Fruit and vegetable cleaner

If you're an avid DIYer, consider making your own homemade fruit and vegetable cleaner. Here are five simple recipes, plus some science behind why they work.

1) Vegetable Blend: 2/3 pineapple juice, 1/4 cup salt, 1 garlic clove.

2) Citrus Blend: 3 cups white vinegar, ¼ cup baking soda, 4 drops essential oil of choice (try lavender for a calming touch).

3) Sage and Thyme Blend: 1 cup white vinegar, 1 tsp. each of Sage and Thyme, 1 tsp. salt.

4) Lemon Blossom: ¼ cup lemon juice, 1 tbsp. white vinegar, 2 tbsp. sugar (because it won't sting the hands).

5) Apple Blend: 2 cups water, 3 tbsp. lemon juice, 1 tbsp. white vinegar, ½ tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar, ¼ cup baking soda.

"We can't prevent people from being jerks, but we can limit the damage they do to plants and crops."

I have been a vegetarian since I was 13 years old. I am now 33 and a psychology professor at a small liberal arts college in Texas. I am also a Vegetarian for the Simple Reason of Moral Imperative.

I have a number of friends who are chemical farmers, and I have recently become a chemical farmer myself. When I first wrote about my recent decision to become a chemical farmer, I was inundated with mail from readers who had been supportive and kind – but also from those who were harsh and vitriolic.

Olansi fruit and vegetable cleaning machine applications:

 * Vegetables and fruits-To remove 98.9% pesticides.
 * Rice-Remove pesticides and disinfection.
 * Meat-Remove clenbuterol.
 * Fish-Sterilization and cleaning.
 * Kitchen utensil cleaning: chopping board, knife, fork
 * Other cleaning: jewelry, metal, watch chain, glasses, shaver, denture, baby articles