Did you know that October is “Breast Health Awareness Month”?  I just read an interesting study report here that illustrates yet another good reason to ensure that you have optimal blood levels of vitamin D.  Breast cancer risk increases as vitamin D levels decrease below optimal levels.  If you haven’t done so yet, please visit

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Fermentation has existed as a way to preserve food for thousands of years. With the advent of refrigeration, fermenting has become a lost art.  Luckily, there is a renaissance occurring and fermented foods are gaining in popularity once again.  The best resource I have to share with you is www.wildfermentation.com, Sandor Katz’s website.  I highly

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I am back from a trip to the Southwestern US.  My husband and I drove to Santa Fe New Mexico and visited our friends there in their new hand-built, sustainable home powered by solar panels.  We camped in the mountains for a week and taught workshops on plant identification for food and medicine at a

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Memorial Day Weekend respectfully honors brave soldiers who died protecting our country and also serves as the kick-off weekend of summer here in the US.  This is that wonderful time of year when we can make our own vitamin D through our skin by exposing our arms, legs and face to 20 minutes of full

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Today I have been getting my exercise by preparing garden beds for planting corn, beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant and more.  It has been a perfect spring afternoon- sunny, warm and breezy with white puffy clouds decorating the blue sky.  I am dreaming of harvesting summer vegetables of all the colors of the rainbow while

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