Wild Backyard Stir-Fry
May 30, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Holistic Nutrition, Recipes, Sustainable Living, Wild Foods & Foraging
Who says tasty organic food has to be expensive… or bought from the store?!? With a few standard staples, a little imagination, and use of what Mother Nature has sprouting in your own back yard, you can have wholesome, healthy meals quickly, easily and inexpensively! Here is a recipe that we just tossed together today, [...]
SODIS: A Free and Simple Method for Safe Drinking Water in 6 Hours
April 28, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under In The News, Sustainable Living
Courtesy of SODIS - Safe Drinking Water for All Solar water disinfection – the SODIS method – is a simple procedure to disinfect drinking water. Contaminated water is filled in a transparent PET-bottle or glass bottle and exposed to the sun for 6 hours. During this time, the UV-radiation of the sun kills diarrhoea generating pathogens. [...]
Your Tap Water Is Legal But May Be Unhealthy
January 25, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Holistic Living, In The News
Do you know what’s in the water you drink?
The Health Hazards of GM Corn
January 9, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Aging & Longevity, Holistic Living, Holistic Nutrition, In The News
A study demonstrates the toxicity of genetically modified corn, which shows that it is neither sufficiently healthy nor proper to be commercialized.
Monsanto’s GM Corn Crop Fails Massively in South Africa Causing Indian Farmers to Lose Millions
January 4, 2010 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Holistic Nutrition, In The News
Monsanto’s GM Corn Crop Fails Massively in South Africa causing millions of dollars in lost income and eventual loss of land.
Big Pharma’s Secret: Tamiflu is an Herbal Extract
December 18, 2009 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Alternative Health, Herbology, In The News
Many people have sweetgum trees in their backyards!
COMMON VIOLET (Viola odorata) ~ LuminEarth.com’s Guide to Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants
December 18, 2009 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Herbology, Video Library, Wild Foods & Foraging
Violet (Viola odorata) Other Names: Ordinary violet, Common blue violet, Sweet violet, Garden violet. The violet is edible and medicinal
Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major) ~ LuminEarth’s Guide To Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants
September 20, 2009 by Becki Baumgartner
Filed under Herbology, Video Library, Wild Foods & Foraging
Plantain (Plantago major) Other Names: Common Plantain, Broadleaf Plantain, Great Plantain, Greater Plantain, Ripple Grass, Plantago Asiatica, Waybread, Waybroad, Snakeweed, Cuckoo’s Bread, Englishman’s Foot, White Man’s Foot, Che Qian Zi (China), Breitwegerich (German), Tanchagem-maior (Portuguese), Llantén común (Spanish), Llantén major (Spanish). Plantain is both medicinal and edible.