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If your having a problem getting motivated to eat healthy now that we are going into the colder months of the year, simply print the below guide and hang it somewhere that will inspire you to take just ONE STEP. Hang it on your refrigerator or mirror you use in the morning.
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As we continue in
this great time of year for farmers markets, vegetable gardens, there are still
many delicious foods that we associate with the sunny days of summer: sweet
blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries; succulent plums,
apricots, peaches, and nectarines; deep red Bing or bright yellow Rainier
cherries; flavorful red and black grapes, velvety mangoes and kiwi; and juicy
watermelons. And there's so much more: sweet yellow or red onions, pungent
garlic, dark leafy greens and lettuces, red tomatoes, green zucchini squash,
and bright yellow crookneck squash.
Continue reading Food IS Medicine: Foods High in Flavonoid's Give us so Much .
It's a great time of year to "develop a better relationship with Food". To seek fresh, local and sustainable foods such as produce and meats at the farmers markets, your local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Farm or local natural foods store. If you have not made the change to local or regional foods, make a goal to shop at one of these venues in the next 7 days and change your life forever. You will feel better, have more energy and start to create the foundation to vital health.
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My last blog included a call to the community to support expanding Sustainable Farming. This was actually an article I put out in the last issue of Ecolocal Living. I asked my readers to connect with a local farmer whom is active in this issue, or myself, if they had ideas to help this process. Within a week of the article, I received a phone call from a farmer with a very large gift.
Continue reading Sustainable Farming: OUR Local Community Starts to Answer the Call .
This is part one of a two part article. Both were blogged on the same day.
The Function of Farming Determines the Function of You
The Farm -to-Fork ("Farm-to") movement is one of many programs, which is evidence of a paradigm shift in how we think, grow, purchase and use food.
Sprouted from the desire to support community-based food systems, strengthen family farms, and improve the health of our land and ourselve's, the sustainable farm movement is amongst the fastest growing business in the world.
Healthy Food access, by all accounts, by now should be viewed as a foundational birthright. So why are so many of us still without access to it ? Because there isn't enough local, sustainable farms to serve us. If you purchase organic foods from your local supermarket, you purchase foods with little nutritional value. These foods are picked way before the ripened state; the state of highest nutritional value. SO they are pretty "dead" in terms of nutritional life. You are also supporting the area where it came from - thousands of miles away, not your local area. In essence, you're really not getting anything for the purchase of it.
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Rebalance your mind, body and soul with tools and advice from nutritionist Mary Beth McCue. For more than 20 years, Mary Beth has helped many optimize their health and resolve unique chronic health conditions relating to weight, digestion, food intolerances, energy & metabolism, depression, inflammation, aging and more. She has initiated a variety of first time programming in corporate, community, collegiate, National Spa & Retreat Centers, Rehabilitation Farms and Organic Farms, and more. Mary Beth was appointed by the CEO of a large Health Care Organization to initiate an Integrative Health Model. This programming successfully continues today.
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