Yes! It’s finally time to get back out and garden again. Garden lovers, this is our moment. We know that there’s nothing quite like a warm spring day out in the yard when the seeds are sprouting and the air is sweet with blossoms blowing in the breeze. And no matter how many years pass […]
Archive | April, 2015
Yoga for Peace and Happiness
“The Guru’s Feet” a drawing of B.K.S. Iyengar’s feet by Aretha Mckinney Blevins by Holly Walck Kostura, certified Iyengar Yoga teacher Let this, the dissolution of union with pain be known as Yoga. It is to be practiced with determination and an undismayed mind. —The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter VI, verse 23) One of our shared experiences […]
Refresh a Dress with DIY Potato Printing
by guest blogger Julie Malone, assistant buyer at Rodale’s and garden blogger, and Brett Riggle, web merchandiser at Rodale’s It’s coming…slowly…surely… It’s nearly here…warm weather! Every year, as the ground thaws and we box up our winter clothes and unpack much-missed lighter layers, we inevitably crave a little newness in our lives. While there are […]
Great Headlines about Organic from Around the World!
Lately, there’s been a spate of good news about organic agriculture. The movement is growing and gaining speed quickly. The power of the people is working! But first, the bad news…or rather, one of the reasons the world is realizing it needs to change for the better: Researchers are now saying they are 99 percent […]
Change Makers: Elizabeth Bennett, Combatting America’s Food Paradox by Loving the Ugly
by guest blogger Lily Oswald, freelance environmental and garden writer Elizabeth Bennett sees opportunities in the imperfect, the discarded, the undesirable. Put another way, she’s a big fan of ugly. This redheaded wonder out of Washington, DC, is protesting the way we waste food in America, saving “ugly food” from the dumpster and repurposing it […]
Why Modern Regenerative Organic Farming Is THE Way to Feed the World
Photo by thebittenword.com/Flickr, licensed under CC 2.0 Recently, a friend of mine who is trying to transition a farm to organic asked me with a bit of frustration why people keep insisting that “you can’t feed the world with organic.” My response was that it’s important for him to realize that “We Need to Feed […]
Bring the Best Creatures to Your Garden
by the Rodale’s team You tend your garden with love and care, which creates a lovely sanctuary for little bugs, animals, and feathered friends. But if you’d like to take your love of nature’s fauna to the next level, here are a few of our favorite homes, baths, and feed for the birds (and […]
Simple Is Better, Or Spiderman Does Cry
by guest blogger Renee James, humorist and blogger A few months ago, I wrote about my newly adopted philosophy of life: “Nothing Is Easy.” At this point, I’d like to add a corollary: “Simple Is Better.” Given a choice between an overwrought, tortured approach to a problem, or a direct, hands-on solution, simple is better. […]
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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