Can you believe that I’ve been blogging for seven years now? Since my first post in the summer of 2008, 1,600 blogs have been published on Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen—many written by me, many others written by my interesting mix of knowledgeable, funny, and thought-provoking guest bloggers. As I said when we launched the site’s […]
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Blog Advice, Anyone? (Please!)
Hello, dear loyal readers, I am about to undergo a blog redesign—the first in many years—and I’d love your advice. I really enjoy blogging, but it’s also good to take a step back and reassess every once in a while. Sure, I can look at my traffic data and search results. But those points don’t […]
Why I Blog: The Top 7 Reasons
Recently, someone asked me why I blog. After all, I don’t get paid for it, and it’s a lot of extra work added to an already crazy-busy life. I think I started posting blogs in early 2009 (although I don’t remember what my first post was about), so that makes it about five years of […]
Magazines Won’t Die, But Here Is Why I Love the Internet
Last week I wrote about why I believe magazines won’t die. And it’s still true. But ironically, writing that made me love the Internet even more. Here’s why: Within minutes of posting, I had a nice email from the editor of Garden and Gun magazine. Then, four other blogs picked up my post. I checked […]
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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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