Most circles of thought look at certain habits as being minimal.  Especially the practitioners feel most adamant about habitual usage being "harmless", can never hurt you, or have any negative side effects.  Something that comes from the ground has none of the addictive qualities of pharma...

The ways our food is produced, packaged and shipped stand at the center of an ongoing debate about the health of our planet and ourselves, but the key to creating a sustainable system may rely on our collective ability to accept a realistic solution as a opposed to a perfect one. And this involves a...

Have you seen the full moon? Yeah!? Well, so have my emotions. My GOODNESS does that moon ever take me for a spin! You'd think I'd get used to it, but I don't. Hopefully, Alan will. *grin* Good news, we have a new baby! This little chick hatched yesterday. We're keeping it in the hou...

Hard to believe we had 6 inches of snow less than a week ago.  The perfect time to break out a Cornish Heritage Farms set, Spring Trees, which I bought in January.  I love these Kim Hughes' sets, although I'm horrible at creating scenes -- well the kind of scenes that go on cards...

On a whiff of spring air the labor fairy rides. Earlier this week, my husband and I walked through snow drifts to assess the state of our affairs. And let me tell ya, our property is in sore need of TLC. We have a spring house to repair, a daunting land reclamation from the timbering endeavor to tra...

Minns ni 99? Det känns ganska avlägset, eller hur? Året då Napster gör fildelningen folklig, tidningarna Pop och Sound Affects läggs ner och Curtis Mayfield dör. Det var också året då dagensskiva.com tog sina första stapplande steg. Under februari/mars började redaktionen formeras och i ...

Filed under: In Sixty Seconds Like mother like son -- John Schalkwijk took his mom's award-winning gouda know-how from the Netherlands and created Sylvan Star Goudas, which is now expanding to a new facility. Online food porn and gluttony with This Is Why You're Fat. Vikram Vij outlines the connecti...

By Greg Massa I’m a California rice farmer, but recently in Germany I was a rock star. Or at least that’s what it felt like. Oddly, my celebrity status came from a speech I gave to European farmers about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). I’ve spoken and written on this topic numerous time...

Filed under: In Sixty Seconds Eric Vellend outlines the paper-thin and delicious art of phyllo pastries. Bitchin' Kitchen's cookbook gets a bad review and a garlic-adapted recipe for Mediterranean Chickpea Stew. If you wonder about small, farm-raised pigs, check out this rundown of Blue Haven Farms'...

What’s the most iconic symbol of peace? Chances are you immediately thought of the dove and olive branch. Doves were long ago exposed as white pigeons – not particularly peaceful or gentle birds, if the truth be known. And olive trees have lately been at the heart of the conflict in between Isra...