We recently ordered some kefir grains and have begun making kefir at home. While the results are generally tasty, any slight miscalculation in timing or temperature during the fermentation process can lead to kefir that, while extremely healthy, can taste either a...
Here at Halfwayfoods, we enjoy a good strawberry as much as anyone. Like most, we find them in the fruit isle and enjoy them in the context of fruit salad, etc. But are they really a fruit? Today in a guest column, Jessica unpacks the mysteries of the strawberry...
Looking for a way to bet the midsummer heat here in the Pacific Northwest and beyond? A great natural way to start is by turning on your body's built in air conditioning unit. You read that last line correctly, every human had a built in air conditioning unit, a...
It has been some three months since we took the plunge and purchased the Kangen Leveluk JRII, the Volvo of the Kangen line of water machines. As you may recall, we purchased the machine as a form of health insurance. With the onset of Obamacare about to wreak havoc...
Some time ago, our family was introduced to what we know as Kangen water. While the concept was a bit difficult to understand, our hippie tendencies led us to give it a try. The people who run the coop had quite a bit of experience treating health issues such as...
Essential Oils are a gift of the earth. They possess any number of therapeutic properties which are being both discovered and rediscovered today. We are pleased to be able to offer a full line of the finest essential oils commercially available...
Below is a link to a report by the Water Institute of Japan regarding the benefits of Alkaline or Ionized water. The theory behind Ionized water is that water that is consumed in what is known as a "Double Helix" molecular structure is better suited for its myriad of...
Drinking raw milk, like eating Twinkies, is not for everyone, but is it wise to categorically deny access to one or the other? Denial of food choice to a free people has no moral or legal basis, as such, it is done on the basis of scare tactics. Do the scare tactics...
