Soil Consulting and Crop Consulting in Illinois. You may call it soil testing, soil sampling, or soil health management, but it is more than that. These are my daily or weekly travels in soil and crop consulting and my observations in the agricultural world.
I braved the winter storm yesterday to pick up something at the grocery store. I happened to pass down the aisle with cookies. The "Who Knew - Smart Cookies" caught my eye. They tout: no trans fats, no high fructose corn syrup, and a whopping 4 grams of whole grain. I thought I would compare them to the "probably unhealthy" store brand. Also on the shelf were Keebler Cookies. I guess the "big" snow storm caused them to be out of Chips Ahoy. The store brand was lower in calories at 140 and was lower in sugar and fat. It had 5 grams of fat. The Smart Cookies had 150 calories per serving and 6 grams of fat. The Keebler Cookies had 170 calories and 9 grams of fat. None of them had any trans fat.
So which one is really healthier? When you read the labels they are all pretty similar. I would buy my cookies based on taste or rice, not potential health benefits. Clickon the photos to look at the labels closer.
CCA, CPSS, CPSEC
Reared on a farm in Southwestern Illinois
Educated at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (1977)
25 years with USDA-SCS (NRCS since 1994)
Soil-Right Consulting Services, Inc. 2005 - 2015
RPM Soils LLC 2016 to present
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