We’ve posted before on contentious employment practices in the Fast Food Industry. There have been issues about using ‘temporary’ foreign workers and complaints from workers that their wages aren’t livable. Now, a Danish outfit is challenging the norm and reaping some unsuspected benefits…Read More →

Shelled Raw Cocoa Beans - © tejaschocolate.com

It’s a little convoluted, but there is a direct and dire connection. It seems that much of the world’s cocoa bean crop comes from West Africa. And that’s where the Ebola Epidemic is currently raging. Shortages and ensuing price hikes for cocoa and chocolate are already being forecast…Read More →

The Frost is on the Pumpkin - © typepad.com

If you haven’t already had hard frost in your part of the north, it’s coming soon. Maybe tonight! So, it’s time to take a good long look at your beloved, bounteous garden and decide what to do with what’s left out there. And that includes what’s left behind after the crop is picked and brought in!Read More →