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VFG turned two this weekend. I didn’t do much celebrating. I’m celebrated out and ready to get back to my normal routine. But because this is a 2-year anniversary post, I’m going to note some programming highlights from the last year. I try to file a post five to six days a week. In ’08,Continue reading “Happy Birthday to VFG”

So check it out. MaryJane Butters and her organic farm in Idaho have piqued the interest of Travel + Leisure Magazine and the Today Show, which are suggesting that Farm Vacations will be a trend in 2009. The Travel + Leisure Mag editor notes that agriturismos, in which tourists are put to work on anContinue reading “Hot '09 Travel Tip: Farm Vacations”

As has been our tradition over the last six years, to celebrate the New Year, we’ve fired up the grill…no matter how cold. The iFarmer has control of the main course. This year it was baby back ribs, seasoned with a dry rub, then basted with a chipotle BBQ sauce the iFarmer dreamed up thisContinue reading “The Perfect Couple: Chocolate & Guinness”

There are now more than 100,000 members of the group, “Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!” It’s disturbing that Facebook officials are removing breastfeeding shots. Good gracious. What could be more natural than feeding your child the way God intended? I joined, though it’s been a couple years since I’ve been a member of theContinue reading “Nursing Obscene? I Don't Think So”

After nearly two weeks of abstaining from alcohol because of this nasty, seemingly endless cold, I have broken my dry streak. I just couldn’t wait any longer to taste some of the wine we got during our holiday party. After all, the kids get to play with their Christmas toys, right? Looking for something sweet…thatContinue reading “My Turn to Play with My Christmas Toys”

We’re just settled in at home and, despite my cough, I’m looking forward to a week with just me and the kids. I was hunting for things to do in the city and thanks to @VisitChicago on Twitter, I found a great way to get the kids thinking about something besides the toys they gotContinue reading “Gearing Up for a Windy City Staycation”

I don’t think I’ll even bother climbing on the scale when I get back home tomorrow. I already know what it’ll say. Even though I still have a rotten cough and this cold medicine has a nice appetite suppressant side effect, I have not been deterred from the good eats spread before me at eachContinue reading “10 Reasons I Gained 10 Pounds This Christmas”

We’re post Christmas and I haven’t had a VFG post in days. I’d blame the busyness of the holidays, but it’s really the fact that I feel so rotten. After days of taking care of sick kids, I was finally struck down myself. My doctor had mercy and is calling in a prescription for anContinue reading “Nokin' Around the Christmas Tree”

I don’t know what it is about this particular ailment. But it seems to strike either right before or during Thanksgiving or Christmas. In at least three of the last six holidays, croup has joined us for the celebration, including Future Farmboy’s very first Christmas. I get the laryngitis and my son gets the barkingContinue reading “An Uninvited Guest Has Arrived…Croup”

So a product on a store shelf lists flour as an ingredient, but not “wheat. Or it lists butter, but not “milk.” What’s the big deal? It could mean life or death for people, especially children, who suffer from food allergies and are trained at a very young age how to carefully examine product labels.Continue reading “Reporters Hot on the Trail of Mislabeled Food”