Cultivating Cannabis: Why the Hemp Not?

by Snowden Bishop ~   In the Beginning, There Was Hemp. Humans began using hemp more than 12,000 years ago.  Evidence of the first human industry exists in a piece of hemp fiber dating back to 4,000 B.C. Since then, hemp, a versatile, non-psychotropic strain of the infamous cannabis plant, has been one of history’s most widely used plants with diverse applications ranging from food and medicine to textiles, rope, paper, and in the last century, biofuel,... Read More

Organic Broccoli: Eat Green and Prevent Breast Cancer

 By Thomas Lodi, MD~ Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the world today. More than 1.1 million women each year are diagnosed with breast cancer and over 200,000 of these women are Americans. These statistics are frightening especially in light of the fact that we are increasingly being told that genetics play such a major role in the development of cancer. The result is that most women feel helpless. As if getting cancer is as likely to happen as getting... Read More

Add Green to Your Halloween

It’s easy to create a healthy holiday for your family and the environment. Just follow these simple steps to add healthy green to your Halloween tradition. Pick play makeup and costumes carefully. Children love to wear colorful cosmetics as part of their costumes. Just make sure they’re using safer products and applying them as directed. Visit www.cosmeticsdatabase.com to look up your products and find safer ones. Toxic Tricks to avoid: Face paints and lipsticks... Read More

Beckets Table: Coming Together for a Little Love

by Kate McClendon When Chef Justin Beckett and his wife Michelle partnered with restaurant owners Scott and Katie Stevens, they wanted to create a space that felt as warm and inviting as being in their homes. They took to heart the idea of being a part of the community, both to its local neighbors and the greater society, and invites you to “Come Together” as you open their front doors. The restaurant was designed to have that communal feeling of breaking bread... Read More

Peace of Mind through the Principals of Water

by Howard Falco When water stops flowing, it becomes stagnant, it festers and begins to break down and lose its life giving qualities. In essence, life for each one of us is very similar. When we are out of the flow of life, when we feel uncreative and stagnant as it relates to our dreams and true desires, we unsettled and out of sync with the world around us. However, the principals of fresh flowing water have much to teach us about staying in the flow of life. With... Read More

Fitness Guru Jack Lalanne Dies at 96

If there is one household name that is synonymous with good health and fitness it is Jack Lalanne. When I was in my twenties, I was terrified of getting old. In fact, I obsessed about it, having seen some of the debilitating effects age seemed to have on elderly people I knew.  Then one day, I had the honor to meet Jack Lalanne.  I was at a bare-bones fitness spa called The Ashram, best known for being the “boot camp” where Jane Fonda would go to get... Read More

Audubon Scientists Find Gulf Birds & Oil Too Close For Comfort

Our friends at The Audubon Society, the national bird advocacy group, released an excellent report earlier this month entitled: Oil and Birds: Too Close for Comfort. The 28 page illustrated report details the lasting effects from the nation’s largest maritime disaster from the BP oil leak on the Louisiana’s Coast and its avian residents. Photo: Bill Stripli for The Audubon Society The Audubon Society says the residual oil and chemicals from BP’s Deepwater... Read More

Naturally Protecting Your Skin Against Sun Damage

A hot sunny day certainly brightens the mood! Exposure to sunlight is also good to give your body the very essential vitamin D which is necessary for healthy bones and muscles. But while sunbathing you must always remember that over exposure or regular exposure for long periods can prove harmful to the skin. It can cause sun burns and in some cases can result in skin cancer as well. Actually when exposed for longer durations ,like at the beach and sunbathing at t... Read More

HEALTH: When is too clean a bad thing?

Bombarded with clever marketing campaigns about our health,warning us about exposure to harmful bacteria and extolling the virtues of anti-bacterial soaps and cleaners, it’s no wonder that we have become a germ-phobic society obsessed with “clean.”  But when is being too clean a bad thing?HEALTH We have heard of the warning of over prescribing antibiotics, the result of which has lead to strains of Staphylococcus Aureus and other evolved forms of bacteria... Read More