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Recent years have seen gardens popping up in some of the most unexpected places – retirement homes, hospitals, after-school programs, and even prisons – where, it turns out, they have proven to be a beneficial form of therapy and rehabilitation on multiple levels. Yet gardens in health [...]
Physicians are a sharp lot: that’s often how they qualified for medical school. We take care of ourselves, however, badly. Too many docs are stressed out, overweight, don’t exercise, and sleep little. It’s no coincidence that these are the three areas in which REFUEL offers its [...]
Anyone who has been in gardening store knows the smell of synthetic artificial pesticides…it wafts into your nose and head as you are walking down the aisle towards the potting soil. That’s herbicide Roundup Ready, and its ilk, and there are now weeds and other plants that are [...]
The scientific literature is surprisingly quiet about global warming, climate crisis and eating, but what it does say offers some surprising choices. Buying ready-to-eat or semi-prepared meals; developing organic farming; and learning to love plant-based eating are all ahead. Does eating low on the [...]