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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. [...]
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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Here a few reasons why everyone is talking about Growing Your Own: 43 million households will do it this year. The Obamas already are. Michael Pollan said it’s the “single greenest thing you can do” on Oprah’s Earth Day Special. Two summer movies – Food, Inc. and Fresh The Movie — are talking about it. [...]
Is ‘Locally Grown’ going to fall the way of ‘Natural’? Do we need to somehow define, even certify, what constitutes local?
Trent’s Day 1 Experience: Although I didn’t start this project, I am starting todays journal post about our first 5-day cleanse. I think it will be nice for people to see both of our pespectives on the journey. As a man, what should I expect? Food for both of us is a central part of [...]
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