The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that each year more than nine million Americans get sick from foodborne illnesses, leading to around 56,000 hospitalizations and 1,350 deaths.1 Fresh fruits and vegetables are often the culprits, but the pathogens most often are traced back to animal sources, specifically to their manure.
Can Regenerative Agriculture Help Save The Planet?
In October 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report sounding the alarm about the real effects of climate change to the planet. This team, made up of 91 scientists from more than 40 countries, scoured nearly every research paper ever written on climate change and came back with a battle cry: We need to act now.
This April, we’re taking climate action in our own yards and in our neighborhood playgrounds and parks. We’re turning Ladybug Love into a movement to transform our public spaces into better for our health and environment, synthetic pesticide-free zones.
Carotenoids are a class of phytochemicals that are largely responsible for the red, yellow, and orange color of fruits and vegetables, and are also found in many dark green vegetables.
Vitamin D supports cardiovascular, prostate and breast health, immune system function, brain function and development, healthy blood sugar levels, and much more, but most of us aren’t getting optimal levels.
For centuries, many cultures around the globe have valued butter for its life-sustaining properties. A dentist-turned-researcher, Weston A. Price, studied native diets in the 1930s and found that butter was a staple for many vibrantly healthy peoples.1 The groups he studied particularly valued the deep yellow butter produced by cows feeding on rapidly-growing green grass.
It is estimated that 1 out of every 3 adults age 20 and older has hypertension (i.e., high blood pressure) in the U.S. Of these adults, less than half have their hypertension controlled.
Earth Watch: Drastic Decline in Songbirds Linked to Neonic Pesticides
Neonicotinoids, or “neonics,” are a class of insecticides introduce in the 1990s and are currently the most widely used insecticides in the world. They are most commonly used as seed treatments, that is, seeds are coated in the pesticide before they are sold.
If you're thinking about the mundane task of writing your next grocery list, how about doing a little light reading first? Allow us to introduce you to "Think Wisely"—a narrative about the stuff you may want to include in your next snack, or brunch, or "welcome to the neighborhood" gift basket...
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