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Farmers’ Market at the Arts Center

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Come and check out the great lineup of vendors that we have for the 2nd Annual Loco for Local Evening Farmers’ Market at the Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado.  We have delicious local food, music and entertainment, as well as local arts!

Check out the entire event-flier HERE—>>> L4L 2010_Event Information_5.9.10

Here are our vendors to-date:

Fresh Breads & Pastries
Hanagan Farms
A Wren’s Nest Farm
Country Roots Farm
Cattleman’s Choice Beef
Sunflower Valley Goat Dairy
Medina Farms
JC Tamales
Sassy Shack Salsa
Pueblo Recycling Park
Dirty Mountain Glassworks
Shiloh Ridge Glass
Sustainable Fort Carson
Pueblo Performing Arts Guild
That’s Natural! Featured Flavors
The Good American Post
Contact us if you would like to participate!
719-210-8273
thats.natural.info@gmail.com

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Pesticide Exposure Linked to ADHD

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Some of our readers know (but certainly not everyone), that the reason that I started That’s Natural! in the first place was because of how sick I got from what I believe to be exposure to pesticides as a child growing up on a small farm in Southern Colorado.

Pesticides, especially those containing organophosphates, are incredibly unhealthy.  It appears that the pesticides act on the same brain chemicals that are related to ADHD, in this particular instance.

Many pesticides are neuro-toxins, or they affect the nervous-system of the pests that they are targeted to kill.  Although most of these pesticides have been approved for use, there is really no telling how dangerous they are in minute quantities over a period of time or as they interact with other chemicals that a human may be exposed to.

How to alleviate concern of exposure?  KNOW YOUR FARMER.  Period.  Find out who is growing your food.  Even if the food is natural or organic – KNOW THE FARMER, KNOW THE COMPANY.  Trust no one and be an avid consumer.  Your health is depending on it.

Read the whole article HERE.

- Tisha Casida, Publisher

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Seed Banks – This Spring Buy Heirloom and Heritage Varieties

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

It is that time of year when you are beginning to feel Spring in the air (except in Colorado where it was snowing today), and that means time for planting.  As I watch the baby calves, chicks, ducklings, and kids (goat-youth, that is) frolic around in the warm air, I am inspired to again try to grow something.

Hopefully you are too, and you are most likely better at it than I am.  So please send us your stories, as we would like to incorporate them here, and in our publication.

I had found a couple of websites dedicated to saving seeds, specifically heirloom varieties, you can read that post here: Seed Banks – Saving History & Agriculture.

It’s important to support local, and it is also important to support companies and businesses that garner sustainability.  Support companies and organizations that protect agriculture and embrace sustainability by avoiding practices that have to do with the genetic modification of our food.

-Tisha Casida

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Health & Wellness – Introduction

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Health & Wellness. It is about more than counting calories and watching one’s weight. It is also about being an AWARE Consumer and knowing EXACTLY what is going into one’s body.

Look at the labels. Start researching products and ingredients that you do not know about. Does the product claim to be “Natural” – find out if it really is. BE AN AWARE CONSUMER.

At That’s Natural! we look at “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”.

What are the “Bad” products in our society’s food supply and environment? What are the “Ugly” consequences of continuously consuming or being exposed to these products? What are the “Good” products and services that we can take advantage of to make our lives and communities HEALTHIER and SUSTAINABLE?

TAKE A LOOK at the “That’s Health & Wellness” Talk-Cast at the bottom of this blog!

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