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Magnolia Farm mushroom health benefits

Secret mushroom health benefits

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / April 11,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

PLUS SURPRISING NEW THINGS THEY'RE MAKING OUT OF MUSHROOMS

In American culture, there’s a stigma attached to mushrooms. They are, after all, a funny looking fungus. And when it comes to wild mushrooms, most parents tell their kids, “Don’t touch them, you’ll die!”

So it takes a certain sense of adventure to move beyond those white button mushrooms you find in every grocery store and try a mushroom that looks like, say, an oyster. Mike M’s oyster mushrooms come to us through Schuyler Greens, the company his brother...

The Veggie Fairy Blog has a Q&A with Mike about how he grows his oyster mushrooms (including a photo), links to scientific studies, and more cool ‘shroom inventions.

Read the rest of the newsletter below, or view this issue as a printable PDF with clickable links.

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mobjack bay fair trade coffee

This is how fair trade coffee helps the Chesapeake Bay

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / April 4,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

FAIR TRADE COFFEE'S GOOD FOR RAINFORESTS & PEOPLE, TOO!

Celeste was a professional ballet dancer. Jo was a corporate IT guy. But they had always dreamed of running their own business together. And they both loved the waters of the Chesapeake Bay near their Virginia home.

So in 2007, talking over their morning coffee, they decided to launch Mobjack Bay Coffee Roasters.

The business com-bines their love of coffee...

Find out more about Celeste and Jo, how to visit their tasting room and what "Fair Trade" & "Rainforest Alliance" certified means below, or view this issue as a printable PDF with clickable links.

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