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Back to Eden Garden On Hold

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Cholesterol Conspiracy: Nearly Everything You’ve Heard Is Not Only Wrong, but Deadly!

Cholesterol Conspiracy: Nearly Everything You’ve Heard Is Not Only Wrong, but Deadly! Cholesterol Conspiracy: Nearly Everything You've Heard Is Not Only Wrong, but Deadly!

Obama sneaks in special protection for Monsanto in spending bill

Obama sneaks in special protection for Monsanto in spending bill Obama sneaks in special protection for Monsanto in spending bill

How to Make Tepache: Enjoy this refreshing tropical drink for a healthy dose of probiotics!

How to Make Tepache: Enjoy this refreshing tropical drink for a healthy dose of probiotics! How to Make Tepache: Enjoy this refreshing tropical drink for a healthy dose of probiotics!

How to Make Brown Sugar at Home

How to Make Brown Sugar at Home How to Make Brown Sugar at Home

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Back to Eden Garden On Hold

May 2, 2013
Back to Eden Garden On Hold

Last year at this time, I was busily working in our first-ever Back to Eden garden. I wrote about preparing the area, getting the woodchips, planting the seeds and watching them grow. I even wrote about the beautiful garden spider that did such a wonderful job at protecting our tomatoes. This year, however, we have [...]

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Cholesterol Conspiracy: Nearly Everything You’ve Heard Is Not Only Wrong, but Deadly!

April 18, 2013
Cholesterol Conspiracy: Nearly Everything You’ve Heard Is Not Only Wrong, but Deadly!

A couple of weeks ago, I made the mistake of drinking a cup of coffee a little too late in the evening and although I was tired, I wasn’t quite ready for bed. I ended up browsing around on YouTube just to try to wind down. In particular, I was watching health videos from the [...]

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Obama sneaks in special protection for Monsanto in spending bill

March 30, 2013
Obama sneaks in special protection for Monsanto in spending bill

The health of Americans, and people around the world, is not a political issue. Plenty of folks on both the right and left agree that genetically modified foods (GMOs) are not healthy and should be avoided, in spite of the difficulty in avoiding such foods because of their prevalence in most foods in our grocery [...]

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How to Make Tepache: Enjoy this refreshing tropical drink for a healthy dose of probiotics!

March 13, 2013
How to Make Tepache: Enjoy this refreshing tropical drink for a healthy dose of probiotics!

Although the methods have changed a bit, Tepache is a fermented beverage that originated with the Aztecs. I have to say it’s the best tasting and easiest to make probiotic drink I’ve had so far. Here’s what you’ll need to make it: A fresh, whole pineapple – preferably organic 1 cup of brown sugar, or [...]

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How to Make Brown Sugar at Home

March 12, 2013

Ever wanted to make a recipe that calls for brown sugar, and then realized you don’t have any? No problem! If you have white sugar and molasses, it’s easy to make your own brown sugar — light or dark. To make LIGHT brown sugar, I add one tablespoon of molasses to one cup of white [...]

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Hot Topic: La Banderita Corn Tortillas, the Non-GMO Project & Supporting Local Farms

February 27, 2013
Hot Topic: La Banderita Corn Tortillas, the Non-GMO Project & Supporting Local Farms

A year ago, I posted an e-mail exchange between myself and Edgar Moreno of Ole Foods, the makers of La Banderita tortillas, regarding whether or not the corn used to make their tortillas is non-GM corn. Since then, that article has become the most popular post on this website, generating several comments, some thankful, some [...]

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Homeschooling in Mexico: Interview with Mike Richardson of El Hogar Educador

February 21, 2013
Homeschooling in Mexico: Interview with Mike Richardson of El Hogar Educador

Editor’s Note: Back in 2010, I interviewed Mike Richardson of El Hogar Educador, Mexico’s first and primary homeschooling ministry and organization, for the website SpiritualSalt.com. I am reprinting it here to draw attention to the homeschooling movement in Mexico, and to ask American homeschool families to prayerfully consider offering their support for the movement. We [...]

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Make cream cheese from kefir, get whey as a bonus!

February 18, 2013
Make cream cheese from kefir, get whey as a bonus!

When I entered the realm of lacto-fermentation, I had no idea of the wonderful surprises in store for me. Who knew it could be so easy to redeem otherwise ‘dead’ foods by encouraging life-giving (probiotic) organisms to grow in them, thereby greatly enhancing the nutrition profile of those same foods? While milk fresh from the [...]

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Lacto-Fermentation: Healthy Prepping with Old Timey Methods

February 13, 2013
Lacto-Fermentation: Healthy Prepping with Old Timey Methods

When I was visiting with my grandparents this past weekend, I was telling them about my recent adventures in Kefir-making. My grandma immediately remarked, “That sounds like clabber.” I had to ask, “What exactly is clabber?” After all, I’d heard of it, and knew it involved milk, but wasn’t exactly sure what it was. She [...]

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Kefir: Make this Healthy Addiction At Home

February 11, 2013
Here's my Kefir-making equipment. Pretty simple stuff to make an incredibly healthy, healing food!

I first learned about the magical milk-based concoction known as Kefir a few years ago. I was desperately looking for a good natural remedy to fight off a fierce stomach bug I contracted on a trip to the exotic destination of DisneyWorld. After spending some time on my go-to natural health websites, I learned that [...]

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