from?     

Last month it was brought to my attention that cooking oil is commonly made from GMO plants, such as corn, canola, soybeans, etc.  Even plain old vegetable oil is not exempt from containing GMOs, to my surprise and dismay.  The lesson again is that GMOs are everywhere, they keep showing up in common foods that I thought were "safe"!

Since that time I have been thinking about how to get rid of this "hidden" GMO in my family's diet, including finding an oil that is typically not GMO, possibly one that is already on my conventional grocery store shelf.  I really like canola oil, but I thought I may even need to switch oil types.  We use oil for all sorts of things including baking mixes, cakes, sauteeing, frying, etc. so I needed something that was versatile.

Last night I found my own solution that tics some important boxes to me:  non-GMO, locally owned and processed, and sourced from small farmers in our region.  Solio Family Canola Oils are made from canola plants grown on small farms in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.  Apparently it's brand new (the website is still under construction) but I was impressed that the cost was the same as the health food store's own generic brand product that contains GMOs.  I'm looking forward to trying it out, and I can't wait to post the results.

http://soliofamily.com/