Organic News 04-09-11

Natural recipe for life Ottawa Citizen She is behind Manotick's Peppermint Organic Spa, where she offers handmade skin care, nail and hair removal treatments free of synthetic ingredients created for each client's specific skin type. Cianciullo had a life-altering moment three years ago ...

MNN week in review: Environmental superlatives and living furniture Mother Nature Network • We can't all have the most organic farms or the lowest air pollution, but every US state is No. 1 in some environmental or public health category ... and No. 50 in another. Here's a look at each state's strengths and weaknesses. ...

The country life of a city slicker Irish Times Kimball is a writer who decided to trade her single life in the big city to marry a farmer named Mark and turn 500 neglected acres into an organic community farm. Seven years after her life-changing move to Essex Farm in upstate New York, ... Irish Times

Book Review: Better Living Through Plastic Explosives, by Zsuzsi Gartner National Post (blog) As against Munro's organic fiction, Gartner can be said to be writing plastic fiction. Hence the aptness of the title of Gartner's superb new story collection, Better Living Through Plastic Explosives. As an organic writer, Munro's instinctive ...

Los Angeles Organic Furniture Specialty Store Announces New Line of Organic ... Online PR News (press release) Unlike bedding made from commercial cotton, Coyuchi bedding is made from 100% certified organic cotton, and has a loyal following among people who believe in living as naturally as possible. Coyuchi bedding is designed to comfort and rejuvenate ...

Eco-Paris New York Times ... (organic markets) and green wine shops have opened citywide. There are rooftop honeybee programs at the Opéra Garnier and the Grand Palais. New eco-minded hotels continue to open, while old ones retrofit their facilities for low-carbon living. ... New York Times

Green Living Show EcoMentors Youth Conference Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin FREE local and organic drinks, snacks and a sustainable lunch! • Watch an exclusive video screening from the Planet in Focus film festival! • Win special prizes in the Green Living Show scavenger hunt! • Earn cool green rewards, certification and ...

Kiera Faber's 'Living Organics' at the MAC Herald Review I just had this strange thought of, even though it was dead material and organic, I kind of had a sense of it once living," said Faber about where the title of the project came from. Grand Rapids Herald-Review Print/Online Subscribers Only! ...

They don't sweat it Business Standard “Stress-free” in this sense, refers to the conditions in which these animals live and includes not just a greater degree of cleanliness and hygiene in their living area and special care that they eat only organic feed free of any chemicals, ...

My father, the king of thrift Salon Seeking even better deals on bulk food, my husband, Rich, and I just joined our rural food co-op, which gets me wholesale prices on 25-pound bags of organic flour. Membership offers another plus: Ordering food from a catalog saves me an agonizing trip ... Salon

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Organic News 04-08-11

Habitat Horticulture's “Living Walls” Triple Pundit Living wall building materials are all comprised of recycled, recyclable or biodegradable materials that can be used for LEED certified applications. Maintenance of the plants is organic as they apply an integrated pest management system which uses ... Triple Pundit

Annual Fair Brings Green Living to Downtown Plymouth Patch.com What she found really scared her and she decided to switch to more organic foods. That was our first introduction to the 'green' lifestyle." A few years later, in 2008, Rork and Quinn joined forces with event planner Mandi Buckland and marketing guru ...

Excitement Builds For The Healthy Living Industry's First Buyer Hosted Event San Francisco Chronicle (press release) ... on the Healthy Living Industry's first Buyer Hosted Event." Hosted Buyer Events offer the unique opportunity to personally connect with key decision-makers from other top-tier companies within the Natural, Organic and Healthy Products Industries. ...

How To Feed Your Family From a Dumpster Babble (blog) ... a three-dollar organic peach, and raw cacao nibs” to food stamps and dumpster diving. In this economy, way too many of us are living without a financial cushion. Which makes Hightower's story incredibly chilling. What stands between here and there, ... Babble (blog)

Cabinet DECISIONS Ceylon Daily News The Cabinet of Ministers approved the establishment of a National Organic Control Authority to facilitate the export of organic products on a proposal by Industry and Commerce Minister Rishard Bathiudeen. The objective of this is to maintain a credible ...

"Life Goes On"- Interview with Director Sangeeta Datta Planet Bollywood.com I believe in theatre methods- workshopping, rehearsing brings an organic quality to the script. I believe in prep and in allowing space to my actors. Could you tell us a little about your choice of actors? How did you confirm them? ... Planet Bollywood.com

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Organic News 04-07-11

Back-to-the-Land Life Recalled in Dark and Light New York Times In 1968 they had moved to Cape Rosier, Me., to start an organic farm and devote every waking hour to its upkeep. They had gone there as protégés of Helen and Scott Nearing, whose books, most notably “Living the Good Life,” inspired a back-to-the-land ...

Synovate survey reveals latest green habits and consumption across the world The FINANCIAL Respondents were asked about their recycling habits, purchase of ecological products and purchase of organic foods, as well as their general beliefs on life, in order to also determine if there was a correlation between those beliefs and green ...

Sustainable living guru's guide to life Washington Post Second, it was an effort at introducing the systemic approach to green living. This effort begins when you put your 2-year-old in the bathtub and wash her hair with wonderful organic shampoo but forget that you cleaned the tub with a toxic chemical. ...

Talking with author Ruth Kassinger Boston Globe (blog) She is exploring whether there is a difference between organic and chemical fertilizer from the plant's point of view, she said. "Also, a bit of information on Round-Up. The No-Till crowd recommends Round-Up for keeping down the weeds in a no-till ...

Home Farming, Not So Much SlashGear This idea is tiny ecospheres in our kitchens and living rooms that dissolve the organic garbage we dispose of into a tiny garbage ecosystem replete with fish and plants. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the image was, clean lines and cool ... SlashGear

Straight from the pasture Chico News & Review Any supplemental feed given them at Wookey Ranch is certified organic. To ensure the animals are grass-fed, the ranch employs modern, holistic, rotational-grazing practices similar to those championed by widely known Virginia farmer, ...

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Organic News 04-06-11

Juice lovers raising bar for health at Bronx's Juices for Life New York Daily News The bar also serves juice made from bark and ginseng - with sexual powers, according to Styles. Reggie Langston of Soundview, 53, was thrilled when Juices for Life opened blocks from his home. For years, he trekked to Manhattan for organic juice. ... New York Daily News
On Eve of Farmers Markets, Other Organic Options Are Available Patch.com There are a variety of options for organic fruit available in Ballwin and Ellisville, including Ellisville's Farmers Market starting in June. Shutterstock When I first read a June 2008 blog entry about eating local for healthy living, it got my gears ...
Rudi’s Organic Bakery & Gluten-Free Bakery Named Among The Best Kid Food PerishableNews (press release) by Rudi's Organic Bakery, Inc. BOULDER, Colo. -- In a recent online poll determining top foods for kids from KIWI, a magazine for parents that promotes healthy family living, Rudi's Organic Bakery tied for first place in the sliced bread category, ...
Eva Longoria dishes on her first cookbook, guilty pleasure and more San Antonio Express That's because whenever one is in the kitchen, cooking is more organic or, as you say, a dash of this and a pinch of that. Yes, that's so right. Cooking is so natural to me and it's a very intimate and personal thing. I feel bad telling people you've ...
Mussels Inspire Tough Coating for Living Cells Laboratory Equipment The new coating is an organic material called polydopamine, chemically similar to mussel adhesive. In laboratory experiments, the coating slowed down cell division in the yeast, while protecting them from cell-digesting chemicals. ...
Community garden to promote healthy living Mudgeee Guardian The project is made possible with the support of the Western NSW Local Health Network, which has donated $5000 towards the initiative, as well as sponsorship and various donations from businesses including Living Earth Garden and Landscaping Supplies, ...
Parenting library plan August Margaret River Mail ... home art/craft ideas, organic gardening, GM-free, home cooking/preserves, do it yourself home projects/building and more - "basically anything you can think of to encourage green living, sustainable practices, being kind to our earth and each other ...
Employment & Training on Wednesday Malta Independent Online “In my opinion it is very difficult to make a decent living out of organic farming in Malta as the land to cultivate is small and scattered in different area,” Mr Borg admitted , explaining that over the last year farmers' earnings added up to some €17 ...
Templeton Prize 2011: Full transcript of Martin Rees acceptance speech The Guardian It won't be humans who witness the sun's demise: it will be entities as different from us as we are from a bug – either organic or silicon-based. Some people might surmise that intellectual immersion in vast expanses of space and time would render ... The Guardian

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Organic News 04-05-11

Organic gardening in the Fullerton Arboretum
The Daily Titan
According to Gerischer, organic means that the product came from a organism that was once living, such as peat, whereas all natural means that it may be organic but not from a living organism, such as in the case of gypsum. “If it is really organic, ...
 


Rudi's Organic Bakery and Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery Named among the Best Kid ...
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(EON: Enhanced Online News)--In a recent online poll determining top foods for kids from KIWI, a magazine for parents that promotes healthy family living, Rudi's Organic Bakery tied for first place in the sliced bread category, and Rudi's Gluten-Free ...
 

More Americans Beating Inflation by Living/Earning Overseas
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Today the Wilsons operate a hostel, restaurant, microbrewery and chocolate-making business in Mindo, and they export organic cacao nibs to the US for processing into gourmet chocolate products that they sell via their website. ...
 

Did clay mould life's origins? PhysOrg.com Much later, in 1924, the Soviet scientist Alexander Oparin returned to the idea of spontaneous generation, suggesting that a 'primeval soup' of organic molecules, created by the action of sunlight in an oxygen-free environment, was the basis of all ...

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For tips on eco-friendly lifestyle, head over to green market at Jaya One Malaysia Star The idea by Freeform Sdn Bhd, basically offers a full day of eco-friendly fun, where people from the Klang Valley are guided on making better choices when it comes to healthy living. The market brings the best in organic and healthy living all under ...

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Bottled sustainability Times LIVE "Organic" winemaking has moved beyond using organic fertilisers on vines and now also consider s the soil, water, plant and animal life in and around wineries. Inge Kotze, project co-ordinator of the Biodiversity Wine Initiative, an offshoot of the WWF ...

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Vail's Greener Pastures: Meet my 'Super Organic' farmer
Vail Daily News
Freelance writer Cassie Pence is passionate about living a more sustainable lifestyle. She and her husband, Captain Vacuum, own Organic Housekeepers, a green cleaning company. Contact her at

It's time to get ready for the planting season
Southgate News Herald
A 3-inch layer of high-quality garden soil can be tilled into native soil to improve existing soil, add organic matter and help plants build strong roots. Amending soil will allow gardeners to grow beautiful flowers and bountiful vegetables naturally. ...

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Dog's life when vet's bills start to bite Irish Times Her rabbit is living on organic parsley. I know another rabbit – yes, I am very lucky. This rabbit is biting people's ankles quite a bit at the moment, as he hops around the kitchen. “It's because he needs a girlfriend,” said his child owners, ...
Costa Rica Retirement: The Best Things in Life Are Free The Costa Rica News Local organic coffee is a bargain at the local farmer's market. There is great variation in prices between stores, as Layne and I discovered on a trip to MultiPlaza in Escazu, one of the upscale communities where many Gringos reside. ... The Costa Rica News
The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses The Business Insider Talking to customers convinced the team that the need for robotic weeding was high, there was a larger potential market (organic crop production is doubling every 4 years and accelerating,) and they could make organic produce more affordable (labor ...
Battle between chemical and organic fertilizer lobbies DailyIndia.com But we would be living in a fool's paradise if we mistake this growth for social commitment or the responsibility for ensuring that this will secure the lives of the thousands of farmers and agricultural labourers. What is crucial is to view the ...
"Living Downstream" screening at the Colonial tonight! VillageSoup Belfast Co-sponsored by the Belfast Co-op, Environmental Health Strategy Center and the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association. For more information about the film, visit: www.livingdownstream.com For more information about the film screening, ... VillageSoup Belfast
Ancient ocean 'dead zone' delayed life after mass extinction Tehran Times At the same time, organic matter and nutrients were being taken out of circulation as they were deposited on the seafloor, allowing biological productivity to return to normal, Meyer said. Life on land at the time — insects, amphibians, the ancestors ...
Shelley Jackson, Skin, Berkeley Art Museum Daily Californian But when human beings are the materials of the artist's project, the piece becomes a living body, dependent on the organic vivacity of its material. "Skin," an ongoing project by artist Shelley Jackson posted in part on the Berkeley Art Museum's NetArt ...

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Organic News 04-03-11

Holistic, organic moms form support group in Milford Pocono Record But living at the end of a dirt road can be isolating, Chaput said. She longed to meet people like herself. "I wanted to find people who share my philosophy to form a support system," she said. That's how the Holistic Moms of Milford Network was born ...

Learning to love life with less Calgary Herald He adopted a simple, clean diet and shops at a small organic market in his Sunnyside neighbourhood. Even his coffee habit was pared down -three Starbucks caramel macchiatos a day were replaced by a small cup of coffee, black. Baydala continues to take ...

Life and Death of an Etruscan Settlement Past Horizons Archaeology News At the beginning of the Iron Age, the Villanovan culture was an organic element of Etruscan society with no well-defined hierarchical structure, government or political borders. Distinct from Greek culture from which it drew profound influences, ... Past Horizons Archaeology News

Sewing tips featured on show Portales News-Tribune Information on making homemade tile, organic sugar and candy treats will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” at noon Tuesday and 2 pm Saturday. Author Kristen Peck will demonstrate making homemade tile, and then shows various uses for it in the ... See all stories on this topic »

72 Hours or Less: New Braunfels San Antonio Express It was hard not to buy something from every booth: jewelry, cactus and orchids, handmade soaps, local honey to smear on fresh-baked bread, organic vegetables and local meats. 9 am-noon Saturdays near 100 S. Castell Ave., next to Friesenhaus Restaurant. ...

Frequent user of 'spice' hails drug as beneficial Indianapolis Star ... was echoed last week by Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. "It's likely not the last" synthetic pot drug on the market "as long as cannabis, the organic, is illegal," St. Pierre said.

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