label Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/label/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:55:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Decoding the Bar Code https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/21/decoding-the-bar-code/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:55:05 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9110 So often I’ve tried to figure out where a product was made, so I look for a “made in” notation on the label. It’s not

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]]> $4 Billion Worth of Milk https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/04/4-billion-worth-of-milk/ Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:36:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8979 That’s how much money is wasted every year by discarding perfectly good milk. That’s 34 pounds of safe-to-drink milk per person. And mostly because of

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]]> Are You Label-Literate? https://smthingscount.com/2018/08/04/are-you-label-literate/ Sat, 04 Aug 2018 14:00:08 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7150 Know your “green” language on packaging.  “Natural” really means nothing.  “Made with organic ingredients”means that 70% of the ingredients are organic, and with “Organic,”95% are. Only

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]]> What do those Meat Labels Really Mean? https://smthingscount.com/2016/01/09/what-do-those-meat-labels-really-mean/ Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:00:33 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4437 It’s confusing.  What does “free range” mean? Or “organic” or “grass-fed”?  If you want to buy meat from animals that have been treated humanely, you

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