Sure, every year is a great year to start a vegetable garden, but this year I kind of realized how Noah must have felt when he decided it might be a good time to build an ark. I first got the feeling when I saw all the dead and dry fields of California. A little […]
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Organic Gardening’s Going to School
by guest blogger Ethne Clarke, editor-in-chief, Organic Gardening Within the past few weeks, organicgardening.com did something even more amazing that usual. We posted “Dig, Plant, Grow!” a curriculum designed to assist teachers who wish to make an edible garden for their schools. School gardens are an asset that should be part of every learning system, […]
The Magic of Esalen
I remember hearing about Esalen when I was little, usually mentioned by hippies and in the same sentence as the word “gestalt.” I associated that word—gestalt—with my sister bringing back new ideas from her days in Haight-Ashbury, ideas my mother then adopted, which eventually led to mysterious bouts of anger and tears, followed by a […]
Want to Avoid GMOs? Look for This Label
by guest blogger Coach Mark Smallwood, executive director at Rodale Institute What do Cheerios and apples have in common? They are the latest and very public battlegrounds for the GMO debate. But these two mainstays of American childhood nutrition are headed in opposite directions: While the Arctic apple, genetically modified to not brown when it’s […]
Homemade Chicken Broth from Scratch
I recently realized that one of the first recipe blogs I ever did has disappeared from the cyber planet. And it happens to be the most important recipe of all! Homemade Chicken Broth from Scratch is the basis for almost everything I believe in. It’s so simple and easy, so valuable, so healing, and so […]
Homemade Hoppin’ John
Every New Year’s Eve I think I’m going to make Hoppin’ John, and then I forget because I’m too busy making Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, and Sauerkraut, which is the Pennsylvania Dutch version of Hoppin’ John—meaning the good-luck meal you want to eat on New Year’s Day. Well, this year I made both. But I’m […]
What I Learned in One Lunch
at Zuni Café
Photo: (cc) Spot Us/Flickr I just learned that Judy Rodgers passed away. I never met her. I never even made a recipe from her Zuni Café cookbook, which I’ve had on my shelf for years. But I do remember one lunch at the Zuni Café about a decade ago that has had a lasting impact […]
Why Farm to School Will Save
Our Food System
by Chelsey Simpson, communications associate for the National Farm to School Network For those of us interested in food system reform, there are now (thankfully!) hundreds of worthy organizations and causes competing for our time and resources. Should you volunteer to help launch a new CSA in your community? What about donating to a campaign […]
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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