Sherri Meyer, MG Registered Dietitian
Recently while doing research on “food myths” I stumbled across a 1988 New York Times article marking the “crusade against cholesterol.”  This article talked about the detrimental effects of eggs on our cholesterol levels.  Thus began the ban of eggs from the American diets…out with the natural egg, in with the [...]

Sherri Meyer, MG Registered Dietitian
Most of us have heard about the ill effects of partially hydrogenated fat, aka trans fat. Trans fat — also called trans-fatty acids —raises your “bad” (LDL) cholesterol and lowers your “good” (HDL) cholesterol. A high LDL cholesterol level in combination with a low HDL cholesterol level increases your risk of [...]

Yes, we’re a specialty store with unique gifts, specialty foods (many gourmet Virginia foods, including sauces, rubs, jams and jellies, Virginia peanuts, Virginia hams, I could go on)…local fruits, veggies and herbs…garden supplies and native plants. “Farmbasket” comes from the fact that out of pure necessity, we [...]

As we’ve been getting farmbasket ready for this special day, we pondered this question: how did Mother’s Day get on the official calendar? The answer, Anna Marie Jarvis.
Anna Jarvis, it turns out, was raised in Grafton, WVA, and she graduated from what is now Mary Baldwin College in [...]