by guest blogger Brendan Brazier, athlete, author, and creator of Vega and Thrive Forward Spring—a time for renewal, growth, and plenty of spring-cleaning. Before you jump into summer, don’t forget the kitchen as you clean the rest of your life. Dump the junk and let your pantry thrive by stocking it with these high net-gain […]
Archive | May, 2014
The Magical Migration of the Monarch
Everyone loves a monarch butterfly! They are a magical symbol of summertime, transformation, and the health of the environment. But let’s face it; they’re a bit complicated to understand. Even though I’ve long appreciated how amazing they are, I didn’t get how the whole monarch migration thing worked. And why do they need milkweed? Is […]
Organic Rising
by guest blogger Anthony Suau, Pulitzer Prize– and Emmy Award–winning photojournalist, and director of Organic Rising I was born and raised in the late 1950s in Peoria, Illinois, the heart of the American Midwest, often referred to as the Corn Belt. I had no idea as a child that I had access to some of […]
12 Things I Love about Spring
Yes, it’s high spring here in Pennsylvania, and last night after dinner, as I was drifting off to sleep on my outdoor couch, I started making a mental list of all the things I love about this special season: 1. The air smells sweet. Yesterday, a woman who works mostly in New York came into […]
Crack the Coconut
by the Rodale’s team Coconut oil is one of THE most versatile natural oils—and one of our favorites to play around with in the kitchen and the bathroom. At Rodale’s, we’ve stocked up on some great organic coconut products, ones that will nourish your body inside and out. Not sure how to start adding coconut […]
Hips Hips Hooray! Yoga to Release the Hips and Low Back
By guest blogger Holly Walck, devoted Iyengar yoga student and teacher The warm weather has finally arrived, and the walkers, runners, hikers, bikers, golfers, surfers, car washers, and gardeners are out in droves! During this—dare I say “magical” (think fireflies lighting up your backyard)—time of year, when the days are longer and the nights shorter, […]
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook + A Tomato Tart Recipe
by guest bloggers Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, The Beekman Boys One warm summer day, a family with a 4-year-old came to visit us at Beekman Farm. As we walked around the heirloom vegetable garden—52 raised beds on a half-acre plot at the heart of the farm—the child became fascinated with pulling carrots out of […]
What Is Transformation?
I’ve been talking about transformation a lot these days. It’s the theme for 2014 at Rodale. It’s definitely a buzzword, and once you focus on it, you start to hear it everywhere. It’s this mythic “thing” that everyone is striving for: personal transformation (physical, mental, and spiritual), strategic business transformation (evolution, renewal), or it can […]
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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