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Wooden Obsession: Complete House Interior Made From Wood

Admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:38:08 +0000

Wood is really nice material to build anything that is touchable and I have seen a lot of different wooden house interiors but this one is way more bizarre of all of them. Venetian sculptor Livio De Marchi wasn’t satisfied only with regular furniture that can be made from wood, he decided to make almost everything in his house from wood and as you can see from following photos he done that pretty well.

If you look in his wardrobe which is, of course, made from wood, you’ll find there a beautiful suit made from wood. I doubt that wooden books are readable but Livio made a bunch of them. And at the end, there is a wooden oven and in front of his house is wooden car. It sounds like obsession to me. Author site .

How do I know if I am buying organic foods

Admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:14:48 +0000

A very good question always arises when we talk to people, “How do I know if I am buying organic foods…”

Well, we have 5 sure tell signs that a food product is organic:

The Food and Drug Administration, as well as your state, set guidelines as to what ingredients make up organic products. There should be a special certification label on all organic foods.
Check out the packaging… If a company is truly committed to being 100% organic, they most likelly will use recyclable packaging.
Try to find the point of origin of the food product you are purchasing. If it is from a local farm or produce center, then chances are, its organic.
Take a closer look at the Organic label used by the United States Department of Agriculture. Foods that have 95% organic components, have a different label then foods that are 100% organic.
You can always ask a store clerk or employee which products are organic. Some grocery stores even have special organic aisles and signage posted.

What does organic mean?

Admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:45:05 +0000

Organic Food is the term used to describe something that is produced without harsh chemicals or compounds. For a very long time, until about the 20th century, organic foods were grown and harvested in a very healthy manner. This was accomplished by animals eating healthy, just plain grass for example, and not given routine antibiotics or growth stimulants. Today, in order for food producers to make more money, they feed the animals a more hearty diet (usually consisting of other meats and growth hormones), so the animals will grow bigger, thus resulting in more meat production, and larger profits.

As we learn more and more about the healthy affects of eating organics, the production of Organic Foods becomes more and more regulated by the government. In order to obtain “organic” status, The United States requires producers to obtain a special certification. In the past, organic foods were generally grown on small farms, and were run only by families, and offered to small stores and not widely available to most major cities. But since the 1990’s organic food production has had a tremendous growth of about 20% a year, far beyond the regular food industry.