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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.

24
Oct 2012

Foods We Love: Garlic

Author: LisaFerber
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Garlic is a spice that adds zest to everything from pasta to vegetables to simple buttered bread. And as it turns out, garlic is also pretty good for you.

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24
Oct 2012

Making Women's Voices Heard

Author: sheila hollender
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In today's fast-paced world women are being pulled in so many directions. We are working, raising families, raising grandchildren, taking care of spouses, elderly parents, sick siblings, needy neighbors. For most of us, getting through a day is a daunting balancing act.
 

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23
Oct 2012

What’s Lurking in Your Medicine Cabinet?

Author: Seventh Generation
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Chances are you're very careful about the products you use to clean your home. You know all about VOCs and phosphates and a host of other ingredients. But when was the last time you inventoried the contents of your medicine cabinet? 
 

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15
Oct 2012

Your Mileage May Vary (But It'll Rise If You Read This!)

Author: the Inkslinger
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Here in the far northern boondocks, my wallet now shrieks in horror every time it sees a gas pump. But $3.84 a gallon is nothing compared to California, where gas is nearly a dollar more. People are driving all over creation trying to shave a few pennies off the price. But what if we could save that cash and more every time we hit the accelerator?

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15
Oct 2012

Foods We Love: Walnuts

Author: LisaFerber
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I was rethinking my diet and figured I would research foods that reduce stress. Looking through the list, I found one that I hadn't heard about before as being a soothing food: walnuts.

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12
Oct 2012

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 2012

Author: greenwrite
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Every year in the United States approximately 2 million women experience pregnancy loss due to miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death, and other causes. October 15 is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. It offers us the opportunity to increase our understanding of the tragedy involved in the deaths of unborn and newborn babies. It also enables us to consider how, as individuals and communities, we can meet the needs of bereaved parents and family members.
 

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10
Oct 2012

Foods We Love: Barley

Author: LisaFerber
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I've always found there to be something comforting about barley. Whether in barley soup, or barley and mushrooms, the soft doughiness of it has that homey quality that a person can sink their teeth into.

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09
Oct 2012

Top Ten Baby Gifts for 2012

Author: Seventh Generation
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What are the must-have baby gifts for this year? We asked our Facebook community to share their top baby-gift-registry items and compiled the top ten recommendations into this list for 2012. Any one of them is sure to delight a Mom-to-be!
 
Top 10 Registry Items for 2012:
 

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05
Oct 2012

Must Reading: Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

Author: sheila hollender
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A new book by Florence Williams, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, explores a topic that is generally glossed over in the conversation about environmental toxins. After giving birth to her second child, Williams had her breast milk tested for various pesticides and toxins, including flame retardants. Her results came back "higher than expected, and ten to a hundred times higher than those found in European women."  Williams' exposure came from electronics, furnishings and food.

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04
Oct 2012

Halloween Costumes That Won't Frighten the Planet

Author: the Inkslinger
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The surest sign that autumn is knocking at the gate comes each year in the dying light of late September. Over a dinner plate filled with garden finality, my daughter will invariably look up out of the blue and ask in sudden panic, "Hey! What am I going to be for Halloween?"
 
We parents know the drill. Free-flowing summer's crash into the new school year reawakens an awareness of calendars, and as the dust settles little people everywhere suddenly realize that major Halloween decisions are looming like a pack of underfed vampires at a blood drive.

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