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The latest news, food for thought, recipes you’ll love, great advice on everything from raising kids to nurturing bees, plus videos designed to entertain, educate and enlighten. If you’d like to find out what’s on our mind – or let us know what’s on yours -- this is place to be.

16
May 2013

FOODS WE LOVE: Basa

Author: LisaFerber
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One food I've become quite fond of in my ongoing quest to maintain a healthy body and a smart budget is basa fillet. It's a tasty fish, with a delicate texture and nice, white flesh. A 100-gram serving provides 14 grams of protein.

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16
May 2013

Focus on Preventing Cancer

Author: Seventh Generation
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by Jeanne Rizzo, R.N., is president and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund

To what lengths will women go to prevent breast cancer from striking their lives and robbing them of time spent with loved ones?

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15
May 2013

Down & Dirty in the Produce Aisle

Author: the Inkslinger
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The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) yearly list of the most pesticide-tainted fruits and vegetables is here, and it once again underscores the importance of organic eating. The only real question is how to do it on a budget.

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14
May 2013

Composting Made Easy with Curbside Pickup

Author: AlexandraPecci
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What if you could put your compostable household waste in sidewalk bins for curbside pickup, just like you do with your recycling? It would be amazing how little waste your family would produce every day. You'd start to barely make a dent at your local landfill.

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13
May 2013

Having a Bad Air Day?

Author: the Inkslinger
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Summer is the season to get outdoors and enjoy some fresh air. Yet it's also (oh, cruel irony!) when air pollution peaks in many regions and makes that fresh air hard to find. How should we deal when our city is having a bad air day?

First the good news: there's a whole lot less air pollution than there used to be. According to the EPA, concentrations of the major outdoor air pollutants have fallen dramatically in the last several decades. Carbon monoxide, for example, is down 82% since 1980. Ozone has dropped 28%. And particulates are off 29% since 2000.[1]

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13
May 2013

FOODS WE LOVE: Spring Vegetables

Author: greenwrite
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The sun sticks around a whole lot longer, and our local farmers market opened this weekend. So despite a sudden dip into the 30s last night, it's safe to say that spring is in full swing in my northern neck of the woods.

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10
May 2013

A Roundup of Better Ideas in Weed Prevention

Author: the Inkslinger
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In the No-Surprise-Whatsoever Dept. comes this news from the front lines of environmental tomfoolery: Roundup, the world’s number one herbicidal weed killer, has been linked to a litany of human health woes by a just-published study in the journal Entropy.

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09
May 2013

Your Wallet Holds Great Power for Change

Author: sheila hollender
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In the United States, as well as globally, women hold great power by virtue of their spending habits. It is a fact that the majority of consumer products are bought by women - including cars and electronics. At every point in the purchase decision, women make choices that can lead to a company's success or to a company's scramble to see why their products are still sitting on the shelves.

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06
May 2013

Quotes We Love: All about Moms

Author: greenwrite
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Are there really enough words to say how wonderful we think our Moms are? We've collected 20 of our favorite quotes about mothers in honor of her special day. If you're thinking of making a homemade card this year, think about borrowing one of these:

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
               - Barbara Kingsolver

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06
May 2013

This Is Your Brain On Nature

Author: the Inkslinger
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You're stuck in traffic on an ugly Monday and the phone won't quit and the texts won't stop and dinner's pizza has gone cold and the radio is squawk, squawk, squawk, 'til you lose your patience. Where the heck is a tree when you need it? Wait… What? A tree? You bet. That's all science says we really need.

It's called brain fatigue, the mental Rubicon we cross when life's barrage of noise, haste, and demands overloads our cranial circuits and reduces us to overly forgetful short-attention-span shadows of our former selves.

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