Monthly Archives: February 2009

Dangers of Soy Explained by Health Activist Elaine Hollingsworth

Day 68

Dangers of Soy Explained! To see, read and hear about it in most mainstream and ‘alternative living’ media you’d think that the ubiquitous soy bean and its derivatives are the most versatile, natural, heart-friendly, health-improving, fat-preventing, growth-promoting and generally lovable foods ever grown on our good earth.

A simple, easily-cultivated bean which has been part of our diet since the dawn of civilization, promising health and vitality to the lactose-intolerant, the new-born, the aged, the menopausal, the frail, the athletic, the health conscious and just about everyone else as well…

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Grass-Based Farming is Making a Comeback, Due to the Influence of Polyface Farm

Matt Rales

Today’s post is by guest blogger, Matt Rales of Polyface Farms. He writes about the importance of grass based farming to healing our land…

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How Nourishing Traditions Has Changed Me

Real Food Wednesdays

I discovered the Nourishing Traditions way of cooking when we first got involved as Weston A. Price members. I bought my copy of Sally Fallon’s cookbook off of Ebay. At first blush, the cookbook was to say the least, overwhelming.

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Virginia Farm Hosts Health Speaker Series

Kimberly Feeds the Orphaned Lamb

This past Saturday, Keith and I were the guest speakers at the Fields of Athenry Farm which hosted a Farm-to-Community Health Outreach Series. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the fields were filled with sheep, and many baby lambs. We got to hold and cuddle baby lambs…

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Good Grief. Chicken Vaccines?

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Well, now I have seen everything. A farm buying club manager just sent me a link to Pfizer Pharmaceuticals chicken health page. This video beats all…

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Shopping Made Simple: Farm Drops

Jeff and Jenny

First it was shop till you drop…now its shopping at the farm drop! Two years ago, I had no idea what a farm drop was. Then came Weston A. Price Foundation…

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Vote for Raw Milk Bill on OpEdNews.com

Who Are Those Guys?

The FDA Safety Cowboys are circling their wagons, the raw milk posse is bearing down on them, and they need to shore up their defense, whoops, I mean defend their offense…hey guys, you don’t need to jump in the river, just surrender!

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Pina Colada Kefir Smoothie

Real Food Wednesdays

My entry in today’s blog carnival is a yummy Pina Colada smoothie made with homemade raw goats milk kefir.

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Chef Sandoval Doubles Up on Tradition

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On a visit to the Tysons Corner Shopping Mall (Tysons I), Keith and I happened upon a new restaurant, La Sandia. We were thrilled to discover a number of farms mentioned on the menu…

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Cloistered Nuns Speak out for Raw Dairy

Nun tending her Sheep

Last year a nunnery on one of the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State had several instances where their dairy’s pathogen tests came back positive. Being Catholic, I was quite excited to know that these nuns were running a small raw dairy…

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