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By Clay Bowers
Wild Thing: Pine Needle Tea
By Bren Smith
Eat Like A Fish
Dirt Rich
Filmmaker Marcelina Cravat reveals the regenerative magic of biochar in her new documentary. Back in 2013, the environmental concern most Northern Californians were losing sleep over was the drought. Our more recent pattern of frequent firestorms had not settled in or signaled its frightening potential, and Elizabeth Kolbert’s book, The Sixth Extinction, was not yet…
Breaking Bread and Changing the World: An Excerpt from Renee Guilbault’s Book, “A Taste of Opportunity”
If not us, then who? If not now, then when? As your journey takes you further into leadership, you will reach a point in your career when money and job titles provide only so much satisfaction. That’s when you’ll understand that real satisfaction comes from the fuel underneath it all. Your purpose. All the daily…
By Michael Dax
Untapped: New Mexico Hop Growers See Unlimited Future
Five years ago, Diego Marlar, co-owner and founder of Stone Lizard Hops Farm in Belen, was enjoying a beer at a local brewery when he asked the bartender where the brewery sourced its hops. To his surprise, the answer, as it is for most New Mexico breweries, was the Pacific Northwest. Although the craft…
By Joy Manning
Rethinking Hunger: Why Feeding Those in Need Must Focus on Nutrition
Most North Americans are technically “food secure”, having access to enough calories to avoid hunger thanks to government programs, food banks and hunger relief organizations. But the fight against hunger demands more. It’s time to shift our focus to “nutrition security”—so all people have access to the kind of diet that promotes good health and…