How, When, And Why Honey Is Used For Wound Care
People have used honey for thousands of years for wound healing. While we now have other very effective wound-healing options, honey may still be good for healing certain wounds.
Healthy Eating
Natto — An Ancient Japanese Soulfood
For over a thousand years, natto has been a staple food in Japan, long revered for its nutritive value and many health benefits. Today, natto remains a popular breakfast, snack or side dish, typically eaten with a bowl of rice.
Unlike The US, Europe Is Setting Ambitious Targets For Producing More Organic Food
President Joe Biden has called for an all-of-government response to climate change that looks for solutions and opportunities in every sector of the U.S. economy. That includes agriculture, which emits over 600 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent every year.
8 Bites For Your Bits: Your Vagina’s Favorite Foods
The easiest ways to promote health below the belt? Food. Here are eight eats that work in favor of your vagina, walls and all. With these eight bites for your bits, it’s easy to put your vagina (and yourself) as a priority. Better yet, try creating recipes that incorporate several of these foods!
Top Six Weight Loss Snacks That Give Your Mood A Boost
It is not impossible to get out of your toxic relationship with the wrong kinds of food. Here are a few of my favorite healthy snacks for weight loss that lift your mood without packing on the pounds.
Garlic Transcendence: Crushing Nutritional Racism
Awareness. Fire brought awareness. It allowed us to cook food, which gave our brains the nutrients needed to evolve. Without proper nutrition, our brains cannot function at their highest capacity.
Good Vibes Spring Bean Salad
This spring bean salad is easy and versatile. As you touch the food and prepare it, imagine you are sending good vibes to all those who eat it, and that they use this energy to bring healing to the world...
How To Transform Your Meals With Turmeric
Are you looking for a way to add extra flavor and health benefits to your meals without breaking the bank? If so, you’re in the right place. Read on to discover how to transform your meals with turmeric. What Is…
Early Spring Biodynamic Cooking
To really understand the essence of nutrition requires the courage to re-imagine the world and bring to our consciousness a view other than the purely material…
Vitamin K: A Little-Known But Noteworthy Nutrient
Most people know about vitamins A, B, C, D and/or E, but vitamin K slips under the nutritional radar. Yet it is essential for life because it’s required for blood to clot normally. Now scientists are now realizing there is more to know about this less appreciated nutrient…
Forget the Smoothies — Use Your Blender to Make Delicious Food!
So, you purchased a blender on a whim, and months later realize that it is sitting at the back of a kitchen cupboard collecting dust because you’ve grown incredibly tired of smoothies. Fret not; you’re not alone in this sad…
OjaExpress Reimagines Grocery Delivery With Inclusivity and Community
The national grocery delivery platform, OjaExpress, helps consumers access culturally appropriate foods not found in typical American grocery stores…
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King’s Call to End Hunger
“In the United States of America we spend almost ten billion dollars a year to store the surplus food that we have in the nation. And I say to myself as I look at these conditions, ‘I know where we can store that food free of charge…
Sprouts Are The Ultimate Superfood
Sprouting is the easiest, most inexpensive way to stay on top of your health. Sprouting vegetables takes just a few minutes a day. You don’t need soil or sunshine to make it happen. All you need is filtered water and affordable equipment, most of which you probably already own.
How To Make Your Grocery Shop More Sustainable
With a renewed focus on making our lifestyles more eco-friendly, more shoppers are now looking to ensure that sustainability is a priority when they are completing their weekly food shop…
Farming Right Can Boost Soil Lifespans, Research Shows
Farmers can save the world’s soils and feed humanity for more than 10,000 years if they embrace soil conservation practices.
Why We Need A Small Farm Future
What if the route out of widespread farming towards urban-industrial prosperity that today’s rich countries followed is no longer feasible for millions of poor people in ‘developing’ countries?
10 Myths About Plant-Forward Eating
A plant-forward diet focuses primarily on plants like fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, and seeds but does not eliminate animal products completely. Here are 10 common plant-forwarding eating myths.
Returning The ‘Three Sisters’ — Corn, Beans And Squash — To Native American Farms Nourishes People, Land And Cultures
For centuries before Europeans reached North America, many…
A New Thanksgiving Tradition
This Thanksgiving, why not adopt a turkey instead of serving one for dinner? After all, turkeys are intelligent, social animals who form bonds and have distinct personalities…
The Seasonal Food Guide Helps Consumers Find In-Season Produce
To help eaters find fresh, in-season produce near them, FoodPrint created its Seasonal Food Guide.
Which Grocery Retailers Make The Grade On Bee-Friendly Food?
From coronavirus to climate change, our food system is facing profound threats that could result in bare shelves at the grocery store. Among these threats is the decimation of the bees and other essential pollinators that are responsible for one in three bites of food we eat.
8 Reasons We Need To Stop Focusing On Nutrients
The rise of nutritionalism — focusing on nutrient content rather than the whole food — has created a 'nutritional cacophony' that leaves people confused.
How To Feed Ourselves In A Time Of Climate Crisis
Here are 13 of the best ideas for a just and sustainable food system, from saving seeds to curbing food waste.
Daily Astrology
October 4, 2023
Mental Mercury begins the day at the final degree of Virgo. Thanks to September’s retrograde the Winged Messenger has been in Virgo since late July. Viewpoints are about to change. The waning Gemini Moon favors...
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