Kristen Schmitt
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Biography
Kristen Schmitt is the Health Correspondent for Urban Times. She writes articles on food and nutrition, healthy living, food sensitivities/allergies, and eco-friendly/sustainable issues. She is a self-proclaimed health nut who keeps her family in nutritious balance while sticking to a gluten-free, dairy-free diet, and recently moved from an industrial city to a rural community.
Latest Posts
Why Happy Meals Aren’t Happy Meat (Explaining CAFOs to Kids)
Stay Healthy: Work Out with YouTube
Drink Up: What is Kombucha?
Healthy Holiday Gift Guide: Five Items for the Pantry
Healthy Holiday Gift Guide: 5 Books to Buy
Can Wind Power Make You Sick?
Biotech Colors Between the Lines: Pro GMO Book Aimed at Kids
The Healthy Pantry: Beets
CSAs Aren’t Just for Springtime
Detroit + Dystopia = Detropia
The Route to a Sustainable Future [video]
Building Sustainable Futures with Agroecology
Hooping for Health
Balancing Health Through Ayurveda
The Healthy Pantry: Holy Basil
How Will GMOs Affect the Health of Future Generations?
Edible Lawns are the New Urban Landscape
Hydroponic Window Farming in New York
Beware the Sugar Beet
One Ingredient Vegan Dessert
Surviving on Surroundings: Urban Foraging
Five Common Food Labels Explained
Summer Staple: Grilled Plantains
Eat These Five Naturally Gluten-Free Foods to Promote Alkalinity
The Healthy Pantry: Natural Berry Wash
Rethink Canola: Toxic Rapeseed Reengineered for Human Consumption
The Healthy Pantry: Dark Chocolate
The Healthy Pantry: Jasmine Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Vitamin E Oil
The Affect of GMOs on Food Allergies
The Health Pantry: Power Smoothies
Wild No More: Farm-Raised Fish Labeled As “Wild Caught”
The Healthy Pantry: Natural Beauty; Oils
The Health Pantry: Magic Seeds
The Healthy Pantry: Beans
The Healthy Pantry: Grain-Free Flours
The Healthy Pantry: Dried Sage, Coconut Oil and Apple Cider Vinegar