Ohhhh, the things that make me angry

News that makes me angry on a Friday morning: Free-range egg ban shuts bed and breakfast

So this story is on CBC news this morning and I'm sitting here reading while eating my breakfast. It you don't have time to read it, its about a Bed & Breakfast that has been in business for decades, who also operate their own organic farm... definitely a B&B I would prefer staying & eating at. Now the government is telling them that they can't use their own organic eggs to serve in their breakfasts and they must purchase "federally inspected eggs"... you know, from those poor chickens who never see light of day, are fed chemicals & hormones... etc.

These organic farmers sell their fantastic products at local farmers markets but aren't allowed to serve them in their own kitchens if its considered a "business".

So instead of complying to buy these artificial eggs, they have decided to shut down their B&B. I don't blame them one bit.

Instead of encouraging & supporting small & organic farmers, the government is doing everything in its power to thwart, squash, bad-mouth & disestablish them all. Just so they get to make all the money and we are forced to choose these FAR INFERIOR products instead of natural, organic, healthy, un-modified, healthful products.

Is it time for me to have my own farm yet?? I think so!

Household cleaners & toddlers

I have to add another "HOORAY" for using vinegar as a cleaner (or baking soda)  My son has recently decided that LICKING things is funny. Especially the windows! Ew, right! But, while I chase him away from doing so, I am not horrified because I know, I only washed that window with vinegar, not some toxic chemical cleaner.
While I'm pretty sure licking a vinegar-washed window shouldn't taste good either, it hasn't slowed him down... so I'll be washing them a bit more often with vinegar to get the drooly tongue prints off :)

A product like Windex isn't the worst product you could be using in your house. While it is deemed safe by World Health Organizations & the like, some environmentalists note that it can be known to cause skin irritation as well as potential damage to kidneys & liver.

Windex is also a common suggestion to aim at pesky bugs like ants & roaches... supposed to kill them on contact!? Anything with chemical warnings, symbols or that sort of "killing" potential usually sets off lil red flags for me.   Happy to stick with my vinegar!