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There’s a lot to gain from cutting out animal products. However, planning a balanced vegan diet is just as important as going vegan in the first place. With this knowledge, you can eat a vegan diet that’s just as good for you as it is for the Earth.
Founded in 1949, Diestel Family Ranch is three generations of family farmers operating a real family farm. “We’ve done everything but compromise the values we were founded on to raise the leanest, cleanest, most delicious birds that money can buy.”
Ellen and Greg Wilt run a diverse organic farm in Sublimity Oregon. By Jeremy Scott The oldest definition I could find of the word “organic” is “a relationship between elements of something such that they fit together harmoniously as necessary parts of a whole.” This definition seems to embody Greg and Ellen Wilt of Sublime […]
Urban Wildlife Soon after we moved into our house, it became clear to my partner and I that several trees along our fence line were going to have to come down. These fragile, half-dead Lombardy poplars were ready to drop major limbs or fall down entirely, and were a risk to our kids and our […]
On the Insufficiency of the Individual and the Power of the Parade This year marks the 51st Earth Day, and at a time when environmental protections in general and climate change in particular are polarized, partisan issues, it’s worth reflecting on the surprising political consensus that birthed the holiday. Earth Day began as part of […]
How can we grow tastier vegetables? For some, the answer might be water, or, to be more precise, the lack of it. Can you taste the difference in dry farmed vegetables? The Pacific Northwest has a reputation for being rather wet. It’s a reputation that’s justified, but anyone who’s spent a summer here knows that’s […]
See Our Gluten Free Recipes! While it’s not nearly as uncommon or unusual as it once seemed, finding out that you, a family member, or a friend needs to adopt a gluten-free diet can come as a bit of a shock. So many common foods contain gluten that changing your diet can feel overwhelming. But […]
Let’s talk about Anxiety can be a mild concern or a debilitating condition, and recent events have caused anxiety levels to rise uncomfortably in many people. Anxiety has been characterized by some, as a mental / emotional problem, and by others as a biochemical problem. More recent research suggests the two aspects are not so […]
‘Cutting Corners’ The evolution of Carrot Cake from ‘war cake’ to ‘health food’, and the tale of a secret geometry to Dick’s Carrot Cake. The 1970’s era was an entirely different decade at the Oregon coast. It was a time when boats outnumbered cars, and citizens of coastal towns spent idyllic days fishing, smoking fish, […]
