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On the top on our Spring shopping list is onions! Sweet onions and spring onions are harvested this time of year. Onions are a staple of many styles of cuisine ranging from Asian, Latin to European.  While most of us think of eating mature onion bulbs, onions can be eaten ...

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Natural Flea Solutions

As the weather warms and the flowers bloom, the fleas return to set up home on many of our four-legged family members. I used to stress out about how I could relieve their suffering without dousing them in toxic chemicals. As these little pests become increasingly resistant to the synthetic ...

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Earth Day 2012

"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." ~ Chief Seattle Earth Day, a Daily CelebrationFirst celebrated in 1970, Earth Day has become a yearly international ...

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Holiday Party Survival

Friends, the holidays are officially upon us, and I don't know about you, but this is the always the busiest time of year for me! When I first started eating raw foods nearly 10 years ago, I panicked at the thought of how I would make it through all the ...

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Martine is passionate about raw living foods, and loves to create recipes. Her dishes are colorful, delightful, and original. She is a graduate of both the Gourmet Raw Food Chef Certification Series and the Raw Culinary Arts Professional Chef Certification Program at Living Light, and is currently pursuing an 18-month ...

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While out and about at the Raw Food Festival this past summer, Chef Tina Jo met up with Kevin Gianni, the host of the Renegade Health Show and the creator of the widely viewed "Rawkathon" series, including in-depth interviews with leading experts in the raw foods movement: Kevin Gianni is ...

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Carly Balsz is a very interesting woman with...

...what I found to be, a fascinating story. I met Carly at the Raw Spirit Festival in Santa Barbara, California, this past June. I was cruising the market area and stumbled upon Carly and her cultured vegetables and coconut kefir line. I was immediately drawn to Carly's booth because ...

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The Adventures of Elvis and Priscilla

A few months ago we were blessed with a gift of two little ducklings. When we received them they were only days old.  They were quite a surprise, but yet a welcomed addition to our already growing animal family. Their names came to me immediately: Elvis and Priscilla.  Elvis, ...

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That tune is joyously playing in my head because it's finally here! Summer time! It's time to kick off your shoes and find those flip flops. Pack away all the sweaters and pull on a T-shirt and get ready to enjoy the great outdoors. From a day at the ...

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Chef Tina Jo's Tour of Viva Organica

A few weeks ago  I had the pleasure and privilege of touring Viva Organica, which is part of a cooperative of 250 farmers who ship to the US from Baja yearly.  Many of their products go to such places as Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.  The cooperative was set ...

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