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Hedgebrook Farm Announces New Artisan Cheese

Penny-and-Jurgen

A Northern Virginia dairy farmer now has a artisan cheesemakers turning her high butterfat Jersey milk into raw milk cheese. The two cheesemakers once worked in downtown D.C. office jobs, now they are living on 32 green acres and offering their wares at local farmers markets.

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A Green Margarita! Organic That Is!

Islamorada Bungalow Margaritas

I am so thrilled! I found a way to go green with my favorite mixed drink, margarita. When you decide to pursue a healthy lifestyle through changing your diet, it is easy to feel guilty when you are on vacation and want to relax your standards…

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Don’t Throw that Computer Out!

My Husband Recycling

My husband, Keith wanted to clean out a storage room at the office, which was filled with outdated computer equipment. My first reaction was GASP, we can’t throw that into the dumpster, dooming it to end up in a landfill! Certainly someone in the world can use this perfectly good computer equipment? So, Keith did some computer research and found out that Best Buy has a recycling…

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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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