Healthy Eating

Backyard Wild Spring Greens

For many of us in New England, when we think of spring we get excited to see seed catalogs and start planning our spring gardens in February...

Surviving the Holidays Gluten Free

As families gather around the dining room table, the intestinal discomfort one may feel might not be triggered by a second (or third) helping, but rather, by an undiagnosed food allergy...

Healing With Fresh Foods This Winter

Here’s an invitation to add more green smoothies, juices and whole fresh foods into your winter diet. Start slowly and add more to your diet/lifestyle as you go. This has a very positive effect on your body.

Microgreen Garden: Indoor Grower's Guide to Gourmet Greens

Microgreen growing expert Mark Braunstein comes to the rescue of all want-to-be indoor year-round homegrowers of young vegetable seedlings, herbs, beans and grains...

10 Things to Know About Food on World Food Day

October 16 is World Food Day. It offers the opportunity to strengthen national and international solidarity in the fight to end hunger, malnutrition, and poverty...

Plant-based Solutions to World Hunger

A Well Fed World’s Plants-4-Hunger program was developed as an alternative to animal-gifting for those who wish to support humane approaches to solving the world’s hunger crisis...

Lab-grown Meat Could Help Save the Planet

One idea for satisfying the increasing demand for meat without causing massive environmental damage is to grow it without the animal...

Storing Locally Grown Food For the Winter

Put your abundance of garden tomatoes, herbs, kale and zucchini to good use by processing them now for winter eating...

7 Ways To Cook Up A Local Diet

Last year, Vicki Robin lived for a month eating only food from within a 10-mile radius. Here’s her tips for a planet-friendly diet.

Veganpalooza

Veganpalooza, hosted by Dr. Will Tuttle and Steve Prussack, is a free tele-summit featuring world-class leaders in the vegan movement...

Threats to Real Organic Egg Production

Recent actions on the part of the FDA and USDA discourage outdoor access for egg laying hens, including those on organic farms...

Drug-free Cancer Treatment: Ketogenic Diet

A ketogenic diet has been used as a first line of treatment in managing epilepsy in children since the early 90's...

Welcoming Pleasure Back to the Table

When you’re turned on by your food, you turn on your metabolism and a whole lot more...

Amazing Wrap Sandwiches Are Portable, Delicious Nutrition — Day or Night

Food has a special power to bring people together and to make them feel healthy and vibrant...

The Longevity Kitchen: Satisfying, Big-Flavor Recipes with Age-Busting Power Foods

Rebecca Katz's recipes use bright delicious life-enhancing foods exploding with nutrients to create what she calls the The Science of Yum...

Fermentation Magic: A Model for Health and Transformation

I originally started fermenting foods when I was in college. I had always enjoyed cooking, but I was in the process of falling in love with cooking when I made my first batch of sauerkraut.

Cultivating a Better Food System in 2013 

As we start 2013, many people will be thinking about plans and promises to improve their diet and health. But we think a broader collection of farmers, policy-makers, and eaters need new, bigger resolutions for fixing the food system...

Ancient Grains and Verdant Sprouts

Trying adding sprouts to your healthy spring menu. You can grow them right on your own kitchen counter!

The Dairy-Free and Gluten-Free Kitchen: 150 Delicious Dishes for Every Meal, Every Day

Hooray! People with food sensitivities and health issues are really and truly being recognized by the food industry...

Being Warm, Staying Well

Enjoy New England’s coldest, darkest season with hot drinks and hearty soup…

Banish Holiday Weight Gain

Enjoy all the season’s social gatherings, delicious food, treats and beverages with these weight loss success tips.

Versatile Meal Ideas For Fall Veggies

For many people fall is the best time to live in New England. With much of the summer produce still available...

Throw a Dog a (Raw) Bone...And Maybe a Carrot Too!

I would be remiss in my column this issue focusing on animal welfare not to mention the importance of what we feed our companion animals.

Healthy Summer Fast Food

The New England growing season really kicks into high gear by mid-summer and it's a wonderful time to stop by a farmer's market and see what is available.

Don't Grill Meat Without This Healthy Tip

While we all love the irresistible smell of meats and veggies grilling outdoors, it should also remind us that grilling meats is the unhealthiest way to...