The 2013 Butterfly Festival recap: Sunshiny images for this rainy day

It seems like here in North Florida, it’s either feast or famine when it comes to rain. Today we’re feasting…more like drowning, really!

If this keeps up, we'll have to name this river!

So it seemed like a great day to reflect on last Saturday’s sunshine-filled celebration of a critter that’s most definitely not [...]

The Organic Adventurer at 12th annual Joseph A. Strasser Butterfly Festival this Saturday

There are a ridiculous number of fantastic events going on in Jacksonville, FL, on Saturday, April 27, one of which is a virtual institution in this town: the Butterfly Festival at Tree Hill Nature Center. This year, The Organic Adventurer is very excited to be participating in this celebration of nature, so allow us to [...]

I’ll give you a tawpic: Buttah, neither dairy nor palm oil. Discuss.

Now that we’re into the second week of No Meat March, we’ve heard at least three times, “Oh, I could never give up dairy.” Sure you could. There are lots of good reasons that make it a pretty easy choice (scroll to the end for some of them) but this post is about food…and that [...]

Baby, it’s cold outside: Vegan soups for No Meat March

March has come in with a major attitude – something about a lion, right? – but it’s also brought us another No Meat March. This month of pledging to go meat-free, sponsored by The Girls Gone Green, is just the ticket for these cold, blustery days because there are so many fantastic meatless soups. Ah, [...]

GMO labeling: What’s next in legislation?

By now you probably know that the California ballot initiative to require labeling of most products containing GMOs, Proposition 37, did not pass in November. (For a primer on the issue, read http://theorganicadventurer.com/2012/10/03/catch-up-time-part-2-gmo-labeling/). The California Secretary of State’s Statement of Vote, the official final vote tally, was certified on December 17 and reflected 51.4% voting [...]