To Monsanto With … by Debi Pellar
I recently read an article entitled, “Why We Hate Monsanto” and it has been on my mind ever since. I suspect that there are very few (if any) folks that share a genuine love of nature and all things radiantly healthy who can also support, in good conscience, the heinous technologies of Monsanto. It would be difficult (if not impossible) to exaggerate all that has transpired. The beliefs and actions of this company have been both … Read entire article »
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Fava Bean Season is Upon Us by Jean Johnson
Fava Bean Season is Upon Us 30 May 2010 by Jean Johnson If you have Hippie Kitchen you’ll see this picture on page 52. I choose to show off the fava beans in their pods rather than the actual dish because they have been so maligned. Typical instructions in American cookbooks are to do not pass go and double peel the beans–first shucking them from their long pods and then resting each individual bean from its own … Read entire article »
Finding Real Wealth: From a Consumer Culture to Social Well-Being
Imagine a way of life that’s culturally richer but materially leaner. In this emerging lifestyle, there is less stress, insecurity, pollution, doubt and debt, but more vacation time, more solid connections with nature and more participation in the arts, amateur sports and politics. There is greater reliance on human energy — fueled by complex carbohydrates — and less reliance on ancient sunlight stored as pollution-filled fossil fuel. Fewer fluorescent hours in the supermarket, more sunny … Read entire article »
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Within DNA Lives Our Yearning by Toni Elizabeth Sar’h Petrinovich PhD
Within DNA Lives Our Yearning By Toni Elizabeth Sar’h Petrinovich PhD Deep within the heart of every person alive is a feeling that we often call yearning. In the New Oxford American dictionary, yearning is defined as “having an intense feeling of loss or lack and longing for something”. It is derived from a Germanic base meaning “eager”. So what are we feeling a lack of? For what is our longing? What is … Read entire article »
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