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Garlic: a Superior Antimicrobial

Dear Friends, Over the next couple of weeks we will be looking at garlic as a medicinal food and why we have chosen it for our Therapeutic Foods line. It is fascinating to see how smart nature is—s...

The Eyes of a Child

Dear Friends, The magic of nature is all around us. We need to develop the eyes of a child again so that we can tune in again and bask in her glory. Planting the garden this weekend (on Mother’s Da...

Gardening Tips from the Masters

Dear Friends, It’s Spring full bloom and friendship is in the air as you can see in our photo here. But take a very close look—what is different about this photo? It is vegetable garden planting ti...

Forward Thinking Review

Dear Friends, This week I want to take a deep breath and reflect with you on where we have been over the last twenty months. The newsletters covered many topics, exciting but also alarming. There i...

The Food Revolution

Dear Friends, This Friday April 23rd at 9pm/8C on ABC will be the season finale of Jamies Oliver’s Food Revolution. What has made this short, six episode series so special? It vividly shows us the ...

Biomimicry Part 2

Dear Friends, Last week I introduced you to Biomimicry and the work of Jamine Benyus. As you probably noticed, the link that I gave you last week, to her keynote speech, didn’t connect properly. So...

Jamie Oliver and Janine Benyus

Dear Friends, Over the last two weeks we have focused on the incredible work of Jamie Oliver and his Food Revolution. At the end of last week’s newsletter, in Green Facts, I linked Oliver’s TED awa...

America’s Most Unhealthy City

Dear Friends, Over the past few decades, we have become a fast food nation—consuming a diet that consists of highly processed foods, and eating on the run. The epitome of our condition is exemplifi...

Food Revolution Comes to America

Dear Friends, I am not one to watch Reality TV, but last Sunday night I checked out ABC’s new reality series: Jamie’s Food Revolution. It was the promos that made me very interested to watch this s...

Organic Seed Company goes to Mars

Dear Friends, Film Inc.’s chapter entitled Hidden Costs interviews Gary Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm. The topic is the future of organic farming. Hirshberg points out numerous organic companie...