Lately, I've been on a mission to heal my past. Perhaps it's the looming 50th birthday (Gack!), but I don't want to head into my sunset years with dar...
by guest blogger Wendy Gordon, pioneer in the green consumer movement Forty-five can be a sizeable number. Especially when it's the number of gal...
There is a café near my apartment that positions itself as ecofriendly and sustainable. The counter and tables are from reclaimed wood. Everything is compostable.
by guest blogger Tyler Graham, coauthor of The Happiness Diet 1: Deciphering food label ingredients leads to unappetizing results. Take the innocuous...
Actually, what vitamin is generated from hysterical, uncontrollable laughter? Vitamin H for Happiness? I have read thousands of books in my life and I...
Agapi Stassinopoulos, motivational speaker and the author of Unbinding the Heart (Hay House, 2012), stopped by my kitchen today. Agapi has given sem...
Manufacturers have decided that, if given the choice, we might not choose to buy GMO products. So, they've decided not to give us a choice, which doesn't seem very American.
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure. While every other blog and magazine is posting weight loss and...
by guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics. For most people who think about what goes into the foods they buy, there is a qu...
I know lots of people who kind of want to make the change to eating whole wheat and whole grains but are afraid it will taste bad, or worse, that thei...
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure. Fill in the blank: When my mom said she was really into ______...
by guest blogger David Kennedy, founder and director of Leaf For Life. The New Year always brings with it lots of new fad diets. And when we hear...
Every once in a while, everyone has a bad year -- whether it's economic or tragic. Let's just say I'll be very happy to close the books on this one and start over again. Which is why I love New Year's so much: It's a fresh start, a chance to start over.
by guest blogger Maya Rodale, writer of historical tales of true love and adventure My mother has shared her classic recipe for hot apple cider, ...
by guest blogger Thomas M. Kostigen, expert on social responsibility and environmental issues. Want to eat more healthfully? Tell your representati...
Due to 15 1/2 inches of snow (yes, records were broken), STILL no power (although the generator does power the coffeemaker--priorities, people!). This...
For some reason lately, I haven't been able to get the idea and taste of this cake out of my head. It's like my "Gramma" Harter (as I used to call her...
The other day I saw a report that said that one in 10 Americans over the age of 12 take antidepressants. That seems so sad to me. But what was truly ...
Sitting is not complicated, but it is necessary to my survival. And I'm not talking about all the sitting I end up doing in those meetings. I'm talking about sitting alone, quietly, doing nothing, staring into space. Here are my sitting tips.
By guest blogger Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, It's time to eat real, America! I think ...
It was one of those odd moments when I'm running out my office door but the phone is ringing, and I turned the phone around to see who was calling and...
This salad is like tasting the last bit of summer -- sweet, savory, soft, and slightly sad, but so delicious. And if you use really good olive oil, then it's even better. Simple ingredients, easy to make, and perfectly, wonderfully yummy.
For me, if I had to choose between sweet and savory, I'd always go with savory. But every pantry needs a stash of sweet stuff for baking and so forth-...
by guest blogger Alberto Gonzalez, founder and CEO of GustOrganics. U.S. food consumers are somehow programmed to buy food cheaply. Our national moti...
Saturday, September 17th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. is the Rodale Institute's 3rd Annual Organic Apple Festival, where you can pick your own organic apple...
