Sometimes a very simple, easy, healthy, and wholesome soup is what’s required—for lunch, for dinner, or for breakfast! (My kids are big on eating soup for breakfast.) This soup takes about 30 minutes to make and only includes seven ingredients. It won’t last long. Sausage, Potato, and Cabbage Soup Ingredients: Olive oil 1 pound savory […]
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The Food Industry’s Choice
By guest blogger Robyn O’Brien, author and former financial and food industry analyst Fourteen years ago to the day almost, I was in NYC at a conference hosted by Merrill Lynch as a financial analyst covering the food industry. If you had suggested then that I’d be writing this today, I’d have said you were […]

Syrian Salad
I have a favorite Middle Eastern restaurant that I’ve been going to for more than 20 years, even as it’s changed locations from a house on a street in a “bad” part of town to a stand-alone building that used to house a prior Middle Eastern restaurant. And I’ve always loved the salad, despite the […]

The Local Food Project
By guest blogger Nate Luke, photographer and video director There’s an old story that’s just starting to be told again in the Ozarks. Or maybe these days it’s being told more loudly and by a new generation of young farmers and entrepreneurs. Isn’t that the way most stories begin again? I started searching the Ozarks […]

Goose, Barley, and White Bean Soup
One of my earliest memories of my grandmother involves this soup. We lived on the same farm as she and my grandfather (JI Rodale), and her kitchen was always open for us to run in and out of. My little brother and I were raised like farm animals and found food wherever we could, and […]

Spiced Apple Cider Spritzer
Lately, I’ve just wanted to add sparkling water to everything. I add it to my iced coffee and even iced tea. And now, I am adding it to spiced cider. ‘Tis the season, after all—good fresh cider is one of those things that’s only available for a few months, from September to December. After that, […]

Yes, Organic Can Cost More. Here Are 10 Reasons Why It’s Worth It
What if you knew the government and certain businesses were messing with your brain? Well, they are. As Ellen Ruppel Shell writes in her book Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, governments and some big businesses know that most people get the same buzz from a good discount as they get from gambling. But […]

A Rodale’s Easy Organic Dinner
by the Rodale’s Discover team We love the idea of a cozy dinner in the midst of fall. One of our favorite meals combines high-quality, organic ingredients to create a healthy Italian feast. Organic pasta, tomato sauce, and flavored sea salts—all available online at Rodale’s—are simple ingredients to have on hand for an easy delicious […]
Scratch
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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Organic Manifesto
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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