Michael Simms: Elderberry Magic
In the Native American tradition, the elder is sacred. The soft whistling song I often hear in the branches has been heard by others as well. Elder’s long association with wind instruments suggests that the magical sound comes not from the wind but rather from the tree itself, as well as any instruments carved from elder branches.
Rachel Hadas: The Seeds
My former student sent me six or seven
little homemade packets—folded paper
labelled and taped. Inside each packet
she’d tucked a few heritage seeds:
squash, lettuce, kale, peas, more I am forgetting.
Rachel Hadas: Sourdough Starter
One batch of sourdough starter, it is said,
can trace its lineage generations back.
Each fresh loaf carries on the tangy smack…
Vegan Kitchen: Sweet Potato Taquitos with Cashew Cream
Recipe for Sweet Potato Taquitos Ingredients 2½ -3 cups chopped sweet potatoes (about 1 large or 2 medium sweet potatoes) 1 cup chopped carrots (about 3 medium carrots) 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup chopped red onion 1½ cups cooked black … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Derek Sarno | Wicked Stroganoff and other great recipes
Vegan chef Derek Sarno is on a mission to unleash the mighty power of plants, creating nutritious food from mushrooms and vegetables that’s full of texture and flavor — and good for the planet. (recipes included in this post)
Henry David Thoreau: On Eating Animals
I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilised.
Majid Naficy: Stroke
It was last week
Tuesday morning at seven
When in the shower
Your right arm became numb
Video: Happiness Family Farm
Rosata, her husband, Prosper, and son, Japhety, work year-round on their small farm to harvest fresh fruits and vegetables for the Portland community.
Erin Eberle, Anna Lappe: Eating in the Age of Climate Crisis
A recent analysis on land use estimated that livestock production uses 83 percent of the world’s farmland, yet provides only 18 percent of the world’s total calories.
Brett Wilkins: Animal agriculture emits nearly 60% of greenhouse gases, according to new study
If people are concerned about climate change, they should seriously consider changing their dietary habits.
Valerie Segrest: Cranberries are Good Medicine
Both Western and traditional medicine agree, cranberries are more than just tart and tasty.
Video: How to Reverse Autoimmune Disease with Supermarket Foods
In this entertaining and informative talk, Brooke Goldner, MD tells how she suffered with lupus for many years until she developed a protocol that reversed her lupus and allowed her to live a full and healthy life. This protocol, as it turns out, also works on a multitude of other chronic diseases.
Dr. Michelle D. Holmes: Black Lives Depend on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Black Americans need science-based dietary guidelines in an acute way as they disproportionately benefit from federal nutrition programs that are mandated to follow the guidelines, such as school breakfast and lunch programs.
Stephanie Hiller: COVID-19 Sparks a Rebirth of the Local Farm Movement
Could this be the beginning of a new food economy?
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