A Recipe for Health
This time of year, you’re probably busy adding cinnamon to everything and decking halls left and right with boughs of holly. But did you know that many herbs all around […]
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Sourdough Health Benefits for the Holiday Season
Sourdough has so many health benefits, if not just for your physical health, perhaps for your mental health. In a culture that prizes restrictions (Don’t eat that! Don’t drink that! Don’t rest!) above all else, allowing ourselves the simple pleasure of biting into a lovingly baked loaf of bread does us some good.
The Celebrity of Summer, Tomatoes!
When the sun is high in the sky, the humidity is visible, and the Junebugs begin to zoom awkwardly by your head with every step through the garden, that’s when […]
Raw Milk: A Controversial Health Food + Recipes
Raw milk, however you look at it, still maintains some controversy around it. Let's take a look at where all this began.
Barkin’ at The Barn
Chickahominy Falls, Central Virginia’s only 55+ agri-community is celebrating National Pet Month! – It’s the bark about town! – Saturday, May 13th from 10 am-1 pm Open House Market Day […]
Celebrate the Spring Equinox with These Healthy Recipes
the vernal equinox - marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. If you were to ignore all cultural significances attached to this date, it would still be important to pay attention to the fact that this date marks the beginning of Spring.
5 Nourishing Recipies for Spring Transition
This is also the time of year when we find ourselves with just enough energy for spring cleaning. It's important to notice and intentionally direct this energy into activities and schedules that bring us and our loved one's purpose.
Combat Stress: Easy Natural Tips
This time of year is almost always served with a heaping helping of stress, or pressure to stick to your new year goals. Either way, daily stress can impact just about anybody, its compounding effects sometimes seem hard to dodge. But, there are certainly a few things we can do every day to help send stress and anxiety packing!
How Mindfulness Can Help Diabetes
Many of us know by now that mindfulness practices, like yoga and meditation, have positive health benefits. But if you’re like me, you might need to know just how these mindfulness practices help in order to convince yourself to adopt a few into your already busy schedule. I’m honestly the worst at remembering to go to a yoga class, read a book, drink water - pretty much all of the things we know to be good for us. So there’s no judgment here. Just a gentle reminder that we can’t heal our bodies without also working to heal our minds and our spirits. So let’s dive in and see just how exactly a new mindfulness practice may help those with diabetes or those at risk for developing diabetes (a category that could easily include every single American).
Your Winter Herbal Cupboard
Here on the farm, we have the unique opportunity in this day and age to stay so closely tied to the seasons. As the days elongate and the field bursts with energy, so too must we. Now, as the daylight hours crawl into bed earlier and the fields hunker down for the winter, we find ourselves nestling in with a blanket or two, admiring a winter sunset early in the evening. Winter is the time of year to nourish our bodies and our families while preserving, preparing, and sharing what we grew throughout the warmer months. The best way to experience and share good daily health throughout the winter is by exploring herbal medicine.