Cheryl Forberg is hanging out in my kitchen today, chatting about her good old Midwest food favorites, and why she’s jumping on the backyard chickens bandwagon. Cheryl Forberg, RD, is the nutritionist for The Biggest Loser and co-creator of the eating plan. A James Beard Award–winning chef, she is the author of Positively Ageless (Rodale, […]
By Maria
Listening to Signs from Nature
We are used to thinking about nature as sending “messages” with big things like weather and earthquakes—though we often scoff at the idea as superstition. But there is a whole tradition around the world of looking at the little signs from nature and examining the personal messages that may be there for us. This morning […]
Secret Organic Weapon for Weeding
Yes, it’s that time of year, when weeds arise and rise again. Even the most devout organic gardener might be tempted to pull out the evil chemicals at times—especially when it comes to those hard-to-weed places like cracks in between rocks and gravel walkways, where there’s no food growing that could be tainted by a […]
Strawberry Whip: A Simple Spring Dessert
The strawberries are ripening! And these days it’s even more important to choose organic strawberries. Methyl bromide, which is heavily used on chemically grown strawberries, is one of the most toxic agricultural chemicals in use (toxic to humans and to the atmosphere). I just read that a new chemical was approved for strawberries, since methyl […]
The True Cost of Doubt and Denial
The recent President’s Cancer Panel report, “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now,” has put the official government seal on something many of us have recognized for quite some time: Chemicals are very likely to cause cancer. For the first time, the government has had the courage to recommend the proper solution: Eat […]
Letters to Juliet…from Camelot
A while back I went to see a romantic comedy with my 13-year-old daughter Eve and we saw a preview for Letters to Juliet. It looked like a good movie, but I couldn’t help but wonder: Who was that man on a horse who rode up to see Vanessa Redgrave after 50 years apart? So […]
Quick and Easy Couscous (10 minutes max)
Sometimes you want something as a side dish that is filling, satisfying, yummy, and just quick as can be. That would be couscous. What is couscous? It’s a teeny-tiny little pasta-like thing that originated from the food cultures of Africa and the Middle East. You can get mixes in the store and pay more for […]
Accelerated Aging Strikes Again
In my book, Organic Manifesto, I write about how studies are finding that genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which are now found in almost all our processed foods including nonorganic corn and soy, cause accelerated aging. Then, last week I read about a new study that shows that soda, specifically the phosphorous in soda, causes accelerated […]
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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