Yes! It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means my favorite season is almost here. Bring on the sunshine with some of my favorite earth-friendly summer essentials: 1. Glide Boardies Getting active never looked so good! These board shorts by Greenlines are made from super-soft 100% recycled polyester. Plus, Greenlines donates a portion of its profits to […]
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The Magical Migration of the Monarch
Everyone loves a monarch butterfly! They are a magical symbol of summertime, transformation, and the health of the environment. But let’s face it; they’re a bit complicated to understand. Even though I’ve long appreciated how amazing they are, I didn’t get how the whole monarch migration thing worked. And why do they need milkweed? Is […]
12 Things I Love about Spring
Yes, it’s high spring here in Pennsylvania, and last night after dinner, as I was drifting off to sleep on my outdoor couch, I started making a mental list of all the things I love about this special season: 1. The air smells sweet. Yesterday, a woman who works mostly in New York came into […]
What Is Transformation?
I’ve been talking about transformation a lot these days. It’s the theme for 2014 at Rodale. It’s definitely a buzzword, and once you focus on it, you start to hear it everywhere. It’s this mythic “thing” that everyone is striving for: personal transformation (physical, mental, and spiritual), strategic business transformation (evolution, renewal), or it can […]
Are You Fed Up? You Will Be Soon
There’s a new documentary out that aims to prove that “everything we’ve been told about food and exercise for the past 30 years is dead wrong.” That’s a strong statement, and mostly true if the only place you’ve been getting your news on food and exercise is from the mainstream media. Mass-media outlets love to […]
Maria’s Five Favorites: Getting Ready for Outdoor Living!
It’s time to start living life outside again! As we blast through spring and into summer, I’m going to be spending as much time as possible outdoors—living life under the sunshine and stars. That means sitting on the porch, walking in the woods, swimming in the ocean, floating down rivers, and simply enjoying the natural […]
Top 5 Things Every Mother Needs to Know for Mother’s Day
Last week, I was fortunate enough to discover a blog written by my oldest daughter listing 13 things she’s learned from me. It warmed my heart to read her thoughts. I was glad to see she never said I was perfect, because, lord knows, no mother is perfect. But I thought I could impart my […]
The Promise of Spring
The other morning, I woke up after being away for several days (and coming home in the dark) and looked out my bedroom window with one eye (my head still on the pillow) and FREAKED OUT. Did it really snow again? After a minute of consciousness, I realized, no. That is not snow. It’s my […]
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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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