Arthur Agatston, MD is a world renowned preventive cardiologist and creator of the groundbreaking South Beach Diet. His latest book is THE SOUTH BEACH WAKE-UP CALL: Why America Is Still Getting Fatter and Sicker and he’s also just launched the “Sign Up to Wake Up” campaign on Facebook to help people take control of their […]
By Maria
My Double Life
Here is the truth, dear Reader. I’ve been living a double life. To you, I am a blogging cook, music-loving mother, smart-ass, and hell-raising outspoken voice on organic issues. But my day job as CEO of Rodale Inc, the leading health and wellness publisher in the world, goes largely undocumented and written about here. Why? […]
10 Reasons I Love Amazon.com
Last week I was invited to attend the press conference where Jeff Bezos unveiled a whole new “family” of Kindles, and the Kindle Fire. As a book lover, I have been a raving fan of Amazon since the very, very beginning. But after hearing Jeff Bezos talk about the arc of his business, and seeing […]
Four Things I Learned on a
Round-The-World Yacht Race
I’ve often said that I think I was a sea captain in a past life, but my son-in-law, Tony Haile, CEO of Chartbeat, actually did sail around the world. He recently wrote a blog post for his own blog that says better than I ever could what you can learn from the reality of sailing […]
September Salad: Tomato, Mozzarella, and Avocado
We often think of tomatoes as a summer pleasure, but the reality is that fresh tomatoes are a LATE-summer pleasure, meaning right up through the equinox in September or until the frost has come to blacken our little summer hearts. (OK, can you tell I prefer summer to autumn? Although, I must admit, the changing […]
What’s Really Important?
Sometimes I remember what’s really important when I am doing something that doesn’t seem very important at all. And I remembered it while manning the grill with Dave Zinczenko at Apple Fest 2011. I didn’t ask him to help me cook organic hot dogs (generously donated by Applegate Farms) for my Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen […]
Top 10 Must-Have’s for
Every Sweet Organic Pantry
For me, if I had to choose between sweet and savory, I’d always go with savory. But every pantry needs a stash of sweet stuff for baking and so forth—especially at this time of year. Maple Syrup: Coombs Farm—Well, French toast is a family favorite, and this syrup really tastes full of maple. It’s […]
Top 10 Must-Have’s for
Every Savory Organic Pantry
This time of year is always a good time to clean out your pantry and stock up for the dark winter days ahead, when a good hot meal can be the difference between a good day and a bad one. Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of different organic products. A LOT. Fancy ones. […]
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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