Bees Make Honey
Bee Hives
This past weekend our family picked up 20,000 honey bees in Manhattan and brought them back to our home in Queens to install in two bee hives that Ruth and the kids (and friends) have been getting ready for weeks. The final process of hiving the bees was done by Ruth and you can see … Continue reading
How Sweet It Is – A Honey Tasting In Brooklyn
Last night my wife, Ruth, and I attended the 2010 Brooklyn Beekeepers Club’s honey tasting at Nice Pizza (340 Franklin St) in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn, NY. This year is was an event that also included the New York City Beekeepers Association and Bee Without Borders. My wife Ruth is a student beekeeper about to set up … Continue reading
Vegan Bits- Animal Cruelty and McDonald’s Eggs 11/18/2011Jane and I have been vegan for over 4 years now. In that time, we've noticed a significant shift in the mindset of the general population. The word "vegan" doesn't always meet with blank stares (0r thoughts of the cosmos). Vegan products are readily available at all our local grocery stores. Veganism is even an [...]Animal Cruelty and […]Lane
- Vegan Baking 10/17/2011There is an article in the Wall St. Journal about vegan baking. The article discusses how a number of vegan bakeries have avoided pointing out that their products are made without the usual baking product - eggs, butter, milk, etc. For fear of alienating the non-vegan public. There are vegan bakeries all over the United [...]Vegan Baking is from Vegan Bits R […]Lane
- Vegetarian Air Time on PBS Cooking Shows 10/14/2011Someone sent me a link to a petition which I think is well worth signing... so I'm putting it out here for all of you to review for yourselves. The request is that PBS ensure that their cooking shows reflect current USDA guidelines which suggest that we concentrate on vegetables and grains and limit meat [...]Vegetarian Air Time on PBS Cooking Shows is […]Lane
- Animal Cruelty and McDonald’s Eggs 11/18/2011