The other day Gary from Prepress walked by my office and told me he’d been prepping my cookbook, Scratch, for the printer and commented that all the recipes looked so good and so easy. “But,” he said, “I’m afraid. I’m afraid I’ll mess something up. Is it really as easy as you make it look?” […]
Organic Living
Maria’s 5 Favorites: Prep for Potluck & Picnic Season!
The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and the birds are chirping—which means that it’s officially picnic and potluck season! To celebrate, I’m sharing my favorite earth-friendly and super-useful picnic and potluck essentials that pair perfectly with checkered blankets, crowded tables filled with friends and family, and delicious meals shared under the sun or […]
Why You Should Never Drink from a Garden Hose
by Emily Main Summertime is just around the corner, which means days outside gardening, running through the sprinkler, and a nice cold drink of water from…not your garden hose. At least not if you have a conventional hose and don’t want to choke down a cocktail of heavy metals and plasticizers, according to a 2103 […]
The Easy Way You Can Help Save the Monarchs
by guest blogger Claudia Allen, avid amateur gardener Since 1990, more than 90 percent of monarch butterflies have disappeared. The good news: you can help. With their distinctive orange, black, and white markings, monarchs are the one butterfly most of us can identify. So familiar, in fact, that we might take them for granted. But […]
Spring Greens after a Long Winter
The spring greens are coming in! This past weekend, I had fiddlehead ferns in Maine. And the weekend before that, I made my first salad from my garden here in Pennsylvania, pinching off a few tiny leaves and herbs from each plant. Oh, the flavor! Fresh basil and parsley! The tenderest greens, and they would […]
Maria’s 5 Favorites: Mother’s Little Helpers
Here’s an odd but fun mix of some of my favorite earth-friendly mom essentials. Hydrating Coconut Balm. This coconut balm smells absolutely divine! Plus, it’s a one-step skincare wonder, which saves time and energy—two things most moms could use more of! Organic Coconut Bath Soak. Perfect for a little me time. This organic coconut milk […]
A Guide for Safer Summer Grilling
by guest blogger Toni Becker, member of the Rodale’s editorial team Blooming flowers are pretty and soil on our hands is heavenly, but the most delicious marker of warm-weather fun is backyard grilling. As you prepare for your own outdoor feasts, you need to keep safety in mind. Here’s our guide highlighting some potential grilling […]
8 Foods That Have More Iron than Beef
by guest blogger Caroline Praderio, food and nutrition writer for Prevention magazine and EatClean.com So you got the memo that excessive red meat consumption is a disaster for the environment and your health, not to mention the animals, and that we should all eat less of it. But isn’t cutting down on beef going to slash our […]
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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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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