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A few months ago, my husband brought home a book entitled The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure. Mm, no, dear. We do have backyard hens, and I do still breastfeed my 3 year old, and I did milk a goat for my birthday and then proceeded to drink the milk raw… But […]
Having a foot in both worlds (happily, may I add), I often find it funny how both sides consider the other borderline insane when in fact they have so much in common! Today, let’s turn a blind eye on our differences, and focus on the similarities. Here are the 15 reasons why Raw Foodists and […]
Monsanto has done a very good job of convincing others that Genetic Modification is our salvation, that it will eliminate the need for pesticides and herbicides, and will ensure that we will have continuous supplies of food as our ingredients will be, essentially, indestructible until they reach our plate. I felt it was important to […]
Back when we lived in Iowa, and did not have a lot of child-centered activities in town, we would take Franklin to the public library for new books to read to him. He loved it, and it gave me a chance to check out the “New Books” section for something I could read while Franklin […]
I met Mandi at a Waldorf playgroup in Ames, Iowa. I was feeling so lonely and isolated there that I looked for like-minded people with kids about Frank’s age, and found her. There she was, at the first playgroup meeting, with a 2 week old baby who was birthed unassisted (because the midwife didn’t get […]
Conventional Wisdom recommends iron supplementation for all infants older than 6 months. The most common form of supplementation is rice cereal — that’s right, refined, usually not organic, rice cereal, a food that has so little nutrition within it it is basically a carrier for minerals added later on. In addition, the iron in rice […]
What should you eat to be extraordinarily healthy? Many people will tell you: “Everybody’s different. You need to find out what works for you.” Well, yes, that’s kind of true, but it’s not very helpful, is it? When I am asked this question, I immediately mention 2 things. 1) What is your genetic background? Human […]