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

One Big Fight to Save One Small Organic Farm

~ Via Change.org ~ More than 20,000 people have joined a popular campaign on Change.org urging officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, to save a 31-year-old organic farm instead of destroying it to build private soccer fields. Farmer Nick Maravell, Montgomery County residents, and the Montgomery Countryside Alliance, an agriculture conservation non-profit, are leading the campaign on Change.org to save Nick’s Organic Farm, the county’s only organic seed farm.... 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

Not Just A Few Stolen Moments of Peace & Tranquility

by Carrie Morgan This spring I’ve been focused on transforming my health by taking control of it, instead of just sitting back and it control me. Tea has become a surprisingly strong aspect of both my physical and mental control. I’ve even given up my daily pot (or two) of coffee to find a more holistic comfort in a pot of tea. I’m not talking a dainty cup of Earl Grey in the morning, or a box of Lipton tea bags.  It’s more to the tune of an overflowing... Read More

Tell the DOJ it’s time to Break Up Monsanto

Last year the Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Agriculture held a series of 5 workshops investigating anti-competitive practices in the food and agricultural sectors, particularly pertaining to Monsanto. Nowhere are these abuses more prevalent than in the extreme market share enjoyed by the seed and chemical company Monsanto, which has a virtual stranglehold on seed supplies in crucial sectors that has severely limited farmer’s choice in what traits... Read More

We Stand United in Opposition to Genetically Engineered Alfalfa

The following News Release was sent in response to the USDA’s full deregulation of genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, and signed by more than 20 groups and individuals in the organic community: WE STAND UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO GE ALFALFA We stand united in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to once again allow unlimited, nationwide commercial planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa, despite... Read More

Old Town Scottsdale’s TeaTime has Great News!

TeaTime LLC 7051 E Fifth Ave. Ste C | Scottsdale, AZ 85251 |  (480)686-8503 TeaTime is an independently owned retail shop committed to bringing the highest quality tea and tea products to Scottsdale. We offer hundreds of teas and accessories for brewing and enjoying tea at its finest. Anything from white, green, oolong, black, rooibos, or herbal, we have teas to satisfy even the pickiest palates. Our teas are sold by weight so once you discover... Read More

A Sustainable Harvest

A Sustainable Harvest: In contrast to the suburban landscape now known as Scottsdale, the “Valley of the Sun” was once a rural agricultural community with a variety of orchards and farms growing citrus, figs, potatoes, peanuts, almonds and cotton.  Today, farmland on the Salt River Reservation remains the only overt reminder of the area’s agricultural origins, separated from the city to the west by a single stretch of the Pima freeway.  There, ten years... Read More

TALKING GREEN WITH THE QUEEN OF CLEAN®

“We don’t need all of these chemicals to make our homes clean. The most sustainable methods for cleaning happen to be the most effective.” After digging into the dirt of cleaning products, we found that cleaning supplies most of us perceive to be the most beneficial are, in fact, the most dangerous, laden with chemicals that pose health risks seldom publicized. “As a society, we’ve fallen victim to the successful marketing and packaging of modern products,... Read More