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Goose, Barley, and White Bean Soup

Goose, Barley, and White Bean Soup

One of my earliest memories of my grandmother involves this soup. We lived on the same farm as she and my grandfather (JI Rodale), and her kitchen was always open for us to run in and out of. My little brother and I were raised like farm animals and found food wherever we could, and […]

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7 Things I Learned about Life from Romance Novels

7 Things I Learned about Life from Romance Novels

by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure In days of yore, there was a tremendous fear that young, impressionable youths would be corrupted by what they read in novels. An 18th-century conduct book warned against reading novels because they “raise expectations of extraordinary adventures and cause readers to admire […]

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This Holiday Season, Give Yourself  Less Stress

This Holiday Season, Give Yourself
Less Stress

by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer Stress is a fact of life, but between Labor Day and January 2, it comes in buckets. On the personal front, school starts, followed by Halloween, Thanksgiving, winter holidays, then New Year’s. Then there’s the task of “winterizing” your home. On the professional side, […]

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Yes, Organic Can Cost More. Here Are 10 Reasons Why It's Worth It

Yes, Organic Can Cost More. Here Are 10 Reasons Why It’s Worth It

What if you knew the government and certain businesses were messing with your brain? Well, they are. As Ellen Ruppel Shell writes in her book Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, governments and some big businesses know that most people get the same buzz from a good discount as they get from gambling. But […]

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