Growing A Greener World: The Rodale Institute!

Watching yourself on TV is kind of weird. But I have to say, Joe Lamp’l (also known as “joe gardener”!) made it really easy for me. He’s one of the hosts of Growing a Greener World, a TV series on …

The Power to Make a Difference

By guest blogger Joe Lamp’l, executive producer and host of Growing a Greener World, a new public-television series that delivers to a modern audience the latest trends in ecofriendly living, mixed with traditional gardening know-how. It ended way too soon; …

A Visit to My Kitchen: Birke Baehr

Eleven-year-old Birke Baehr is in my kitchen today, talking about how he has been inspired to ditch his dreams of the NFL for aspirations of becoming an organic farmer. At the age of 9, Baehr started studying sustainable- and organic-farming …

Make Mine Organic

Today I’d like to share an excerpt from Organic Manifesto. We can feed the world with organic foods and farming. Despite the propaganda churned out by biotech and chemical companies, organic farming is the only way to feed the world. …

A Visit to My Kitchen: Max Goldberg

Today Max Goldberg is in my kitchen, talking about his views on healthy clean living and clean water. Max writes a blog about organic food and healthy living and is a member of several organic consuming, trade, and farming associations. …

A Visit to My Kitchen: Alison Grantham

Alison Grantham is in my kitchen today, sharing her insights from testing organic and chemical agriculture, and her surprising chocolate-and-vegetable guilty pleasure. Alison currently directs all aspects of the Rodale Institute’s soil-focused organic agriculture research program. Previously, Alison completed a …

Can Chemicals Be Washed Off Your Fruits and Vegetables?

I often get asked if you need to buy those produce washes to clean off your fruits and veggies, especially if they are not organic. My gut instinct has told me two things: One, a little bit of soap and …