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- RT @natrcain: We freeze our compost in compostable bags and then drop it off when we do our grocery shopping. Thank you for this service, @… 20 hours ago
- @natrcain Awesome! 🌱💚🌎 20 hours ago
- RT @Marandamink: American Goldfinch enjoying a snack of thistle. #fridaymorning #NaturePhotography #outdoorfun 🌤️🦋 https://t.co/LAJysewFDR 1 day ago
- @balancedDonna love that bowl 😍 and looks like a great recipe! 1 day ago
- @mrsmclovell Oh great! See you soon hopefully. 1 day ago
- RT @CompostCab: DIY it. Dropoff for free at the @DCDPW farmers market or @MOMsOrganicMrkt. Sign up for our home service. But whatever you d… 1 day ago
- @mrsmclovell Sorry, just noted in UK - the produce bags at other retailers are usually not compostable. 1 day ago
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Category Archives: Natural Health
My Lawn, Your Lawn
Why is chemical treatment on my lawn such a big deal? It’s my grass on my property. It’s not like I’m spraying all my neighbor’s lawns or the playground or the dog park. It was presented to me like this- … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Lawns, Natural Health, Pets
Tagged bees, chemical fertilizers, cigarettes, dandelions, pesticides, pets, smoking, soil, water
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Change Your Scenery
If you had told me, when I started in the natural health field at 19 years old, that one day I would be traveling to faraway lands for my job, I would’ve laughed. Then I would’ve finished pricing my products … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fruits, Gardening, Natural Health
Tagged annatto, biodynamic farming, coffee farms, Costa Rica, eco-resort, ginger, glass frog, guanabana, hanging bridges, howler monkeys, La Fortuna, livestock, medicinal plants, New Chapter, rambutan, Sacred Seeds, sloth, sustainable hospitality, turmeric, weather channel
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A New Pledge
This post is the conclusion to a previous post. Check it out here. In Olympia WA, Alaffia is a small company that receives raw ingredients from their Togo women’s cooperative, then packages, labels and ships finished products for sale to … Continue reading
Posted in Green Careers, Natural Health
Tagged Afican Black Soap, Alaffia, Alaffia pledge, artisan women, Beautiful Curls, body lotion, body wash, botanical ingredients, community empowerment, conditioner, cooperatives, employment, Everyday Coconut, Everyday Shea, gender equality, hair oil, hand soap, Olowo-n'djo, Olympia, shampoo, Togo
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Avoid GMOs, Buy Organic
October is non-GMO month. What does that mean? GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism, which refers to the genetic engineering of a plant (or animal) by scientists. Many consumers are concerned about the impact of genetically engineered plants on the … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fruits, Natural Health, Organic Food, Vegetables
Tagged 100% organic produce, certified organic, GMO, MOM's Organic Market, Non-GMO Project, organic food
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Secrets From the Green Farmacy Garden
A group of lucky Wellness staff and managers were treated to a day with two distinguished talents in herbal medicine. Christopher Hobbs, prolific author, wise clinical herbalist, world traveler, and collector of over 5000 medicine and plant books, took us … Continue reading
Posted in Native plants, Natural Health, Nutrition
Tagged andrographis, angelica, ashwaganda, Baltimore, black walnut, blackberry lily, chicory, coleus forskohlii, dong quai, Dr Christopher Hobbs, Dr James Duke, elecampane, fo ti, gazebo, giant butterbur, goldenseal, greater plantain, Green Farmacy Garden, ground ivy, Grow it Heal It, herbalist, lily pond, medicinal herbs, milkweed, olive, Peggy Duke, plantago major, poppy bloom, rain forest, raspberry, red root, shamans, The Green Pharmacy, tribal guides, turmeric, wormwood
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Pura Vida! part 1
When I signed up for a yoga retreat in Costa Rica last November it was a no-brainer – we were to spend seven days at an eco-lodge that also happened to be a biodynamic farm. The yoga was almost an … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Fruits, Natural Health, Organic Food
Tagged biodynamic, Costa Rica, farm, Finca Luna Nueva, organic, yoga
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