The Grand Tour continues with more photos from our adventures in Iceland… Waterfalls are everywhere… This one has a treasure buried behind it. You can even go under a few. Traveling with kids is fun! Make sure to save time to stop and take some picture of sheep… …And rainbows! It’s always rainy in Vik. […]
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The Grand Tour: Iceland
Photos from my Grand Tour adventures in Iceland… The Blue Lagoon. You can’t really believe it until you see it. What you can’t see: it’s deliciously warm to swim in! Yes, that really is the color. And this color too! So warm! Is this the same planet? Emergency stop for caffeine! I had to explain […]
The Grand Tour of 2015
In the old days (1660 to 1840), affluent young men were known to go on a “grand tour” to complete their education. Today, the tradition continues when we send our kids off to somewhere foreign for a “semester abroad.” The truth is, if you can afford it (and even when you can’t), seeing the world […]
Portland in Perspective: 6 Real and 4 Bogus Clichés
by Mark Remy, writer, runner, and creator of Remy’s World I’ve lived in Portland, Oregon, for about a year now. As a result, I consider myself the world’s foremost authority on Portland, Oregon. OK, maybe not. But since moving here from Pennsylvania last summer, I think I do have a pretty good perspective on our […]
Permission to Recover…Granted!
I don’t know about you, but I grew up with the image of the hard-working career person as someone who only sleeps five hours a night, starts work at 5 in the morning, and continues late into the evening—someone who’s always working, even during “recreational” time: golfing, fishing, socializing at the bar, attending conferences. It […]
A Window into My World
Dear Reader, This past Monday was, I believe, the first time ever I simply said, “Nope I don’t have a blog in me.” And so we ran someone else’s blog. Now Wednesday is coming up, and I’m thinking of blogs, and it’s all still sort of jumbled up in my head. I’m trying to think […]
Maria’s Five Favorites: Camp Out!
We’re on a camping kick here at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen! This is probably because of the horrible winter we had—we all want to spend as much time outside as possible while we can. So today I thought I’d share my favorite adventure gear to help inspire you to enjoy camping, too—the earth-friendly way, of […]
6 Tips for a Greener Outdoor Adventure
by the Rodale’s team Aristole once said, “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” We couldn’t agree more! And while there are tons of ways to enjoy the marvelousness of the great outdoors, few are quite like camping. Nothing compares to sitting by a campfire, hiking through mountains, or eating fish […]
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Raised on America’s first organic farm, Scratch author Maria Rodale learned how to make everyday favorites from, yes, scratch — the way you remember them; the way they turn out best.
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Drawing on findings from leading health researchers as well as conversations with both chemical and organic farmers from coast to coast, Maria Rodale irrefutably outlines the unacceptably high cost of chemical farming on our health and our environment.
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