By guest blogger Steve Madden, vice president of creative services and digital production development at Rodale. I can’t tell you his name, but I can tell you the circumstances of his birth. His father, a Hutu, raped his mother, a Tutsi, after killing her family. During the rape, she became infected with HIV/AIDS. And […]
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This Writing Life
I have recently heard that some people wonder whether I write my own blog posts or not. I can understand why they might think that, since I am a very busy woman with lots of responsibilities and commitments (although really, could anyone else make up some of the stuff I say?!). But what you all […]
Organic Connections in Saskatoon
When I got an email a month or two after Organic Manifesto came out inviting me to come to Saskatoon and speak at the biannual Organic Connections Canadian Organic Farmers Conference, I thought…now, that sounds like a grand adventure. So of course I said yes. I mean, how cold could Saskatoon be in November? Checking […]
Missoula on My Mind
From Butte, we drove the two hours (across a gorgeous superfund site) to Missoula, Montana. I had been invited to be the keynote speaker for the Montana Organic Association Conference. The night before I had spoken to the general public at NCAT in Butte and had gotten a good response: I filled the room, which […]
Beautiful Butte, Montana
My first thought as we came in for a landing at the Butte, Montana, airport on a gorgeously sunny fall day was…What the heck is that?! What is that giant sculpted hole right next to town that looks like it could spill over and destroy everything in its path? Very soon I would learn the […]
The Best New Organic Products: Coming Soon to a Store Near You, Part 2
On Monday I shared with you my bottom five picks for the top 10 new products from this year’s Natural Products East in Boston. Now, here are my top five! #5: Green Circle brands: Kaia House, Chemically Naked, Wilde Scents, and Hudson Organics. This was one of those teeny-tiny booths, full of a really cool, […]
The Best New Organic Products: Coming Soon to A Store Near You
Part 1 The annual Natural Products Expos (one in the East, one in the West) are where all the new organic products are introduced to buyers and distributors, so you can find them at your favorite shopping places. Earlier this month, we went to Expo East in Boston. My favorite thing to do there is […]
Dietrich’s Meats and Country Store: A Meat Mecca
I’ve been going to Dietrich’s Meats for decades (it’s been in business since the early 1970s). It’s the best place to buy unusual meats, local specialties, and lard. I have written before about the somewhat surly Pennsylvania Dutch staff (which brings out the affection in me) and the store’s lard (it’s the only place I […]
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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