Holistic Living
Smell the fresh fragrance of spring as you wiggle your winter toes among tiny green sprouts in fertile soil. Listen to the popping ears of succulent sweet corn growing knee high by the 4th of July. Feel the amber waves of whole grains swaying in the cooling breeze of late summer. See shiny bright red apples ripening to perfection and take a whiff of fresh apple pie cooling on your kitchen windowsill. Wait a minute! I must be in a fairy tale -- or Disney's 1958 film "America the … [Read more...]
The Partnership Garden is a new community garden at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, MN. This garden and its parent organization, Growing Community, are the dreams of Apple Valley resident Pat Schoenecker, who longed to bring together two of her lifelong passions. "Our garden is as much about growing community as it is about growing food," says Pat, who loved her big backyard garden and orchard that nourished her childhood family of 12. Admiring community gardens all her … [Read more...]
My body felt deep truth when I first heard food author Michael Pollan say, "What happens on our plates is the most profound effect that we have on the natural world." Obviously, what we eat makes a big difference to our wallets and our waistlines, but we often don't consider that our most intimate and daily engagement with the Earth is through the food we eat. How often do we stop to think about the ingredients of each bite, including the energetic imprints of the farmers, the food chemists, … [Read more...]
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