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It Wasn't the Sulfites
- By domerdeb
- 09/16/2006
- Wine Spirits
- 538 words
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It's happened to you, hasn't it? A night of good cabernet (well, maybe not so good, but red anyway,) and you wake up the next morning with a headache. And you think: darn those sulfites! That's what I get for drinking that red wine! Well...it may hav...
What is fair trade?
- By domerdeb
- 09/16/2006
- Coffee
- 421 words
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The idea of fair trade dates back to the 1940s when American churches were selling handicrafts made by refugees in Europe after World War II. The first fair trade certification of commodities began in 1988, when coffee was imported from Nicaragua and...
What's so sweet about organic chocolate?
- By domerdeb
- 01/22/2007
- Food & Drink
- 442 words
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Chocolate. Just the word gets the imagination running and the mouth watering. How fortunate that something so pleasant comes with health benefits in the form of bioflavonoids and antioxidants. But of course this pleasure is double-edged - the fat ...
Why choose organic wine?
- By domerdeb
- 01/22/2007
- Wine Spirits
- 421 words
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What could be a better accompaniment to a meal of organic food than a glass of organic wine? Wine is one of humanity's oldest beverages. It's been used in medicine and religious rituals, and it is all over our social calendars. A lot of research has ...
Organic Coffee Its Only Fair
- By domerdeb
- 06/25/2007
- Coffee
- 406 words
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Organic coffee is not only healthier than the coffee grown using conventional methods – it’s tasty, too. It protects the natural environment by making as few changes to the natural vegetation as possible. Coffee is a special plant – it
How Organic Farming Benefits the Environment
- By domerdeb
- 07/3/2007
- Food & Drink
- 357 words
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Organic farming is a big-picture exercise. It's not only targeted at this season's results, but considers future generations. In the long run it makes better economic sense as well. But its main goal is to contribute to a healthier world.

