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 […]
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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 […]
Abruzzi Fish Stew
When I first met my former father-in-law, whose parents were from Abruzzi, Italy, all he could talk about was the fish stew. So when we went to Abruzzi to visit my former husband’s relatives while on our honeymoon, of course we had to have the fish stew. It was incredible. Unfortunately, what I now know, […]
Maria’s 5 Favorites: Easter for Everyone!
Easter is on its way, and I’m dreaming about the ham we’re going to eat and the candy we’re going to make. I’m also thinking about Easter baskets—not just for the kids, but for everyone! Here are my favorite Easter basket picks: 1. Handcrafted Trug Garden Basket. You can’t have an Easter basket without an […]
In Defense of Fairy Tales
The other day I saw the first half of an Albert Einstein quote: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent…” At this point the quote was cut off, and of course my mind went to something like “read math books!” or how […]
What If Your Life Were a Movie?
I just read a little book on life after death called The Afterlife of Billy Fingers, by Annie Kagan. You’ll have to read it yourself to understand the title and the whole story (which I do recommend). But in it, Billy describes a phase of the afterlife in which you are surrounded (I pictured […]
Top 11 Ways to Be Happy
March 20th is International Happiness Day, and that’s cause for celebration! I wasn’t always happy. In fact, I spent most of my life vaguely depressed, crabby, and insecure. But for the past few years, I’ve really, really worked at being happy, and I’ve found there are a few secrets that make it so much easier: […]
Permission to Recover…Granted!
I don’t know about you, but I grew up with the image of the hard-working career person as someone who only sleeps five hours a night, starts work at 5 in the morning, and continues late into the evening—someone who’s always working, even during “recreational” time: golfing, fishing, socializing at the bar, attending conferences. It […]
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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