July 2007

I really love chocolate.  No, really – I LOVE chocolate.  My husband and I say, “The darker the better.”  What could be darker than pieces from actual cacao beans?  Not much, so I tried Garden of Life’s Rainforest Cacao Chocolate With Macadamia Nuts.   It definitely passed my dark chocolate test containing roasted cacao bean pieces, [...]

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When thinking about animal welfare, I tend to get caught up in the the more visible problems in our society – companion animals and factory farming. However, this week, I got a cold dose of reality while researching this post about animals used in research and testing. Take for example this quote from The American [...]

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Since there’s been much discussion of animals here lately, I thought it would be timely to mention that Ted and I paid a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last weekend. We were in Monterey to celebrate our anniversary, and we decided that while we were there we might as well check out the aquarium.In [...]

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