craftsman furniture made from salvaged and reclaimed wood – William Stranger

craftsman furniture made from salvaged and reclaimed wood – William Stranger

by Ross Dulmaine @ 3:09 pm 1 comment »

California furniture designer and woodworking craftsman William Stranger and his company, Stranger Furniture, create one of a kind sustainable designer furniture. The primary source of the wood for Stranger’s rustic work is local urban salvage – wood recovered from storm damaged or diseased trees and trees cut down on construction sites.

Most of Stranger’s furniture is finished with zero-VOC, natural linseed oil.

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

tests reveal most honey in stores is NOT honey

by Ross Dulmaine @ 11:22 am 2 comments »

In a disturbing development for honey lovers in the USA, tests done for the web site Food Safety News reveal that over 75% of honey sold in our grocery stores doesn’t qualify to be called “honey”. Food Safety News tested more than 60 jars of honey from a variety of stores and producers in 10 states and the District of Columbia. Testing results show that the pollen, the key component of honey, is frequently filtered out of products labeled honey. The removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world’s food safety agencies. The World Health Organization, the European Commission and dozens of other food safety organizations have ruled that without pollen there is no way to determine whether or not the honey came from legitimate and safe sources.

Over 75% of samples bought at groceries like TOP Food, Safeway, Giant Eagle, QFC, Kroger, Metro Market, Harris Teeter, A&P, Stop & Shop and big box stores like Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Target and H-E-B has had the pollen filtered out. An astounding 100% of the honey sampled from drugstores like Walgreens, Rite-Aid and CVS Pharmacy contained no pollen. (more…)