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 A Day in the Life
Read about a real time day in the life of two farmers who bring food grown with love to 850 families in New York. more >>
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 Beet Soup Recipe
This delicious healthy spring, summer or autumn soup needs a minimum of ingredients and preparation. I recommend using heirloom beets. more >>
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 Daikon-Carrot Condiment
Have you ever wondered about the dab of juicy, grated white stuff that's served with tempura and sushi? It's grated daikon. Because this pearly white radish aids digestion it often appears with these dishes. Daikon also is a venerable weight loss remedy in Asia. more >>
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 Farming in the Age of Expensive Oil
In this country farmers have to be over 80 years old to remember low-input, diversified farming systems. An organic farmer aks: who will have the knowledge to grow our food in the age of expensive oil, with no fertilizers and pesticides? more >>
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 Grape Compote
This sweet yet savory compote is high in invaluable antioxidants and therefore exceptionally healthful. But first things first, it tastes delicious and is quick and easy to make. Purple or red grapes will yield a stellar purple or red color. more >>
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 Herbal Vinegars
A pantry full of herbal vinegars is a constant delight. Preserving fresh herbs and roots in vinegar is an easy way to capture their nourishing goodness. It's easy too.You don't even have to have an herb garden. more >>
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 How to be Fuel and Food Rich During Climate Change
Biofuels and incineration are bad ideas promoted by big governments. Solar power, anaerobic generation of energy from waste materials, and green algae for carbon capture and sustainable biofuels are good ideas that definitely will work. more >>
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 How I Beat Cancer
"Convinced that I could turn the cancer around, I found a doctor who said he'd give me three months time while I used only natural remedies. Six months later, I was cancer-free." more >>
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 Iroquois White Corn
Irouois white corn is an heirloom variety grown on the reservation in upstate New York. Here's how to get some, plus a tasty recipe for white cornbread that really rocks your tastebuds. more >>
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 Lilipoh Archive
Find articles from Lilipoh Magazine reprinted with their kind permission here at Satya Center. more >>
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 Menopausal Years, the Wise Woman Way
Menopause is a period of transition and metamorphosis, like puberty. It consists of three stages: isolation, melt down, and emergence. Each stage calls forth new energies and new perceptions of ourselves. more >>
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 Organic Production Works
A new study shows organic production outperforms conventional in crop yield, soil fertility, pest reduction and economic return. more >>
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 Pine Needle Tea
The foragers among you will love this delicious and healthful drink. A wonderful way to commune with Winter. more >>
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 Pisces Foods
As the Sun moves through Pisces and approaches the spring equinox, we'll naturally know it is time to clean up. Don't wait for spring to spring clean; the best time is now. This applies to our homes and our bodies. more >>
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 Roasted Beet & Pecan Salad
This roasted beet and pecan salad can be served for lunch, or as a side dish or dinner salad.Bringing nourishment that is colorful and refreshing, it is easy to prepare. more >>
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 Roxbury Farm New Land Purchase
Roxbury Farm purchases 100 acres of new land, in cooperation with Open Space Conservancy and the National Park Service, keeping the land in agriculture. more >>
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 Saffron Brown Rice with Carrots
Serve this dish as a main course or side dish. According to Ayurveda, saffron has wonderful healing qualities for all body types especially as a “blood revitalizer”. more >>
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 Salad Vinaigrette
Learn to dress a salad, make a marinade with oil and vinegar or lemon. An easy way to make vegetables & salads come alive with health and flavor. more >>
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 Stuffed Cabbage
Learn how to make this delicious and nourishing dish from leftovers or anytime you need extra vitamins and fiber. Easy and fun for vegans, vegetarians and fish and meat eaters alike. more >>
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 Through the Eyes of Abundance
Marin County California is on its way to becoming the first all organic county in the United States. How did they do it? And how can others follow their example? more >>
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 Tomato Raisin Chutney
Try this East-West flavor fusion that combines fruity, sour, sweet and hot and goes well with rice dishes or fish. more >>
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 Wheat Berry Veggie Burgers
Veggie Burgers are a satisfying way to have your whole grains satisfy both your appetite and a desire to seek real nourishing vitamin and mineral rich whole foods. more >>
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 Haiti Hurricane Relief Appeal
September 11, 2008
"At another food program some 8 miles south of our food program, a security guard shot at the crowd who were desperate for a meal. An unconfirmed report said three hungry people died, 12 were wounded. Some small children were crushed within a crowd of starving young men, women and elderly people. The luckiest and very little babies hold onto their mothers or big sisters in the hope of some food." more >>
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 Green Tea, The Elixir of Life?
April 8, 2007
Green tea, the everyday beverage for hundreds of millions in Japan and China has emerged as the latest ‘miracle drug' for preventing just about any ailment humans can suffer from. Here's the science behind the news sensation. more >>
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 Wanted: Fifty Million Farmers
November 1, 2006
The de-industrialization of agriculture in an era of expensive oil could be managed without catastrophes and could substantially benefit society and the environment in the long run. Here's how. more >>
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 Global Food Trade & The New Slave Labour
February 24, 2006
South African farmers pay labourers in part or in full with alcohol. A steady stream of alcohol is given to the workers throughout the day. Not too much to make them drunk, but enough to make them dependent. more >>
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 Our Collapsing Food System -- And How to Fix It
February 24, 2006
The global agricultural-industrial complex is destroying the environment, exploiting farmers around the world, and delivering low-quality, high-cost food to unwary consumers. But a host of alternatives are springing up to provide nutritious food from sustainable farm communities. more >>
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 Good Health with the Sun: Capricorn Foods for Life
January 11, 2006
Capricorn is the sign of things that take time and old things in general. Braised dishes and slow cooked meals add warmth to our system. Old time foods include lentils, cultivated for thousands of years; olives and olive oil, also grown for many centuries; and my favorite, well aged red wine. more >>
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 Health, Human Rights, and GM crops
October 3, 2005
Adopting GM crops when oil and water are both rapidly depleting under global warming, and when industrial monoculture is showing all the signs of collapse is a crime against humanity and our planet. more >>
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 The Global Organic Foods Boom
October 3, 2005
Organic certification standards were initially developed by farmers and farmer organizations but new, third-party, market-driven and government mandated standards threaten to turn the organic food market over to corporate agribusiness. more >>
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