Americans tend to eat more calories void of nutrition than their bodies need for a healthy lifestyle. This has led to increasing numbers of people with diabetes and obesity. Packaged […]
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Buying meat that is local and raised responsibly is an important part of being sustainable. Read about how you can do that here. Hemlock Hill Farm is a family-owned farm that
This post was originally written June 2, 2020, but never published. Here it is on December 27, at the twilight at this most incredible of years, perhaps even more timely
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Tips You can make your dressings in batches Dressings, whether creamy (mayonnaise or dairy based) or vinaigrette (oil and vinegar), are emulsions that can keep for up to one week
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According to the book The Blue Zones, which studied the diets and lifestyles of pockets of centenarians, people who lived to 100+ ate meat an average 1-2 times or less
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Sun warms water and it rises to the surfaceEarth spins on its axis and swirls it round Clockwise and counter clockwise, back and forth Salt is mixed in and squeezed
Our planet has a budget but this budget isn’t about money. It’s about resources. Earth can only produce a certain amount of resources every year and every year we use it all up. The day that we use up the year’s worth of resources is called Earth Overshoot Day. This year it falls on August 22.
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Governor Cuomo’s March 20 order to shelter in place has had enormous impacts on our daily lives. While many may long for “normalcy”, some of us are using this moment
It’s a common trope that the traditional Chinese character for “crisis” is a combination of the characters meaning “danger” and “opportunity.” Although that isn’t accurate, it certainly resonates at times
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