The summer solstice is when Earth’s axis tilts most directly toward the sun, making for the longest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway). This year, the summer solstice occurs this Saturday, June 21, at 6:51 a.m. (EST). Legends and rituals from different cultures imbue the day with great significance and deep meaning, […]
By Maria
The Magical World of Gardening
Do you want your kids to eat vegetables? Plant a garden with them. Do you want to heal the heart of a struggling teenager? Plant a garden with her. Do you want to bring a community together and restore their dignity and faith? Plant a garden with them. How do I know this? Recently, I […]
Banana-Coconut Bread from Scratch (and Damn Quick!)
The other day, my babysitter had dug out my mom’s Banana Bread recipe to make use of some “rotten” bananas. It was yum. A few days later, I still had some old bananas lying around and was craving some coconut. It was a Sunday spring morning, and before I headed out to clean my garage, […]
Breakfast Sausage Patties from Scratch
It all started with the search for a quick breakfast patty. I needed a patty that my teenager could pop in the microwave in the morning before school. We are big on proteins for breakfast in our house; they make us feel full longer. Perhaps you can find an organic, delicious breakfast patties in your […]
Maria’s Five Favorites: Great Gifts for Dads… or You!
June is known for sunshine, long days, and the Sunday each year when we celebrate dads. Yes, Father’s Day is right around the corner again…. This year, if you’re giving something special to a man in your life, forget the tie and get him something cool (and actually useful) that he’ll enjoy for many Father’s […]
A Message to All The Interns
The other day I found myself giving a teary retirement farewell to two people who’d worked at the Rodale Institute since the early 1970s…since I was an intern there! I hadn’t really prepared “remarks”—after all, it was just a good-bye cake. I hadn’t expected to get so emotional, either. But a few days later, as […]
Quick and Amazing Pizza Sandwich
Hunger is the mother of invention. It was my first day working from home in ages, and I was starving. It was Friday, which somehow in most people’s minds, including mine, has become Pizza Day (why is that?). Go out for pizza? No way. Make a crust from scratch? Hell no, not today. Then I […]
Free the Bees from Forced Slavery!
It feels like I’ve written this blog before, but a quick search tells me I haven’t. Either way, a recent story brought this topic to my attention again… On May 21, 2014, a tractor-trailer full of beehives crashed on the highway in Delaware, “accidentally” freeing millions of bees. No one was seriously injured, other than […]
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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