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A good recipe for making meatless chicken patties like Morningstar or Boca products for a fraction of the cost, with some good nutritional information as well.

A good article about the health benefits of eating sprouts, how to grow them properly, and how to treat them at home to make them safe! Lots of nutritional information and solid research-backed facts.

My favorite snacks often come from my local farmer’s market, the bulk bin at the co-op, or recently, from my own plot in my local organic community garden! Hey, snacking happens, it might as well be good for you! So, to the delight of green-minded grazers everywhere, I present my top ten favorite healthy sustainable snacks.

Soup in the summertime? Sure, if it's a chilled cucumber soup. This is easy to prepare, and healthy to boot!

This is a great guide to buying meat that is healthy for you and the earth.

I have unlocked the secret on how to be healthier, save money, AND help good ol' Mother Earth all by doing one simple thing that many Americans seem to have forgot about...

And one technique taught in mindfulness meditation is naming your emotions. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)... found that assigning names to negative emotions turns down the intensity of activity in the amygdala — an almond-sized sector of the brain that acts like an alarm system: When you witness a car crash, argue with your spouse or get yelled at by your boss, it’s your amygdala’s job to set off a cascade of stress-related reactions.

Finally some good news!  This study found that a staggering 8% (and yes that's HUGE in the green world) of families surveyed reported exclusively eating organic when they had the option.

Can we get our kids to eat healthier food, be environmentally friendly, while at the same time still be the 'cool'?

The label printed on a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s soap proclaims that there are eighteen uses for his pure castile soap. Have I tried all 18 of his suggestions...

...I’ve checked out some of the so-called natural lubricants, like Good Glide, Good Clean Fun, Sensua Organics and Yes or more Yes here — each one contains some marginally questionable or crummy ingredient...,

There's always need for more healthy food ideas to pack for your children's school lunch. Recipes and snack ideas for your green-lovin' kids.

KOLKATA: With stress levels increasing and greater incidence of workplace maladies than ever before, medical research now suggest diet consumed in office can play a role in healthy living.

"A typical ingredient in a modern meal has traveled over 1,500 miles or more from farm to plate. The 100-mile diet is a local eating experiment you can try for yourself - and a way to reconnect with the place you call home."

Eating locally-produced foods is a way to take definite action to fight climate change, help your local economy and eat fresh, seasonal foods.