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Ann Arbor News posted a nice piece on the problems with USDA Organic standards, (or their lack their of standards) along with the buzz word “free range” used on eggs and red meat.
The article goes on to talk to local food growers and seller explaining why many small companies and grows refuse or don’t waste […]

Sportline is making a new water bottle dubbed the HydraCoach that will take your personal information and “Automatically calculates a recommended daily Personal Hydration Goal.” The water bottle will also keep track of daily fluid intake, fluid consumed per drink and has a built in clock to calculate average intake per hour and meet daily […]

Arron over at Brasslite has put together some new bundles consisting of his great handmade high quality alcohol stoves, Vargo Ti pots and common accessories and in the process passing on some nice savings to the customer. This is a great package for someone wanting to drop a great deal of pack weight switching from […]

I just got a note back from Aaron at Matisse and Jack’s and he hooked up the simplehiker readers with a 10% off all orders coupon code that is good until the end of the year! This deal also stacks with the current labor day sale of 20% off! So you can’t really beat that […]

Not long ago I posted about about Trailblaze Energy Bar Mix well and after a few emails to the Matisse & Jack’s crew I was able to Yogi two boxes from them to do some personal taste testing. Aimless and I decided to take a batch of the Chocolate Chip on our Pictured Rocks National […]

Posting will be paused over the holiday weekend. I am actually getting away for a hike. Aimless and I will be given an expert tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore by our good friends the Mytyss from Great Lakes Hikes.
I was able to yogi a free sample of Trailblaze Energy Bar mix which Aimless and […]

YouTube has a trailer of the new Fast Food Nation move adapted from the stunning and insightful non-fiction book of the same name by author Eric Schlosser if you enjoyed or were even slightly intrigued by the film Super Size Me by Morgan Spurlock

Just last month I was tipped off by a good friend mine from Great Lakes Hikes Yahoo group about PURE Bars a new raw, vegan and organic food bar. PURE bars come in three flavors Cherry Cashew, Chocolate Brownie and Apple Cinnamon. They are all certified organic, vegan and kosher with no refined sugar, no […]

Now that I am done with school I am catching up on some old stories I flagged for entries.
The New York Times ran a story on a new meat process called “modified atmosphere packaging” basically they inject carbon monoxide into the package when they package meat. With out oxygen exposure the meat doesn’t as nature […]

There were two new interesting products in this months Backpacker Magazine (05/06).
First off backpacking wine from French Rabbit.

They package the wine in what they call a Tetra Pak which is a 1L paper plastic foil super wine juice box. French Rabbit toes that that the box keeps wine fresher in a lightweight reseable container that […]