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Our recent post on Jamie Oliver covered his acceptance speech for the prestigious TED prize. The speech says volumes about Mr. Oliver and his dream. Today we cover just a few of his achievements to date. Let’s take a look at what motivates this young chef to help so many people. James Trevor Oliver, born [...]
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Organic has been commandeered by government and now corporate food giants. Is ‘Locally Grown’ headed down the same rabbit hole?
While our President attempts to reform our shattered health care system, Michelle Obama has taken a slightly different approach. Our First Lady has made childhood obesity public enemy #1, and for good reason. Sedentary lifestyles, food choices that leave them little choice but to harm themselves, and a school lunch program that has been hijacked [...]
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Thanks to countless hours of hard work by Gene Sanden, the site for the cistern is ready to go. Capitola Pump delivered the cistern, donated by Patty Quillin, and will return with a crane to set it in place. We extend our thanks to Capitola Pump for donating their services on this part of the [...]
Food What?! Youth Dig In A big reason why more of us don’t buy organic food is because of the price. Of course, growing your own sustainable garden is an inexpensive option. The National Gardening Association’s recent study “The Impact of Home and Community Gardening in America” cites that a well-maintained food garden can yield an [...]
We’re so excited! Linda and I have worked so hard on our children’s book, and after months of hard work we just received our first copy. And, despite sounding vainglorious, it is really beautiful! The book was something we decided to write to supplement the Classroom Bundle and Homeschool Bundle that we have just launched. [...]
Smart Choices. We all need to make them every day. If I am not smart enough to look both ways before crossing a street, I could be hit by an 18-wheeler (probably loaded with processed food). Thus, I have developed the habit of looking first. I was taught this at an early age by older [...]
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Mother Nature Network‘s Matt Hickman continued his popular 40 Farmers Under 40 blog post with a follow up recently—The Readers Choice 40 Farmers Under 40. Now it’s hard to say whether or not we were actually #39 and #40 respectively due to our popularity, our age, or just because they really wanted a strong finish! [...]
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I broke my cleanse about 9 hours early. Faced with a bottle of delicious red wine, good friends, and great conversation while sitting on the beach watching our kids play — it was time. Afterwards, we enjoyed some BBQ chicken and a whole wheat pasta salad with tomatoes, black olives, cucumbers, parmesan and a homemade [...]
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