My Health Forward Blog
April Seasonal Produce Guide
Sourcing in-season produce ensures your food contains the most nutrients and flavor. Here is a list of domestically grown produce that is harvested in April! All heirloom seed orders on...
April Seasonal Produce Guide
Sourcing in-season produce ensures your food contains the most nutrients and flavor. Here is a list of domestically grown produce that is harvested in April! All heirloom seed orders on...
PFAS in Fruits & Vegetables
Forever chemicals are being detected in all types of everyday items from packaging to cookware to rain jackets and now food. A new Environmental Working Group report detected PFAS forever chemicals in...
PFAS in Fruits & Vegetables
Forever chemicals are being detected in all types of everyday items from packaging to cookware to rain jackets and now food. A new Environmental Working Group report detected PFAS forever chemicals in...
Keeping Ticks Away
As we all await the sunny, warm spring days outside in our garden, there’s one thing to not look forward to, ticks. The early spring when temperatures rise above freezing...
Keeping Ticks Away
As we all await the sunny, warm spring days outside in our garden, there’s one thing to not look forward to, ticks. The early spring when temperatures rise above freezing...
GMO Seeds Sold to Home Gardeners
You’ve been assured that GMOs will never be available for home gardening, but this hasn’t been the case for over two years. In 2024, a biotech company backed by the...
GMO Seeds Sold to Home Gardeners
You’ve been assured that GMOs will never be available for home gardening, but this hasn’t been the case for over two years. In 2024, a biotech company backed by the...
Time's Up for the Big Four Meatpackers
The Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act hopes "to restore competition in the meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers, and for...
Time's Up for the Big Four Meatpackers
The Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act hopes "to restore competition in the meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers, and for...
Stop Wasting Broccoli's Nutrients
More than two-thirds of broccoli’s nutrients end up in your compost or trash bin. In fact, only roughly 15% of broccoli’s total biomass is typically consumed. The nutrients you’re unknowingly...
Stop Wasting Broccoli's Nutrients
More than two-thirds of broccoli’s nutrients end up in your compost or trash bin. In fact, only roughly 15% of broccoli’s total biomass is typically consumed. The nutrients you’re unknowingly...
Stop Spraying Dandelions
Dandelions are your friends, not your enemies. Spraying dandelions with herbicides like Roundup will poison your lawn and pollinators. Additionally, you will waste a natural source of medicine. Dandelions have...
Stop Spraying Dandelions
Dandelions are your friends, not your enemies. Spraying dandelions with herbicides like Roundup will poison your lawn and pollinators. Additionally, you will waste a natural source of medicine. Dandelions have...
March Seasonal Produce
Sourcing in-season produce ensures your food contains the most nutrients and flavor. Here is a list of domestically grown produce that is harvested in March! Kale Broccoli Avocado Asparagus Bok...
March Seasonal Produce
Sourcing in-season produce ensures your food contains the most nutrients and flavor. Here is a list of domestically grown produce that is harvested in March! Kale Broccoli Avocado Asparagus Bok...
Succession Planting Guide
Planning your garden to continually sow the same seeds in succession will ensure you have prolonged harvests. Succession planting is especially effective for fast growing cool weather crops that cannot...
Succession Planting Guide
Planning your garden to continually sow the same seeds in succession will ensure you have prolonged harvests. Succession planting is especially effective for fast growing cool weather crops that cannot...
Beneficial Insects
Did you know that for every 1,700 insect species, only one of them is a pest? By focusing on spraying chemicals to target the one pest, all of the good...
Beneficial Insects
Did you know that for every 1,700 insect species, only one of them is a pest? By focusing on spraying chemicals to target the one pest, all of the good...
Soil Blocking
Black plastic seed growing trays have warnings for cancer and reproductive harm. The seed trays are made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate with the California proposition 65 warning. While the warning...
Soil Blocking
Black plastic seed growing trays have warnings for cancer and reproductive harm. The seed trays are made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate with the California proposition 65 warning. While the warning...
Plant Corn in Squares
Planting corn in rows sounds and looks intuitive but works against its biology. Corn (Zea mays) is a monoecious plant, so each plant produces both "male" and "female" flowers. The...
Plant Corn in Squares
Planting corn in rows sounds and looks intuitive but works against its biology. Corn (Zea mays) is a monoecious plant, so each plant produces both "male" and "female" flowers. The...
Leggy Seedlings
Leggy is a term used to describe seedlings that have thin, long stems and are focused more on growing up rather than developing leaves or roots. While more uncommon when...
Leggy Seedlings
Leggy is a term used to describe seedlings that have thin, long stems and are focused more on growing up rather than developing leaves or roots. While more uncommon when...
House Farm Bill Protects Pesticide Producers
The proposed U.S. House Farm Bill will give immunity to pesticide manufacturers from liability associated with adverse health effects or injuries from their chemicals. The bill will also remove local...
House Farm Bill Protects Pesticide Producers
The proposed U.S. House Farm Bill will give immunity to pesticide manufacturers from liability associated with adverse health effects or injuries from their chemicals. The bill will also remove local...
President Trump Promotes Glyphosate Production
Last night, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote increased production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate. Trump signed the Defense Production Act because “a lack of either chemical could leave our defense...
President Trump Promotes Glyphosate Production
Last night, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to promote increased production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate. Trump signed the Defense Production Act because “a lack of either chemical could leave our defense...
Don't Peel Carrots
Peeling carrots sounds like a healthy option until you discover what you’re discarding, phytonutrients! Carrot peels contain over half of the root’s total phytonutrient profile. The three major layers in...
Don't Peel Carrots
Peeling carrots sounds like a healthy option until you discover what you’re discarding, phytonutrients! Carrot peels contain over half of the root’s total phytonutrient profile. The three major layers in...
Grapefruit Seeds
Next time you’re eating a grapefruit, don’t throw out its seeds! Grapefruit seeds can exert strong antimicrobial and antioxidant properties to potentially help with candida albicans, gastrointestinal issues, metabolic disorders,...
Grapefruit Seeds
Next time you’re eating a grapefruit, don’t throw out its seeds! Grapefruit seeds can exert strong antimicrobial and antioxidant properties to potentially help with candida albicans, gastrointestinal issues, metabolic disorders,...
Glyphosate in Bread
The Florida department of health is the latest group to detect glyphosate in a number of bread sold at the grocery store. Glyphosate can sprayed on grains at the late...
Glyphosate in Bread
The Florida department of health is the latest group to detect glyphosate in a number of bread sold at the grocery store. Glyphosate can sprayed on grains at the late...
February Seasonal Produce
Sourcing in-season produce ensures your food contains the most nutrients and flavors. Here is a list of produce that is domestically grown and harvested in February! Kale Broccoli Avocado Asparagus...
February Seasonal Produce
Sourcing in-season produce ensures your food contains the most nutrients and flavors. Here is a list of produce that is domestically grown and harvested in February! Kale Broccoli Avocado Asparagus...
Mystery Seed Packets
The Texas Department of Agriculture once again issued an urgent warning after collecting over 1,500 unsolicited "mystery seed" packages mailed to residents from China. Residents in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,...
Mystery Seed Packets
The Texas Department of Agriculture once again issued an urgent warning after collecting over 1,500 unsolicited "mystery seed" packages mailed to residents from China. Residents in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,...
GMO "Natural Colors" in Food
The FDA loosened regulation to allow genetically modified food coloring in foods that advertise having no artificial colors. The FDA announced this change following a petition from a foreign natural...
GMO "Natural Colors" in Food
The FDA loosened regulation to allow genetically modified food coloring in foods that advertise having no artificial colors. The FDA announced this change following a petition from a foreign natural...
Florida Pushes to Silence Pesticide Critics
Florida is trying to limit America's freedom of speech to question the safety of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals. Section 48 of Florida Senate Bill 290 wants to give agricultural...
Florida Pushes to Silence Pesticide Critics
Florida is trying to limit America's freedom of speech to question the safety of pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals. Section 48 of Florida Senate Bill 290 wants to give agricultural...
Turmeric & Black Pepper
Here's what the adage, you need black pepper to activate turmeric actually means. While black pepper doesn't "activate" turmeric, it helps increase the bioavailability and absorption of its active compound....
Turmeric & Black Pepper
Here's what the adage, you need black pepper to activate turmeric actually means. While black pepper doesn't "activate" turmeric, it helps increase the bioavailability and absorption of its active compound....
Power of Cayenne Peppers
Cayenne peppers are more than just a spice for your food; they can do wonders for your heart. The secret is capsaicin, the compound responsible for the heat in peppers...
Power of Cayenne Peppers
Cayenne peppers are more than just a spice for your food; they can do wonders for your heart. The secret is capsaicin, the compound responsible for the heat in peppers...