Blueberry picking season peaks in the Greenbrier Valley

  White Oak Farm Friendly Goat Fruit Farm Blueberry season is short, but sweet! By Sarah Richardson Summer is here, and along with the sweltering heat comes the annual blueberry harvest - ripe for the picking. Local blueberry farms, White Oak Farm and Friendly Goat Fruit Farm, are in the middle of the busy season and are currently welcoming pickers of all ages to visit and pick some berries. Blueberry season starts in mid-June and usually lasts around 6 weeks,...

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Dear Recycle Lady

Dear Recycle Lady, Thanks for the information on plant-based cleaners. However, I have some suggestions for additional information to your response last week to Cleaner-Upper. The most important benefit of choosing plant-based cleaners over chemical cleaners is their safety and the absence of toxic chemicals in your home. The ingredients in chemical cleaning products have been linked to asthma, allergies, endocrine disruption, and even cancer. According to the Consumer Report article, https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/cleaning/choose-healthier-and-more-sustainable-cleaning-products-a3827765097/, there is no federal law, at this time, requiring companies to list all ingredients in cleaning products. It further states that “using cleaner cleaning products with safer ingredients...

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