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LEARNING TO BE A LOCAVORE What to Eat and Where to Get It

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Join Doylestown Food Market’s

Twin Celebrity Chef Farm to Table Dinner August 13

Showcase of Seasonal Preparations from Local Farms Local Beer, Wine and Kombucha “Mocktail” Sampling • BYOB Silent Auction • Music by Cherry Lane Jazz Band

Meet Our Celebrity Twin Chefs!

Keith Blalock (top) of PA Soup and Seafood and Penn Taproom, and Kevin Blalock of Lookaway Golf Club

Reserve Your Seats!

Last year’s event sold out at 165 seats – Reserve yours today.

TICKETS: $95; $75 for Doylestown Food Market Members WHEN: 6 - 9 p.m., August 13 WHERE: Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow 2877 Creamery Rd, New Hope

Get Involved!

Doylestown Food Market makes local food convenient to everyone 7 days a week while supporting our farmers and our community.

They are now accepting volunteers and sponsors for the event.

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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

14 MEATY TRUTHS Choosing Meat that’s Sustainable and Safe

by Melinda Hemmelgarn

18 LOCAVORE LINGO

What All the Food Labels Really Mean

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by Judith Fertig

20 A CUT ABOVE THE REST

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Rodale’s Heritage Hogs Are Best of Breed

by Michelle Bense

22 FARM-TO-HOSPITAL On-Site Farms Grow Organics for Patients

by Judith Fertig

24 GROWING THE LOCAL FOOD MOVEMENT

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The Bucks County Foodshed Alliance Tills Fresh Ground with Buy Fresh Buy Local

by Anne Biggs

26 LOCAVORE’S GUIDE TO BUCKS COUNTY FOOD & FARM

28 SOIL SISTERS

Female Farmers Come of Age

by Lisa Kivirist

30 JEFFREY SMITH

WARNS AGAINST GMOS

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Icy Treats for Hot Summer Days

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letterfrompublisher Now is a really good time to eat. After

decades of Americans wanting their meals fast, highly processed and pulled off the shelf at a gigantic grocery store, food culture is experiencing a renaissance. The emphasis is on slowing down, stripping out what’s unnatural and unnecessary, and shrinking the space between where food is created to where it is served. From growing pesticide-free tomatoes and herbs in backyard gardens and handselecting organic local produce, cheese and meats from neighborhood farmers’ markets and CSAs, to analyzing ingredient labels in the local co-op, folks are investing more time, money and thought into the food their families are eating— and the impact of that food on their communities.

While all of these changes reflect an increasing concern for the lives of humans, animals and the planet, adjusting to this shift in consciousness can sometimes feel like information overload. That’s why we’re taking the summer harvest time here in southeastern Pennsylvania as reason to celebrate as well as educate.

What makes something “organic”, and does it always cost more? How close does something have to be to be “local”, and why does that matter? What exactly is a GMO? We delve into “Locavore Lingo” on page 18 and unpack the GMO issue and more with activist and educator Jeffrey Smith on page 30.

“Meaty Truths”, on page 14, explores the realities of large-scale meat processing and alternative methods to ensure meat is safe, humane and chemicalfree. We also get tips on how to ensure that if we choose to eat meet, we get beef, poultry and pork that we can feel confident about. Luckily for us locals, we needn’t go any further than the world-renowned Rodale Institute in Berks County.

Farmers there are leading the movement toward healthier, more conscious meateating through their heritage-breed hogs.

In appreciation and gratitude for the Bucks County organizations that make our trip from farm to table short and easy, we present the Locavore’s Guide on pages 26 and 27, sponsored by the Bucks County Foodshed Alliance, and in cooperation with Buy Fresh Buy Local of Bucks County. Every time you buy local from the farms, markets and CSAs listed here, you feed not only yourself but local farmers, their families and everyone involved with the local economy.

Remember the Doylestown Food Market’s motto, “Shop Your Co-op First,” and don’t forget to pencil in their second annual Farm to Table Celebrity Chef Celebration on August 13.

We hope you’ll keep this issue at hand as you explore the countryside during those long, meandering summer days and nights. Chances are, wherever you are, you aren’t far from locally sourced, farm-fresh food that’s as sweet and succulent as it is safe and sustainable.

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armaFest, a holistic, psychic and yoga festival weekend of camping and fun, is coming to Pottstown for the Labor Day weekend, September 2 through 5, at Fellowship Farm. Campers can arrive after 7 p.m. on September 2 and will check out by noon on September 5. Daytime-only participants are welcome from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., September 3 and 4, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., September 5.

The festival will feature enlightening lectures, meditation, live music, swimming, vegan and vegetarian food, 50 to 75 interesting vendors and two full days of yoga. Also available at an additional charge will be readings, massage, reiki, reflexology and more.

KarmaFest was founded by Patricia Hawse in 2005, after she experienced the effects of holistic health firsthand, while serving for the Red Cross in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Witnessing the immediate effects of yoga and meditation to relieve tension and increase energy and balance, Hawse vowed to spread the word through a festival— KarmaFest.

“We are so excited that our second year of KarmaFest will be a full holiday weekend experience,” says Hawse.

“Think lots of time around the drum circle and bonfire at night, and waking to a great KarmaFest, with all the trimmings, during the day. We also have a beautiful swimming pool, so we’re looking forward to offering an end-of-thesummer extended weekend getaway.”

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The newly renovated center features a 2,200-square-foot classroom that is furnished with Swedish maple wood flooring. The large, modern space will allow for expanded classes in Nia dance, yoga, meditation, tai chi and qigong. In true Japanese tradition, no shoes will be worn on the floor; participants are encouraged to bring socks or floor slippers.

The International School of Shiatsu was founded in 1977. Its mission is to train, nurture and support students while developing their skills to become practitioners of shiatsu, shin tai, lymph drainage and traditional Thai massage, as well as to provide the experience of advanced bodywork modalities to the general public—Zen Day Community Shiatsu Clinic is offered on the first and third Saturdays of each month.

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New and existing NA readers can now find the magazine at Wawa Pick-Up Partner locations in Skippack, North Wales, East Norriton, Blue Bell, Fort Washington, Willow Grove, Roslyn, Glenside, Abington, Huntington Valley, Jenkintown, Flourtown, Conshohocken, Lafayette Hill, Chalfont, Lansdale, Colmar and Hatfield.

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Doylestown Food Market Hosts Second Annual Celebrity Chef Farm to Table Dinner

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n August 13, twin chefs Keith Blalock, of PA Soup and Seafood and Penn Taproom, and Kevin Blalock, of Lookaway Golf Club, will prepare a farm-to-table meal to benefit the Doylestown Food Market. The tented, rain-or-shine event will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow, in New Hope. The event is the Market’s largest fundraiser of the year and will showcase seasonal preparations from local Bucks County farms.

John LaSala, market board president and fundraising chair, says, “We knew it would be hard to top Chef and Mayor Ron Strouse, who we had at our premiere event last year. And then we thought of Keith and Kevin Blalock and realized how cool it would be to have local chefs who are brothers—twice as good; twice the fun!”

The dining experience will be accompanied by a silent auction and

live music by Cherry Lane Jazz Band.

The event is BYOB with local beer, wine and kombucha “mocktails” sampling. Local wine will be available for purchase.

Honey Hollow, the idyllic site chosen for the annual event, is a National Historic Landmark and headquarters for the Bucks County Audubon Society.

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The Market is currently accepting volunteers for the event as well as sponsorship inquiries from area businesses.

Event location: Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow, 2877 Creamery Rd., New Hope. Doylestown Food Market location: 29 W. State St., Doylestown. For more information, call John LaSala at 908-337-9670 or visit FarmToTable.doylestown.coop. See ad, page 2.

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Calcium Pills Don’t Build Bone Health

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esearchers reporting in the British medical journal The Lancet, analyzed 44 studies on calcium supplementation or dietary calcium and bone fractures and concluded, “Dietary calcium intake is not associated with risk of fracture and there is no current evidence that increasing dietary calcium intake prevents fractures.” Qualifying studies included more than 44,000 people.

A different meta-study from New Zealand’s University of Auckland, also published in The Lancet, reviewed 59 clinical and observational studies of calcium and bone density. The meta-analysis compared the effect of calcium doses of 500, 800 and 1,000 milligrams per day and found that bone density improvements ranged between 0.6 and 1.8 percent throughout the body during the first year of supplementation, but did not increase over time.

They concluded that the improvements in bone mineral density from calcium supplements were small and that results mirrored the increases seen from dietary sources, suggesting that neither method significantly improves bone health.

Energy Drinks Harm the Heart

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n addition to alertness, energy drinks may also trigger abnormal heart rhythms and increased blood pressure.

Researchers from the School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California, tested 27 healthy adults. The volunteers were split into three groups—one drank two cans of an energy drink per day, another consumed the same amount of a drink with Panax ginseng and the third a similar-tasting placebo beverage.

The subjects were given cardiovascular testing before and after the trial. After three weeks, the group imbibing the energy drinks had a significant increase in abnormal heart rhythms and higher blood pressure. The ginseng and placebo groups saw no change in their heart conditions.

Sachin A. Shah, a doctor of pharmacy and professor at Pacific’s School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, says, “Our findings suggest that certain energy drinks may increase the risk of having an abnormal heart rhythm when consumed in high volumes. While we wait for more data, some consumers should exercise caution and not blindly follow the buzz.”

The Center for Science in Public Interest, a consumer health advocacy group, has reported that as of June 2014, 34 deaths have been associated with energy drinks.

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Colorful Produce Slows Cell Aging

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new study published in the European Journal of Nutrition finds that an increased intake of carotenoids, powerful antioxidants found in plantbased foods, is associated with slower aging. The research tested 3,660 U.S. adults and measured blood levels of five common carotenoids: alphacarotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, combined lutein/zeaxanthin and trans-lycopene.

The researchers found that those with levels that were in the highest quarter had 5 percent to 8 percent longer telomeres compared to those with the lowest quartile of carotenoid levels.

Telomeres are located at the ends of DNA chromosomes and get shorter as we age. Longer telomeres indicate greater longevity.

Carotenoids are found in the yellow-to-red pigments in many yellow, red and orange foods. They are also contained in green foods where chlorophyll shields the yellow-red color. Alpha-carotenes are present in carrots, cantaloupes, mangoes, kale, spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Beta-carotene is found in some of the same foods, and also tomatoes, apricots and watermelons.

Beta-cryptoxanthin is found in papayas, apples and orange peels. Lutein and zeaxanthin are found in some of the same foods, along with kiwifruit, grapes, oranges, zucchini and squash.

Some of the highest levels are in corn.

Lycopene is in tomatoes, watermelons, papayas, apricots and other redto-yellow foods.

OSTEOPATHY ALLEVIATES LOW BACK PAIN

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A study of 455 people with low back pain found that osteopathic manipulation therapy (OMT) helped with their symptoms. The research, published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, gave each patient six osteopathic manual therapy sessions or a placebo treatment over a two-month period. Patients were tested before and a month afterward to assess the success of the treatments, using pain severity and mobility as the main criteria.

The research showed that those that started with higher disability scores of 17 or more prior to therapy had significantly less pain and more mobility. Patients with scores of seven or greater also improved, but not to the same degree.

Lead researcher and Osteopath Dr. John Licciardone says, “Subgrouping patients according to chronic low back pain intensity and function appears to be a simple strategy for identifying patients that can attain substantial improvement with OMT. From a cost and safety perspective, it should be considered before progressing to more costly or invasive interventions.”

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globalbriefs News and resources to inspire concerned citizens to work together in building a healthier, stronger society that benefits all.

GMO-Free Pioneer

Moth Misery

Large food companies that are switching to non-GMO (genetically modified) soy and corn products must still worry about their ingredients picking up GMO contamination through conventional supply chains. Now, Captain Drake LLC, a North Dakota grain plant, has acquired its own million-bushel terminal with dedicated rail cars used exclusively for GMO-free grains. President Mark Anderson maintains, “We’ll be able to obtain the best non-GMO commodities from three regions: North Dakota, Minnesota and Manitoba, Canada.”

In a 2015 Nielsen study of 30,000 consumers, 43 percent rank non-GMO as very important and 80 percent said they would pay more for foods that indicate a degree of healthfulness. Sales of non-GMO products exceeded $10 billion last year and are growing.

Anderson explains, “The supply chain needs to be tightened up and moved domestically. We consider this to be another strategic asset for food and beverage clients seeking suppliers committed to guaranteeing the integrity and purity of non-GMO commodities.”

National Moth Week, held from July 23 to 31 (visit NationalMothWeek.org for podcast), has prompted the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) to encourage cities to install motion-sensitive dimming streetlights and is working to designate dark-sky parks that could provide a refuge for nocturnal species. The giant silk moth and other insects pollinate 80 percent of our food crops.

In turn, their bodies sustain innumerable birds, rodents and bats. Entire ecosystems rest on their delicate, powdery wings.

Only two species of moths are protected under the Endangered Species Act, and three others have gone extinct in the past decade. Many populations are seeing declines of up to 99 percent. Between monoculture crops, pesticides, changing climate, urbanization and decreasing darkness due to artificial lighting, the future of night-flying moths is uncertain.

Their only goal is to reproduce, guided to suitable nesting grounds by the shadow of the moon; many moth species do not even have mouths. However, cities now glow brighter than a full moon, and ambient light pollution radiating from urban areas draws moths to their deaths. IDA Program Manager John Barentine says, “Every time a person turns off and shields a porch light on their house, they’re helping.”

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Scientists Increasingly Find It Dangerous According to a new metaanalysis of previous studies, Philippe Grandjean, of Harvard, and Richard Clapp, of the University of Massachusetts, concluded that DuPont Teflon, used for 50 years to make frictionless cookware, is much more dangerous than previously thought, causing cancer, birth defects and heart disease, and weakening the immune system.

Even though Teflon’s harmful perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is no longer produced or used, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found it in the blood of more than 99 percent of Americans studied, because it can be passed from mother to unborn child in the womb. The researchers say that the federal government’s recommended “safe” level, set in 2009, is as much as 1,000 times too high to fully protect people’s health. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has yet to set a legal allowable limit for its presence in drinking water.

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Nonprofit Grocery Sells Good Food at Low Prices The biggest challenge to healthy eating in poor neighborhoods isn’t always access to healthy food; it’s whether people can afford to buy it. A year ago, Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s, opened Daily Table, a nonprofit grocery in Boston, to take action. It gathers nutritious food that would otherwise be wasted and then sells it at low prices. After learning about food insecurity in the U.S. and that approximately 40 percent of the food we grow is thrown out, Rauch decided to address both problems by offering this new option for people that don’t want handouts.

The store now has 5,000 members and hundreds of daily customers, with plans to expand to new locations. “The challenge we have in America is that the food system is designed from the farm on up to create calories that are cheap and nutrients that are expensive,” he says. “People on the lowest economic rung get squeezed the hardest.”

Rauch partners with vendors to get excess food, such as fruit just slightly too ripe to make it through the standard supermarket system, that chefs turn into ready-to-eat meals like prepared salads and soups, or entrées that can cost less than $2.

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Meaty Truths Choosing Meat that’s Sustainable and Safe

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n his essay The Pleasures of Eating, Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer and poet, writes: “If I am going to eat meat, I want it to be from an animal that has lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on bountiful pasture, with good water nearby and trees for shade.” He, like a growing number of conscious eaters, wants no part of the industrial meat system in which animals are raised in concentrated animal feeding operations.

Media coverage has helped educate consumers previously unaware of how their food is produced and why it matters. The documentary film Food Inc., as well as books like Fast Food Nation,

by Eric Schlosser and The Chain, by Ted Genoways, describe common livestock industry practices that mistreat animals, pollute water and air, endanger workers and threaten public health. With increased understanding of the connections between diet and health, climate, environment and social justice, even many Americans that still like the taste of hamburger and steak have sided with Berry; they want sustainably raised, humane and healthful red meat.

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latest nutritional science. In 2015, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee attempted to include the concept of sustainability. The committee, which included top nutrition scientists, defined sustainable diets as “a pattern of eating that promotes health and well-being and provides food security for the present population while sustaining human and natural resources for future generations.”

It made the case that a diet higher in plant-based foods and lower in animalbased foods both promotes health and protects the environment—resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions, and less energy, land and water use.

But political pressure from the livestock industry prevailed, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell jointly announced, “We do not believe that the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are the appropriate vehicle for this important policy conversation about sustainability.” Instead, they advised the committee to focus solely on nutritional and dietary information.

In her book Food Politics, nutritionist and author Marion Nestle explains that recommendations to decrease consumption have never been popular with the food industry.

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directs the Center for a Livable Future’s Food System Sustainability and Public Health Program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, recommends consuming less red meat in particular, because of its large environmental footprint. Neff points out, “Thirty percent of greenhouse gas emissions are connected to red meat.”

However, not all red meat is created equal. In her book Defending Beef, environmental lawyer and cattle rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman makes a case for sustainable meat production, noting, “Well-managed grazing could be part of an effective strategy to combat climate change.”

In their book The New Livestock Farmer, authors Rebecca Thistlethwaite and Jim Dunlop praise the increase in farmers producing pasture-raised, ethical meats and the growing number of farmers selling directly to people that reject the industrial system. Neff likewise supports such sustainable livestock agriculture, which integrates pasture-raised animals on farms, rather than isolating them on feedlots, where they typically eat a grain-based diet (such as genetically engineered corn) and receive growth stimulants, including hormones and antibiotics.

Risky Hormones and Antibiotics Mike Callicrate, a St. Francis, Kansas, rancher educated in the industrial model of meat production, is considered an expert on its negative consequences.

He served as an advisor for Food Inc., and Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Callicrate observes, “The same chemical compounds that athletes are banned from using in baseball are used to produce our food animals, which our children eat in the hot dogs at the ballgame.”

According to the USDA, about 90 percent of feedlot cattle receive hormone implants to promote growth.

Yet the European Union Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health reports that the use of natural and artificial growth hormones in beef production poses a potential risk to human health, especially among children.

Because climate change is accelerating and is already causing a multitude of adverse effects, and the footprint of our current food system is massive, we urgently need to create a national food supply that is both healthy and sustainable.

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Their dietary recommendations include choosing meat raised without hormones and antibiotics.

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Veterinarian and food safety consultant Gail Hansen, of Washington, D.C., explains that bacteria naturally develop resistance anytime we use antibiotics. “The problem is overuse and misuse; that’s the recipe for disaster.”

She explains that more than 70 percent of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are not used to treat sick animals, but to promote growth and reduce the risk of infection related to raising animals in unsanitary, overcrowded spaces.

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livestock “often leave the drugs ineffective when they are needed to treat infections in people.”

The AAP supports buying meat from organic farms, because organic farming rules prohibit the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics. Stacia Clinton, a registered dietitian in Boston who works with the international nonprofit Health Care Without Harm, assists hospitals in both reducing meat on their menus and increasing purchases of meat from animals raised without antibiotics. The goal is to reduce the growing number of antibiotic-resistant infections that cost hospitals and patients billions of dollars each year.

A Friends of the Earth report, Chain Reaction: How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Use of Antibiotics in Their Meat Supply, revealed that most meat served by American’s top chain restaurants come from animals raised in industrial facilities where they are fed antibiotics. Only two out of 25 chains, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panera Bread, report that the majority of their meat is raised without routine antibiotics. A recent study by Consumers Union also found antibiotic-resistant bacteria on retail meatsaved samples nationwide.

In California, Governor Jerry my husband’s life; he has Brown signed Senate Bill 27, making been in good health under Dr. Meshhis the first state to ban the use of rou’s caretine for low 20 years doses now of antimicrobial drugs that are medically important to humans to promote livestock weight gain or feed efficiency. The bill doesn’t go into effect until January 2018, but will

contribute to making meat safer and antibiotic drugs more effective.

Red and Processed Meats Targeted Dietary advice to reduce the consumption of red and processed meats, regardless of how the animals are raised, is not new. Kelay Trentham, a registered dietitian in Tacoma, Washington, who specializes in cancer prevention and treatment, points out that joint reports from the World Cancer Research Fund International and American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) since 2007 have recommended restricting consumption of red meat to less than 18 ounces a week and avoiding processed meats.

In 2015, the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified processed meat (like hot dogs, ham, sausages, corned beef and beef jerky) as “carcinogenic to humans” and red meat (beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horse and goat) as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” Risk increases with amount consumed, and the evidence is strongest for the relation of processed meats to colorectal cancer.

Trentham explains some factors that make red and processed meats risky. “Heating or smoking meat creates cancer-causing compounds. Processed meats contain salts, nitrates and nitrites; a chemical mélange of preservatives that can increase risk,” she says. Trentham

and Karen Collins, a registered dietitian and advisor to the AICR, concur that the form of iron found in meat also contributes to cancer risk.

Still, the IARC report recognizes, “Eating meat has known health benefits.” Meat is a rich source of protein and B vitamins, iron and zinc. Livestock feed further influences nutritional composition, with meat from cattle raised on pasture (grass) containing higher levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids compared to meat from animals fed grain.

According to medical doctor and National Institutes of Health researcher Captain Joseph Hibbeln, consuming fewer omega-6 fatty acids and more omega-3s may be one of the most important dietary changes for cutting the risk of chronic diseases, reducing inflammation, improving mental health, enhancing children’s brain and eye development and reducing worldwide incidence of cardiovascular disease by 40 percent.

When it comes to eating meat, the agricultural practices, quantity consumed, and methods of processing and cooking make a difference. It turns out that what’s good for the environment is good for animals and people, too.

Melinda Hemmelgarn is an awardwinning registered dietitian, writer and Food Sleuth Radio host with KOPN. org, in Columbia, MO. Connect at FoodSleuth@gmail.com.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that local food sales totaled $12 billion in 2014, up from $5 billion in 2008. They continue to grow.

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how foods are grown and raised, it is not always possible for certain foods in some climates. Sometimes there’s a tradeoff in buying organic foods in the carbon footprint of its transport to market.

According to the Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, in Tampa, Florida, “Organic refers to a specific method of growing and processing foods, and is defined as produce grown, packaged and stored without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or irradiation.”

To be considered certified organic under the Code of Federal Regulations 7 CFR Part 205, products must meet these standards: n No harmful chemicals have been applied to the land for at least three years. n Farmers and processors are inspected annually by a certifying agency. n Farmers and processors must keep detailed records of practices. n Farmers are required to maintain a written organic management plan.

Certified Humane When we buy local cheese, poultry or meat at the farmers’ market, we sometimes see a certified humane notice. One such producer is Baetje Farms, outside St. Louis, Missouri. Their highly regarded goat cheeses offer traceability via a lot number, so buyers can know exactly which milking the cheese came from.

In factory farming, which often involves penning or caging animals that never go outdoors, “certified humane” means that this producer meets Humane Farm Animal Care standards: n Fed a nutritious diet without antibiotics or hormones. n Provided proper shelter with resting areas and sufficient space. n Animals have the ability to behave naturally.

Veronica Baetje says her farm’s goats receive organic mineral supplements and locally grown alfalfa hay in addition to pasture grass every day. She adds, “They are free to choose what they prefer to do, whether skip and run up a hill, lie under the shade of a tree, soak up some sunshine or play with their herd mates.”

Wild Food At times, farmers’ markets will offer foraged foods from the wild or wild game.

Sources are listed online at EatWild. com. “Few of us will go back to foraging in the wild, but we can learn to forage in our supermarkets, farmers’ markets and from local farmers to select the most nutritious and delicious foods available,” says founder Jo Robinson, in Vashon, Washington.

For example, Dave and Sue Whittlesey, at High Wire Ranch, in Hotchkiss, Colorado, raise bison (buffalo) and elk that they sell both through local stores and at the Aspen Saturday Market. The wild game is 100 percent pasture-fed, non-GMO (no genetically modified feed), gluten-free and not given hormones or any antibiotics unless the animal is sick.

Trusted Sources The land, climate and growing season dictate the best natural farming practices for each area, often described along with their products on farm and farmers’ market websites.

Wisconsin’s Dane County Farmers’ Market, in Madison, provides detailed descriptions of farm products and agricultural practices so customers can make informed choices. Sometimes, the type of farm makes a difference. “We are intentionally human scale,” says Virginia Goeke, of Sylvan Meadows Farm, in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

“We choose to husband our land to promote harmony and synergy. We are creating a sustainable farm ecosystem where herbal meadows, prairies, heirloom gardens, orchards, woodlands, and rare breeds of livestock and wildlife flourish.”

Sometimes, we’d just like someone else to do the food curating for us. The Kansas City Food Circle requires member farmers to take a pledge to follow certain agricultural practices. “When you buy food from our members, you can rely on the co-op’s pledge that it’s been certified naturally grown or that the farmer has USDA Organic certification,” says Akins.

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, the joint effort of 100 small-scale family farms providing fresh, organic, seasonal produce, in Leola, Pennsylvania, gives similar assurances.

The USDA reports that 160,000 farmers nationwide are currently selling to their local markets via farmers’ markets, community supported agriculture organizations, restaurants, groceries and institutions, generating health, social, economic and environmental benefits for local communities. It keeps growing because we keep asking questions.

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Healthy Foods Lexicon Grass-fed—Beef or milk cows fed on grass. The benefit is leaner, betterflavored meat and more omega-3s, plus fuller flavors in milk, butter and other dairy products.

Heirloom—Older, non-hybrid varieties of produce, including fruit trees, herbs and vegetables.

Foraged—Native foods gathered from the wild, rather than cultivated. Examples: wild mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns, mulberries, native pecans, black walnuts and native persimmons.

Heritage breeds—Ancestral breeds of poultry and livestock that often take longer to reach market weight, but have more flavor.

Free range—Poultry raised outdoors where they are free to range over natural vegetation.

Local—Grown or raised within a threehour driving radius of the consumer’s purchase site.

Pastured—Livestock raised on pastures instead of factory farms.

Traceability—Precise tracking by a farmer that informs the consumer of which chicken hatched a specific clutch of eggs, which farm grew a cantaloupe and which mill boiled down and bottled the sorghum syrup.

Wild-caught—Fish that live and are caught in open lakes, streams or oceans.

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Their heritage hog program and facility, running for about a year now, produces organically raised, pastured pork that’s both delicious and good for the whole family. The hogs are raised without antibiotics or hormones, and forage for their food, with free range of both spacious indoor and outdoor facilities, 24/7.

Farm Manager Ross Duffield oversees the whole farm operation. “When I was hired, we had a few hogs and they were not being managed as efficiently as they could have been,” explains Duffield. “I raise hogs not only on pasture, but to thrive on pasture and improve the health of the soil.”

Farmers can learn from Duffield and use Rodale’s model, on a scalable level, to raise their own heritage hogs.

“The quality of our pork is superior to most pastureraised hog operations,” assures Duffield. “Usually hogs are just a cleanup crew, but we treat them as more than that. The common misconception is that hogs destroy the ground, but they do little damage to the ground if they’re managed properly.”

Their hogs are offered a very diverse range of forages, and are encouraged to eat a variety of foods. “Pigs that eat grass, corn, turnips, pumpkins, small grains, kale, apples and beets—just to name a few of our pasture varieties— will have a more robust flavor and different fat consistency than those that are raised on grain and/or milk alone,” says Duffield.

Duffield says that, ideally, someone interested in purchasing this high-quality meat understands what makes their meat different. Rodale Institute focuses on heritagebreed hogs—traditional livestock breeds whose descent can be tracked to their forefathers—which are limited in

number nationwide. “Heritage breeds do very, very well on pasture. More of their diet is consumed on pasture than your average confined hog. They’re efficient and make good use of the land. They’re also friendly, easily manageable and have excellent mothering abilities,” he enthuses. “The better they are on pasture, I feel the better quality pork they provide.”

Rodale Institute focuses on selling whole hogs to the customer, at around four to five dollars per pound—about $1,000 for a whole hog, depending on exact weight. “I’ll help people out [on price] if they’re willing to buy meat from me consistently,” says Duffield. About half a dozen hogs are available right now, with “quite a few” expected to be available in the fall.

Customers are welcome to share a hog with others, Duffield notes, but the responsibility is on them to find a partner with whom they may split the cost of the whole hog.

Hogs are sold directly off the farm. “We use an Animal Welfare Approved meat-processing company in Mount Joy called Smucker’s Meats. Smucker’s can accommodate just about any option the consumer chooses, from simply dressing the hog, butchering primal cuts or cutting retail cuts that the consumer chooses,” Duffield explains. Primal and retail cuts are vacuum packed, labeled and flash frozen. Rodale Institute sells portions of the meat in its on-site farm store, including pork chops, sliced bacon and other cuts. Duffield says they’re also interested in selling primal cuts of meat to local chefs, restaurants and catering companies.

Rodale Institute Farm Manager Ross Duffield Providing the hogs a low-stress environment, Duffield says, makes for much better pork. “Our hogs are happy.

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ost people would agree with the results of a 2011 study by the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: Typical hospital food is full of the dietary fat, sodium, calories, cholesterol and sugar that contribute to the medical problems that land many in the hospital in the first place. The study’s dietitians further found that some hospitals house up to five fast-food outlets.

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farms, embracing new ways to help us eat healthier, especially those that most need to heal.

“In a paradigm shift, hospitals are realizing the value of producing fresh, local, organic food for their patients,” says Mark Smallwood, executive director of the nonprofit Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. It recently partnered with St. Luke’s University Hospital, in nearby Bethlehem, to help support operations of the hospital’s 10-acre organic farm that yields 30 varieties of vegetables and fruits served in hospital meals to support patient recovery. New mothers are sent home with baskets of fresh produce to help instill healthy eating habits.

“Organic fruits and vegetables offer many advantages over conventionally grown foods,” says Dr. Bonnie Coyle, director of community health

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for St. Luke’s University Health Network. She cites the higher amounts of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and antioxidants as contributing to a reduced incidence of heart disease and some cancers and a lowered risk for other common conditions such as allergies, and hyperactivity in children.

Hospital farms also benefit the environment and facilitate other healing ways. Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Ann Arbor’s hospital farm, created in 2010 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, is a win-win-win solution. “We can model the connection between food and health to our patients, visitors, staff and community,” says hospital spokesperson Laura Blodgett. Their Health Care Without Harm pledge commits the hospital to providing local, nutritious and sustainable food.

The farm repurposed some of the hospital’s 340-acre campus, eliminating considerable lawn mowing and chemicals. Today, its organic produce also supplies an on-site farmers’ market. Most recently, collaboration with a rehab hospital treating traumatic brain injuries resulted in a solarheated greenhouse to continually produce organic food using raised beds and a Ferris-wheel-style planting system that enables patients to experience gardening as agritherapy.

“Patients love the hands-on healing of tending the garden,” says Blodgett.

Another innovative hospital is Watertown Regional Medical Center, in rural Wisconsin. Its farm, located behind the 90-bed hospital, raises 60 pesticide-free crops a year, including vegetables, herbs and even edible flowers. “We believe that food is medicine,” says Executive Chef Justin Johnson. He also serves his healthier fare to the public via special dinners in the hospital’s café, celebrating spring and fall harvests.

In Arcata, California, Mad River Community Hospital’s designated farmer, Isaiah Webb, tills six plots and two greenhouses to supply organic carrots, beets, tomatoes, basil, potatoes, sweet corn, artichokes, squash, pumpkins, lettuce, blueberries, apples and strawberries to patients and guests. An in-house work/share program encourages hospital employees to volunteer gardening time for a share of the produce.

A three-way partnership of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Fletcher Allen Health Care and Central Vermont Medical Center, all in the Burlington area, combines community supported agriculture (CSA) and physicians’ prescriptions for healthier eating. Diane Imrie, director of nutrition services at Fletcher Allen, comments, “If we want to have a ‘well’ community, they have to be well fed.” Paid student farmers from 15 to 21 years old grow and harvest eight acres of fruits and vegetables for selected doctor-recommended patients in the 12-week-growing season program. Patients gain an appreciation of healthy eating that remains with them, thus decreasing their need for acute medical care.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, farmto-institution programs like these both provide healthy food to hospital patients and help develop sustainable regional food systems. We all benefit from such healing ripples in the healthcare pond.

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hen Bucks County Foodshed Alliance (BCFA) launched the Wrightstown Farmers’ Market in 2006, farmers’ markets, with their fresh produce and small-farm-raised meats, were still something of a novelty in the area.

How times have changed in one decade.

Now, BCFA operates the Wrightstown market in community with a half-dozen other farmers’ markets that share a commitment to giving families a wide choice of fresh foods raised on small farms in Bucks or just outside its borders. From what was once a strictly seasonal May-to-Thanksgiving market, Wrightstown now operates year-round with a popular winter “mini-market” two Saturday mornings a month from December through April.

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individual producers have opened markets or set up farm stands, expanding the offerings for locally sourced produce, meat and dairy. Doylestown Food Market, formerly Doylestown Food Co-op, now runs its borough storefront where farmers can sell—and consumers can buy—exceptional locally produced food year-round. Chain grocery stores are also making an earnest effort to put the harvest of local farms into their coolers and on their shelves.

In the past 10 years, many restaurants and caterers that source ingredients locally have sprung up and become successful, while established venues have changed their menus to reflect the addition of local meats, cheeses, vegetables, fruits and beverages.

Even schools and other institutions in the area are rethinking where their food comes from and, more importantly, what goes into the meals

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Introducing Bucks Buy Fresh Buy Local “There is still so much to do,” says BCFA board president Gavin Laboski, who points to the community service organization’s newly invigorated mission statement: build a resilient local food system through education and collaboration.

“In our next decade, BCFA will focus on more public education to clarify the most up-to-date data about the benefits of locally produced foods and a strong local food economy.”

Their plans include “more partnering and advocacy for young farmers and farming programs. We need greater awareness of the many benefits of fresh food versus food that’s processed, raised in large, petroleum-dependent operations or shipped over great distances to store shelves.”

When BCFA realized it could expand its consumer outreach efforts significantly by collaborating with the respected national Buy Fresh Buy Local program, it established the Bucks County Chapter in 2013 and began offering farmers and other producers BFBL’s proven coordinated marketing program.

The BFBL program increases producers’ viability both through practical marketing assistance and by engaging consumers that appreciate the value of

food grown locally and sustainably. The program’s objectives are to: n increase the percentage of food from local farms and producers that is consumed by local citizens; n differentiate the local sustainable food system from large conglomerate global systems that are not sustainable for the community or for the planet; n increase access to healthy, sustainably produced local food for every member of the community; n strengthen the local farming economy; n engage everyone in building an economically viable local food system.

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Beyond the philosophical impact, BFBL partnership directly supports consumer education programs that raise awareness for fresh, local food. Partnership also brings with it considerable marketing resources to help businesses promote themselves to area locavores, from logos and business listings in popular publications to event promotion, networking and more.

The annual cost of membership varies with type of business, with farmer membership beginning at only $80. Individuals are invited to support BFBL as “Vocal Locals” with an annual contribution of $60.

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Innovation, independence and vision drive women to use their organic farm ventures to create a livelihood, express themselves and do their part to change how America eats.

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SOIL SISTERS Female Farmers Come of Age

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ore women are becoming farmers, bringing with them a passion for producing organic and sustainably raised fare and transforming America’s food system. The U.S. Census of Agriculture reports that their numbers rose by more than 20 percent between 2002 and 2012, to 288,264.

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“Women have played an integral role in farming for centuries, but in the last 100 years they’ve started to self-organize and be recognized for their important work,” says University of California garden historian Rose Hayden-Smith,

Ph.D., author of Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I and editor of the UC Food Observer. “During that war, the Women’s Land Army of America, a female-led initiative, recruited nearly 20,000 mostly middle-class urban and suburban women to enter the agricultural sector as wage laborers at farms, dairies and canneries, often in rural areas, where farmers urgently needed help while the male labor force was off fighting.”

Women also helped feed Americans during the Victory Garden era of World War II. “It’s also estimated that more than 40 percent of fruits and

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vegetables consumed on the American home front then were grown in school, home, community and workplace gardens,” says Hayden-Smith, possibly resulting in America’s highest period of produce consumption ever.

When the commercial organic industry launched in the 1990s, women organized to provide overlooked and undervalued perspectives. The wakeup call for Denise O’Brien, an organic vegetable farmer and owner of Rolling Hills Acres, near Atlantic, Iowa, came during the farm economic crisis of the preceding decade. Although still considered “just” farm wives, “It was the women on the farms that had foreseen where things were heading, because they often kept the accounting books, though nobody took their voices seriously,” O’Brien recalls.

This launched O’Brien’s agriculture activism: balancing farming, raising children and serving as a national advocate and spokeswoman for women in agriculture in an ecological and just food system. In 1997, she launched the Women, Food and Ag Network to collectively advocate for a stronger voice.

“Throughout history, women in agriculture have been relegated to providing assistance, rather than making decisions,” O’Brien explains. “It’s up to us as women to collaboratively support each other while challenging the system.”

Cultivating Change

For her 50th birthday, Paula Foreman gave her life a new chapter. She launched her midlife “second act” in 2007 with Encore Farm, a name that serves as a rallying mantra for her peers. “The name is a tribute declaring that fresh starts and new beginnings can happen at any age,” explains Foreman, now an urban

farmer in St. Paul, Minnesota. Embodying this business moxie, she chose to specialize, producing one thing very well: organic dried beans.

Relinda Walker, of Walker Organic Farms, outside Savannah, Georgia, represents a cadre of “boomerang” farmers; women that return to the land to continue a family farm with a commitment to organics. Like many farm kids, after college, Walker left to pursue a corporate career in the city. Then the 9/11 terror attack shifted her priorities. “All roads led me to coming back home and growing food,” she says.

Launched in 2005, Walker’s farm was one of southern Georgia’s first organic operations, yielding specialty varieties like rainbow carrots in vivid shades of purple, orange and red.

Future Femme Power

Young women in their 20s and 30s are adding energy, diversity, vibrancy and fresh outlooks to the female farming movement. Lindsey Morris Carpenter runs Grassroots Farm, in Monroe, Wisconsin, a diversified operation of certified organic vegetables and pastured livestock, in partnership with her mother, Gail Carpenter.

“A crucial key to farming happiness is being a good neighbor,” she shares. “I call around when I see livestock and pets outside of fences; maintain my fences; share my garlic and potato seed; and always invite neighbors to parties and events, even though they may not attend. Even if others’ personal lifestyle and farming philosophies are radical opposites, we still have our physical location and appreciation of nature in common, and that’s big.”

“The women farmer movement is just a toddler,” sums up O’Brien. “We’ve come a long way, but we’re not there yet, especially with representation on the national leadership platform.” It’s easy to support female growers at local farmers’ markets. Cultivating change can be rewarding—and tasty.

Lisa Kivirist is the author of the new book Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers and a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. Her family runs the energyindependent Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B, in southwestern Wisconsin.

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What basics should everyone know about GMOs? Genetic engineering is different from traditional crossbreeding. In engineering six major GMO crops—soy, corn, cotton, canola, sugar beets and alfalfa—a gene from a virus or bacteria was forced into the DNA of the plants. Derivatives such as soy lecithin, soy protein, highfructose corn syrup and sugar (unless labeled as cane sugar) are in the vast majority of processed foods.

How did GMO foods invade grocery shelves?

Many U.S. consumers mistakenly believe that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves GMO crops only after careful study. Instead, the agency claimed it wasn’t aware of any significant difference from other food crops and declared safety testing unnecessary. In reality, according to FDA documents later made public in a lawsuit, the consensus among FDA NABuxMont.com

scientists was that GMOs were different and dangerous and needed rigorous, longterm testing to prevent allergies, toxins, new diseases and nutritional problems.

When the George W. Bush administration ordered the agency to promote biotechnology as a way to increase U.S. food exports, the FDA responded by creating a new position of Deputy Commissioner of Policy for Michael R. Taylor, a former Monsanto attorney. He later became a Monsanto vice president and is now back at the FDA as the U.S. food safety czar.

Why is Roundup, Monsanto’s weed killer for GMO crops, so toxic?

Monsanto portrays Roundup as a benevolent herbicide. This is a lie.

Glyphosate, its active patented ingredient, alters biochemical pathways in the body. Scientists such as Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff have linked glyphosate to numerous diseases and disorders, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, gluten sensitivity, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, autism and reproductive disorders. In March, the World Health Organization declared it a probable carcinogen.

How can we avoid unlabeled GMO foods?

Eat organic foods, which are not allowed to contain GM ingredients, or products that are labeled non-GMO,

or those that don’t contain derivatives of the current nine GMO food crops, which now include some zucchini, yellow squash and papaya grown in Hawaii or China. Any packaged grocery product not labeled “Non-GMO” or “Organic” is likely to contain at least one GMO; this includes meat and dairy products, from animals that have eaten GM feed.

NonGMOShoppingGuide.com is a reliable resource that lists about 30,000 non-GMO products. A non-GMO diet is recommended by thousands of doctors, as well as the American Academy of Environmental Medicine.

What more can “we the people” do to eradicate GMOs? We are in control, not government agencies. I believe that promoting a stronger message—that GMOs are dangerous and should be avoided—would better serve consumers and the food-labeling movement. High-profile campaigns will continue educating consumers about the dangers of GMOs and the necessity of rejecting them in favor of healthier nonGMO choices, especially for children that are most at risk.

The desired result is that food companies will feel the loss of profits and remove GMOs as a liability.

The tipping point in the U.S. is almost here. In 2013, the president of Whole Foods announced that when a product becomes verified as non-GMO, sales leap by 15 to 30 percent. Thousands of natural product brands were immediately enrolled for verification.

Now conventional brands such as Post Foods’ Grape Nuts, Target’s Simply Balanced brand, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Chipotle’s restaurant menu are GMO-free. General Mills stopped using GMO beet sugar in Cheerios. When the rest of the food industry sees these non-GMO-labeled products increase in sales in conventional supermarkets, they will be forced to eliminate GMOs as well, to protect their market share.

Visit ResponsibleTechnology.org and GeneticRouletteMovie.com to educate everyone about the dangers of GMOs. Connect with writer Linda Sechrist at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

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ZEN GOLF Master the Mind to Master the Game

by Aimee Hughes

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remember the moment I had what I call my ‘golf game epiphany,’” recalls Steve Hughes, a passionate golfer from Richmond, Missouri. “I realized that my main obstacles were in my head, and from that day on, my golf game changed.”

In any athletic or fitness endeavor, the pursuit of excellence unfolds an array of challenges. While golf presents some of the toughest hurdles to improvement, any links enthusiast can better their game by acquiring a champion’s mindset. Applying a few Zen techniques and disciplines adapted from the Buddhist tradition of mindful awareness—which teaches that the mind is everything—can work wonders.

Zen Golf master and performance psychologist Joe Parent, Ph.D., of Ojai, California, advises: “The key is finding a way to let the ‘thinking’ mind do all the preliminaries to physical performance—selecting a target, judging the lie, gauging weather influences, etc.—and then letting our ‘intuitive’ mind take over, enabling our body to make a swing that’s free from second-guessing ourselves.” He calls the optimal playing mentality, “Not too tight, not too loose.” It’s the sweet spot that allows us to perform via our best self. Some key techniques

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prepare us to find and reside in this just-right Goldilocks place of being not too hot and not too cold.

Developing mental fortitude takes us even further than we can imagine.

Mastery is born from discipline, focused attention and a deep core desire to adopt habits and behaviors that will upgrade our mindset.

Author of Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, Parent teaches his students to enter a state that he calls “trusting versus trying.” He teaches a “one stroke at a time” approach, which emphasizes awareness of being in the present moment, as many contemplative spiritual traditions do.

When the golfer is deeply engaged in the present moment with just the right level of emotional intensity, free of distractions and worries about future swings, they become integrated with what’s taking place on the course in the here and now to the point of total absorption.

In yoga, pranayama, or breathing techniques, are employed to promote relaxation in the mind and body. The Zen approach to golf uses breath work to allow body and mind to make the most fluid and powerful golf swing possible for the player. “The single factor that sets apart the top performers

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in any athletic discipline from the rest of us is their state of mind,” says Craig Perkins, a yoga master and founder of the Yandara Yoga Institute, in Baja California, Mexico. “From all my years of yogic study, there’s one teaching that always sticks with me: If we want to master our game, whether it’s golf, yoga or chess, we must first and foremost master our mind.” Practitioners maintain that, meditation can take our mental game to its optimal level and Perkins believes, “Meditation is the number one practice for cultivating self-trust.”

Positive visualization, which can be supported by meditation, is another method champion golfers leverage to improve their performance levels. Parent teaches his students, “Establish a clear image in your mind’s eye, and the body will follow.” Repeating this technique with every shot helps the golfer cultivate the habit of positive visualization by seeing the results.

Physical prowess is of little consequence if our mental game is off.

Under the intense pressure of a golf match, execution suffers when performance anxiety isn’t kept under control.

While many golfers have what it takes to succeed—the requisite native ability, experience, technique and talent—mental hang-ups can cause them to call it a day. Detrimental habits can undermine our self-confidence, as well as our score.

The solution lies in pinpointing what’s behind them and applying pertinent Zen techniques to either gradually alleviate or winningly work with them.

Hughes, who makes his home overlooking the greens of Shirkey Golf Course, says, “It’s about getting out of your own way. When you’re at one with the game as it presents itself, you know your game will be much better than when your mind is racing off to work issues, family dramas and all the other usual life stuff. When I learned how to establish myself in this present moment awareness, not only did my golf game change for the better, so did the rest of my life.”

Aimee Hughes, a freelance writer in Kansas City, MO, is a doctor of naturopathy on the faculty of the Yandara Yoga Institute. Connect at ChezAimee@ gmail.com.

Protecting Your Sacred Self

by Kathleen Downey

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n our culture, when we speak of protection, we are usually referring to the physical world. We imagine bundling up for winter to protect against the cold, wearing a helmet and knee pads, and home alarm systems—all of the ways that we can protect material belongings. If we understood that the spiritual, emotional realm is our primary self, and that everything in the physical world is a reflection of that, we would be mostly concerned with how to protect the most important aspect of who we are—our spiritual and emotional selves. Whether it’s from our own internal energies or the unhealthy energies of others, attaining this protection is crucial.

During the first part of that process, we learn that we aren’t alone; we have spiritual allies. Then we can venture into the unknown and learn about who we are as spiritual, emotional beings, and

what our subconscious expectations are.

Our subconscious has stored memory from many lifetimes. Each memory, traumatic or otherwise, has an expectation attached to it. These deeply held memories project or suggest who we are, and with our conscious minds preoccupied with daily tasks, we usually follow those subconscious suggestions. Being guided to discover our truth through a firsthand experience that allows us to pull information from our subconscious into our conscious mind is a powerful, lifechanging experience.

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beliefs. Understanding, as our ancestors did, how to protect our empathetic sacred selves with knowledge; building our lives and beliefs from our spiritual strengths; overcoming these learned beliefs from soul loss and trauma—this is the “spiritual healing work” recorded in the history of every culture. The shaman’s journey is among the oldest examples of meditation and healing work for the benefit of all.

By using all of our senses to experience our spiritual strengths and challenges, we eliminate fear and doubt, because we feel the experience in safety—a deeply relaxed state where healing takes place. When we work with self-discovery tools and expand into past life therapy, forgiveness can take place, and we experience the bigger picture of our relationships.

Kathleen Downey is a certified practitioner of shamanic healing, counselor, past life therapist, yoga teacher, nutritionist and author of Healthy is Delicious. She is available for private sessions in Lambertville, NJ, and video conferences worldwide. She and LMT Courtney Downey will host a two-part workshop, Protecting Your Sacred Self, in Doylestown, July 15 and 24. Email CoreLevelHealing@gmail.com or visit CoreLevelHealing.net. See listing, page 46.

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tasty ways. After removing strings, n 2015, manufacturers of commerfill celery logs with plain yogurt and cial dog and cat foods and treats freeze. To serve, cut into one-bite issued 28 recalls, some for multiple pieces appropriate for a dog’s size. products, due to the potential presAnother easy favorite is fillence of listeria or salmonella bacteria, ing an ice cube tray two-thirds full mold, dangerous levels of cumuwith Greek-style or traditional plain latively harmful propylene glycol, yogurt mixed with diced strawberries inadequate thiamine, elevated levels or whole blueberries of vitamin D, off odors Use the freshest and freeze overnight. or labeling problems (Tinyurl.com/ ingredients, organic For cats, omit the fruit and instead add bits PetFoodRecallList). In and non-GMO (no of mercury-free waterresponse, homemade treats have grown in genetic modification) packed tuna or salmon as a special treat. Add popularity to ensure that pets enjoy safe and where possible; tuna fresh or dried catnip to healthy snacks. or salmon in a pouch catch Kitty’s attention.

“Once when fixing “Most summer is safer than BPA- dinner, I dropped a fruits work naturally to piece of frozen yellow cool the body,” advises canned fish. squash and the dogs Cathy Alinovi, co-author dove for it,” says writer Livia J. Washof Dinner PAWsible: A Cookbook of burn, in Azle, Texas, of her ChihuaNutritious Homemade Meals for Cats huas. “Nicki waits for things to hit the and Dogs, in Pine Village, Indiana. floor; Nora showed her game face and “Healthful treats, made from the best won the Squash War.” ingredients, are a good way to take a “Obesity is the number one nubreak from summer heat.” tritional disease affecting our pets, so She suggests taking a refreshing summertime activities that avoid overlook at low-calorie fruits and veggies heating are vital for overall health,” says such as stuffed celery used in creative,

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Veterinarian Jeff Werber, a veterinary medical journalist with a Los Angeles practice. “Proper nutrition is critical— not only to the foods we feed, but to the treats we give.”

Twelve years ago, Rick Woodford’s Belgian Malinois/Labrador mix, Jackson, was diagnosed with lymphoma. In order to keep him eating, Woodford shared his own food.

Jackson lived an additional four years, in part due to improved nutrition.

“Portion control is important,” he says.

“What’s right for an 80-pound dog is way too much for a 30-pounder.”

Woodford, the author of Feed Your Best Friend Better and Chow, lives near Portland, Oregon.

Frosty Paws is a lower lactose version of ice cream for dogs and discriminating cats. Recipes for homemade versions can be found online. The basics are one ripe, mashed banana, 32 ounces of plain or vanilla yogurt and two tablespoons of honey, all mixed in a blender and frozen in small ice cube trays. Variations may substitute goat’s milk yogurt or add a quarter-cup of strawberries, cranberries or blueberries for antioxidants in lieu of the honey.

Frozen vegetable broth, primed with added bits of cooked chopped spinach, broccoli, carrots or a small cheese cube, is a hit with dogs. Cats like theirs with tidbits of chicken, turkey or a few shreds of cheese.

Using a bone-shaped ice cube tray lets humans know it’s the pet’s treat.

“When I was developing frozen treat recipes, my husband came in from the yard one hot afternoon and went straight to the freezer,” says Paris Permenter about John Bigley, co-authors of The Healthy Hound Cookbook, in Cedar Park, Texas, who live with mixed breeds Irie and Tiki. “I watched him eat two helpings of the dog ice cream and then told him what it was. We often share our food with our dogs. It was nice for them to share their goodies with us!”

The bottom line for the best summertime treats is to go healthy, be creative, use fresh ingredients, don’t overindulge and stay cool.

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SUMMER

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Tips for Reducing the Burn

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t starts as a tingle on the lips, and in a few days a painful blister appears, announcing to the world the arrival of a cold sore. This condition affects many and often occurs at the most inopportune times. Despite its “cold” name, it can be triggered by excessive sunlight, making summer a prime time to suffer an outbreak. Other triggers include stress, trauma (dental treatments), fatigue and hormonal changes. The typical time for healing is two weeks.

The triggers activate the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), which lies dormant in the nerves until it infects the cells in and around the lips. In a few days the sore becomes visible and is contagious. The virus can then spread to other parts of the body and to people that have not been previously infected.

For most people who suffer from cold

sores, the infection has occurred during early childhood without any visible outbreaks. Cold sores can also be contracted by sexual contact from exposure to genital herpes virus (HSV-2).

There is no cure for this common but bothersome disease. The best approach is to prevent outbreaks by controlling and avoiding the typical triggers. There are, however, products to reduce the duration and severity of symptoms. Antiviral medications such as Valtrex and Zovirax taken orally with in the first 24-48 hours of the onset of symptoms can be effective in shortening the outbreak and lessening the intensity of the cold sores.

Topical ointments, whether prescription (Denavir, Zovirax) or over the counter (Abreva, Zilactin), shorten the outbreak by only a few days. The prod-

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There are also some natural products that can help in recovering from cold sores. Lysine, an amino acid, taken daily (1000mg) has been found to reduce the frequency of outbreaks.

For those that like the taste, licorice can be an enjoyable way to fight back.

Studies have shown that the glycyrrhizic acid found in licorice prevents the spread of the virus. Licorice powder can even be added to petroleum jelly or other creams and applied to the affected areas. Lastly, aloe vera applied topically can soothe the symptoms of burning and itching. It does not shorten the duration of cold sores caused by HSV-1, but it does speed up the healing process of those caused by HSV-2 (genital herpes).

As the height of summer approatches, enjoy the long sunny days with plenty of sunscreen for the exposed areas, including the lips. If an outbreak does occur, consult your dentist or doctor or try the natural products mentioned here to deal with the cold sores.

Rest assured, the summer is long and the outbreak will be short.

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EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY Amma Yanni Yoga School & Center 827 Glenside Ave, Wyncote 215-572-9881 AmmayanniYoga.com The Buddha-Bar Yorktown Plaza 160 Yorktown Plz, Elkins Park 215- 901-2835 Facebook.com/The-Buddha-BarYorktown-Plaza Dana Hot Yoga 2278 Mount Carmel Ave, Glenside • 610-667-3262 832 N Bethlehem Pk, Spring House • 267-974-9805 DanaHotYoga.net* Dhuni Yoga & Pilates 1458 County Line Rd, Huntingdon Valley • 215-917-0501 DhuniYoga.com

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FRIDAY, JULY 1 Psychotherapy and Juicing – 7/1-7/30, 9am. Reawaken your life with old-fashioned talk therapy and alkaline foods. Use nutrition to reduce stress; balance your ph; feel the clarity of mind you get with clean food; learn from your feelings. Introductory one-on-one meeting. Must pre-register. Doc Bakers, 16 Main St, Doylestown. Connie Guerin, 267-337-1681. Connie@ConnieGuerinTherapy. com. ConnieGuerinTherapy.com.

THURSDAY, JULY 7 Farm Tour Series, Rolling Hills Farm – 6-9pm.

BCFA announces the 2016 series of popular farm evenings. A potluck meal runs from 6-7pm, with a tour of Rolling Hills Farm, a sustainable and bio-diverse farm, to follow. Visitors are expected to bring a dish to share with others and their family’s own eating equipment, beverages and seating.

Rolling Hills Farm, 133 Seabrook Rd, Lambertville, NJ. Renee Cauller, 215-621-8967. Info@Bucks Foodshed.org. BucksFoodshed.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 8 Fun First Friday at the Market – 5-8pm. Recording under the name Fine Blue Line, Gregg Oliver is a singer/songwriter in the truest sense. His topical lyrics are set to his skilled solo acoustic guitar. Gregg will debut a song he wrote especially for the Market.

Join us for Sweet Victory mini-cupcake treats, wine, local cheese and music. Doylestown Food Market, 29 W State St, Doylestown. 215-348-4548. Info@ Doylestown.coop. Doylestown.coop.

SATURDAY, JULY 9 Volunteer Work Day – 9am-2pm. Help us maintain our grounds! Wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet and/or dirty, and bring your own water bottle to refill. Give us four hours and we’ll give you lunch. This event is rain or shine. Silver Lake Nature Center, 1306 Bath Rd, Bristol. 215-7851177. SilverLakeNatureCenter@BucksCounty.org.

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Spice Up Your Picnics and Grilling – 10:30am12:30pm. Come taste award-winning treats at the Doylestown Food Market. TorchBearer Sauces in Mechanicsburg and Epic Pickles in York bring us the condiments and pickles we crave for our summer picnics and barbecues. It’s worth going a smidge further than 100 miles for these special handcrafted products. Doylestown Food Market, 29 W State St, Doylestown. 215-348-4548. Info@Doylestown. coop. Doylestown.coop/events.

MONDAY, JULY 11 Increase Your Energy & Vitality – 6:30-8pm. Come for a free lecture where you’ll meet and greet others.

Learn why you may suffer from lack of energy, brain fog, sleep troubles, negative moods and emotional struggles. Join Life & Wellness Coach Gina Forgione and learn about self-nourishment, nutrition, inflammatory response, physical activity and how to alleviate stress. Barnes & Noble, 210 Commerce Blvd, Fairless Hills. Gina Forgione, 267-767-3973.

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Transcendental Meditation Program – 6:308:30pm. Free public introductory lecture on the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) Program. Find out why over 6.5 million people worldwide practice this technique to reduce blood pressure, decrease anxiety and naturally reduce tension, stress and strain. Start enjoying your life to the fullest. Email CSmith@tm.org to reserve a seat. The next four day course will be from August 13-16. 5792 Carversville Rd, Doylestown. Carole Smith, 215-783-4629. TM.org/doylestown.

TUESDAY, JULY 12 Food For Thought Book Club – 6:15-8pm. All are welcome to join Doylestown Food Market members for a discussion of Plastic Free by Beth Terry for a practical guide to ridding your life, and the planet, of plastic. We meet the second Tuesday of the month.

They offer a 20% discount on book selections for the club. Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S Main St, Doylestown. 215-348-4548. Info@Doylestown. coop. Doylestown.coop/events.

The Dragon’s Way – 6-Week Qigong – 7/12-8/16, 10-11:30am. Qigong helps stimulate the flow of qi throughout your body. Learn the power behind these movements in this unique series that combines education with movement practice. Gain insight into the amazing connection of body, mind, spirit and emotions, and how each affects your health and weight. Investment $219. Whole Body Yoga Studio, 213 N Main St, North Wales. Patty Ferry, 215-661-0510. WholeBodyYoga@hotmail.com.

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James E Kinney Senior Center 165 Township Rd, Richboro I will be sharing my personal story of my husband’s murder. I hope you will all share your stories. We will learn that your loved ones are still with us. Looking forward to meeting you. Blessings, Donna.

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FRIDAY, JULY 15 Protecting Your Sacred Self – 6-9pm. The sacred mysteries of advanced healing methods, protecting your spiritual self, the foundations of the oldest

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Kathleen has 30 years of experience. $65. Dragonfly Yoga Studio, 156 Green St, Doylestown. Kathleen Downey, 858-401-3144. CoreLevelHealing@gmail. com. CoreLevelHealing.net.

SATURDAY, JULY 16 Intro to Kayaking Class – 9-11am. This class is informative and fun for beginners and those looking to improve kayaking skills. Will cover basic paddle strokes, proper techniques, practice basic safety, and proper boat handling skills. $22/member ; $27/nonmember. Silver Lake Nature Center, 1306 Bath Rd, Bristol. 215-785-1177. SilverLakeNatureCenter@ BucksCounty.org. SilverLakeNatureCenter.org.

MONDAY, JULY 18 Redeem Your Energy & Peace – 6:30-8pm. Are you tired of feeling stressed, emotional, trouble sleeping or lack of energy? Come join us for a free session – teens and adults. Learn what may be triggering these feelings and how you can regain your energy, increase awareness, sleep and confidence.

Light refreshments served. Please call to register.

Wood Lane Wellness Center, 930 Town Center Dr, Ste #G10, Langhorne. Gina Forgione, 267-7673973. InBalanceHealthCoaches2@gmail.com.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20 Free 30-Minute Nutrition Consult – 9am-8:30pm.

Do you want to lose weight, burn fat and build lean muscle? Do you want to look and feel your best without dieting or restriction? Learn holistic nutrition techniques that will help you achieve your goals. Schedule your free 30-minute health assessment with Dr. Diana Moore to find out how.

196 W Ashland St, Doylestown. Diana Moore, 267-753-9262. Diana@DianaTMoorePhD.com.

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FRIDAY, JULY 22 Simple Vedic Thai Yoga Techniques – 5:307:30pm. Vedic Thai Yoga looks (and feels) like yoga, massage and meditation, all at the same time. In Thailand, it’s both a routine part of family life and an integral part of Thai healing. You can learn some of these simple techniques to soothe and comfort your friends and family. $45. Anahata Yoga and Wellness Center, 703 Harleysville Pike, Harleysville. Beth Knudson, 267-638-8829. Anahata YogaWellness.com.

SATURDAY, JULY 23 Spice Up Your Picnics and Grilling – 10:30am12:30pm. Come taste award-winning treats at the Doylestown Food Market. TorchBearer Sauces in Mechanicsburg and Epic Pickles in York bring us the condiments and pickles we crave for our summer picnics and barbecues. It’s worth going a smidge further than 100 miles for these special handcrafted products. Doylestown Food Market, 29 W State St, Doylestown. 215-348-4548. Info@Doylestown. coop. Doylestown.coop/events.

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SATURDAY, JULY 30 Wisdom of the Belly – 2:30-5:30pm. Through the technologies of yoga asana, belly dance, journaling, video, honest conversation and an exclusive Eat with Love Meditation, we’ll explore the anatomy of our bellies, its history and the implications of “banishing the belly”. If you’re ready to begin a more loving relationship with your body, this workshop is for you. $60. Anahata Yoga and Wellness Center, 703 Harleysville Pike, Harleysville. Beth Knudson, 267638-8829. AnahataYogaWellness.com.

200-Hour Anahata Yoga Teacher Training

Free Info Session: July 23, 11:30am-1pm Training: Sept 10, 2016 - May 14, 2017 We are a Kripalu-Affiliated Yoga studio, one of only 16 worldwide, and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School. Our trainees learn everything needed to teach all levels of Hatha Yoga in accordance with YA standards. Our unique training emphasizes yoga as a tool for self-healing and transformation.

Cost: $2,100 (before August 10)

Anahata Yoga & Wellness Center 703 Harleysville Pike, Harleysville

Kathleen Tooley, 215-740-1354 AnahataYogaWellness.com

SUNDAY, JULY 24 Daily Tools for Yoga and Life – 3-6pm. Second part of two-part series, tools for enhancing your yoga practice and daily life. Ecstatic postures, breath work, essential oils and visualizations. Build body/ bone strength, increase your energy. Kathleen has practiced yoga for 43 years and studied holistic healing, herbs, nutrition for over 30 years since healing Lyme disease naturally. $65. Dragonfly Yoga Studio, 156 Green St, Doylestown. Kathleen Downey, 858-401-3144. CoreLevelHealing@gmail. com. CoreLevelHealing.net.

TUESDAY, JULY 26 Are Your Insides on Fire? – 6:30-8pm. Inflammation: the most serious health threat you never heard of. Learn what’s really causing your pain and how to get rid of it naturally. Find out what foods you should never eat again. Discover natural options. Presented by Dr. Sherri Zaffrin and Joanna Chodorowska. Pre-registration required. $15. Back to Health Chiropractic Center, 125 Horseshoe Ln, North Wales. Joanna Chodorowska, 215-272-6774.

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FRIDAY, JULY 29 Anatomy for Yoga Teachers 300h – 7/29-8/2. A key to successful yoga teaching requires an understanding of the human body’s fundamental design and function. Participants will survey the human body, focusing on major muscles and bones, to understand human movement function, limitation and enhancement. We will explore common body types and posture misalignments that students demonstrate in class. $400. Whole Body Yoga Studio, 213 N Main St, North Wales. Patty Ferry, 215-661-0510.

savethedate Summer Yoga Jam 2016 August 6 • 9am-4pm Come join the fun. Summer Yoga Jam is a day filled with yoga classes and workshops with live music. Everything from fun flowing vinyasa and yin to aroma yoga. Enjoy shopping with our vendors. They are bringing jewelry, yoga clothes and accessories, and essential oil – maybe even enjoy a little chair massage.

Cost: $65 Whole Body Yoga Studio 403 E Walnut St, North Wales

Patty Ferry, 215-872-8373 WholeBodyYoga@hotmail.com WholeBodyYogaStudio.com

savethedate Celebrity Chef Farm to Table Dinner August 13 • 6-9pm Doylestown Food Market’s annual fundraiser features twin chefs, Chef Keith Blalock of PA Soup and Seafood and Penn Taproom, and Chef Kevin Blalock of Lookaway Golf Club.

Enjoy a showcase of seasonal preparations from Bucks County Farms; local beer, wine and Kimbucha mocktail sampling; a silent auction; music by Cherry Lane Jazz Band.

Cost: $75/member; $95/non-member Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow 2877 Creamery Rd, New Hope

John LaSala, 908-337-9670 FarmToTable.doylestown.coop

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Info@GreenshireArts.org 215-538-0976 First Sunday: Potluck Picnic July 3, 12:30-3pm It’s a holiday weekend. Come picnic with the Greenshire community and let’s stay connected.

Family, kids, friends… all invited. Bring musical instruments, drums, your favorite picnic fare to share, a lawn chair and anything else that would add to the celebration of the day.

Essential Oils: Exploring Natural Solutions July 12, 7-9pm Learn about the basics of essential oils: origins, properties, usage in everyday life. Oils will be available for you to experience topically and aromatically. Essential oils are gifts from the Earth that you can use for your daily well-being. Each drop contains amazing properties that can help you maintain balance in your life: heal your body naturally, take charge of your own health and combat everyday stresses. $20. Stephanie Borzio, Wellness Advocate.

Healing Services: Free Intro July 6, 1-2pm and July 13, 7-8pm With the stresses of life, bodywork is no more a luxury: it is an essential component to well-being.

Learn about different modalities and what they have to offer. Personalized sessions include one modality or a combination of modalities. Arlene Curley, Ph.D., intuitive healing; Denyce Hoffman, reiki master, massage therapist. Free.

Arlene Curley, Ph.D.: Energy balancing, polarity, reiki, alchemical and AEth healing, shamanic healing, holistic life counseling, craniosacral therapy, personal mentoring, dream interpretation. Arlene intuitively combines healing modalities into sensitive, personalized sessions. Sharing her conscious understanding of the integration of body, mind, emotions and spirit, she offers a transforming experience for individuals as she guides them into a confident place of healing and transformation.

“The Art of Healing lies within each person, and is an inner process that develops harmony and balance.”

Denyce Hoffman: Therapeutic massage, reflexology, craniosacral therapy, shiatsu, reiki. Denyce’s journey into healing work began 10 years ago after her first reiki session. She began to realize that most pain comes from unresolved emotional issues that present themselves in the body. It was then that she made the transition from corporate business to healing work. The first modality she studied was reiki, an energy healing technique that created a strong desire in her to guide others on their healing path. “Helping someone improve their health and maintain their well-being is a most rewarding line of work.”

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August 19-21, 9am-5pm daily Arcturian Alchemy: Creating the Indestructible Light Body This is the official course for the spiritual practices and meditations associated with the Arcturian Healing Method, created by Gene Ang, PhD. This line of study helps practitioners of this modality to develop along their spiritual path. These practices of internal alchemy are designed to raise the vibration of each practitioner’s subtle bodies and consciousness.

Pre-requisite: Levels 1, 2, 3 of the Arcturian Healing Method. $597. Pipersville.

Day Pass/$20 Weekend Pass: tent/$88; dorm/$122 by 7/15 Fellowship Farm 2488 Sanatoga Rd, Pottstown

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Heal the Ouch July 13 • 6:30-9pm This interactive class will give you time to heal a old emotion or memory by sitting in the Transformation Seat. It will be an evening of learning about how the mind works, what triggers are and learn how to release a memory or emotion. You will leave feeling lighter and brighter.

Cost: $35 Quakertown Integrative Health Center 600 W Broad St, Quakertown Michelle McInnis, 269-598-7857 Info@MichelleMcInnis.com MichelleMcInnis.com

Crystal Basics July 21 • 6:30-8:30pm Learn the basics of crystals and how their vibration helps our bodies to relieve stress and positively shift our energy. You will leave with a better understanding of the human-crystal connection.

Summer Reiki Series (16CEs LMTs) July 20-August 31 • 5:30-9:30pm Reiki – a gentle and effective form of energy work that yes, everyone can do. Explore the physical, emotional and spiritual levels of this exceptional work through each of the levels.

Series Savings. CEs for LMTs (last chance this year to earn for energy work). Can take individually. Pre-registration is required.

Cost: $495 Quakertown Integrative Health Center 600 W Broad St, Quakertown Tracy McGovern, 215-858-8195 Tracy@EssentialConnections.biz TinyURL.com/EssentialConnectionsJuly2016

Living Compassion, Strength and Empowerment October 1 • 10am-4pm We seek to find & be these things. How do you live with it once you find it? What is the impact it has on the world? Stay tuned for more details on this day-retreat where clarity, function and support will abound. Leave ready to radiate joy in your world.

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The Authentic Self 281 Tabor Rd, Third Floor, Ottsville

Walking Winds Holistic Center 1962 Tollgate Rd, Palm

Kelly Thomke, 215-534-4989 JourneyDanceKelly@gmail.com TheAuthenticSelf.net

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August 20, 6:30-9:30pm Telepathy: Developing Sensitivity in the Age of Conscious Awakening Gene Ang, PhD, will teach practical exercises to develop your capacity for sensing the subtle realms.

Sometimes referred to as psychic abilities, clairvoyance, telepathy, and/or clairsentience, this capacity is occurring in more people due to the awakening of consciousness occurring on a global level. Furthermore, it is important that people consciously open and develop these abilities as they move along in their spiritual path. The class will cover developing the Third Eye and much more. $75. New Britain.

August 21, 6:30-9:30pm Quantum Spoon Bending: A Model for Healing and Transformation This popular and exciting class is not just about bending spoons and forks. It’s about using the power of intention and visualization to alter physical reality. The principles demonstrated by Gene Ang, PhD, access the same field of information (Quantum Mechanics and the Unified Field) used by accomplished healers. Experience first-hand that techniques based on energy can soften the metal of spoons and forks, so that they become miraculously malleable. Not only are the results cool, but these same principles can be used for major shifts in healing and transformation. $55. Pipersville.

September 21, 6:30-9:30pm Initiates of Mani: The Alchemy of Transforming Evil into Good Taught by Gene Ang, PhD, this initiation class helps people remember their connection to the spiritual stream, started by the being known at various times as Mani, Manu or Melchizedek. The Manichaeism stream is known as a redemptive stream and initiates of this lineage have dedicated their lifetimes toward transforming evil into good through love.

There will be three parts: a discussion of the Manichaeism stream and how it fits into your spiritual path, an activation to dedicate our mission toward helping humanity through the transmutation of evil into good, and a meditation that strengthens our column of energy through focus and will. $75.

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Tia Chi Health – 11:15am-12:15pm. Basic ways of moving your body for health, vitality and energy management through flowing moves. Easy, graceful supportive movements to support our organs, increase flexibility and fluidity as well as embrace your body as it is. Followed by clearing practices of Aharaj Yoga to transform stress, anxiety, angst and depression. $15. The Room at Meadowbrook, 4089 Durham Rd, Ottsville. Lyn Hicks, 215-813-4073.

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Gentle Yoga with Erin Range – 9-10am. The practice of gentle yoga will help bring awareness to the connection of the breath and the body. With gentle and mindful movements this class will nourish, release tension and cultivate relaxation. For all levels. Please bring your own mat or blankets – what makes you comfortable. We provide some as well. $15. The Room at Meadowbrook, 4089 Durham Rd, Ottsville. Erin Range, 908-625-1884. FreeRange Yogasup@gmail.com.

monday Mental Health Support Group – 6:30-7:30pm.

Join 4 The M.I.N.D.S. for its weekly peer-to-peer support group. We welcome family, friends and individuals who suffer from mental illness. Aldie Medical Arts Building, 11 Welden Dr, Doylestown.

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tuesday Reflexology – By appointment. A complementary and integrative health science that increases circulation, lymphatic and energy flow. Through the application of firm and specific pressure on the feet and ankles, reflexology will help to relieve certain symptoms and stimulate the body’s natural healing process. 45-minute sessions by appointment. $60.

The Authentic Self, 281 Tabor Rd, 3rd Fl, Ottsville.

215-534-4989. TheAuthenticSelf.net.

wednesday Sunrise Yoga – 6:30-7:30am. Join us as we greet the sun with a calm, steady and activating sunrise practice. Lengthen the muscles, lubricate the joints, prepare the mind and breath for the day ahead. This class is beginner-friendly and drop-ins are always welcome. $13. Open Center Yoga, 100 Wood St, Bristol. Natassia Levine, 267-799-8308. Natassia.

Yoga@gmail.com. OpenCenterYoga.com.

8-Week Transformation Challenge – 6:307:30pm. Learn how to lose weight and keep it off with this group challenge. No supplements are required. Learn how to eat foods you enjoy without feeling deprived. The biggest loser wins a monetary prize. Led by Dr. Diana Moore. Pre-registration is required. Multiple dates available. See website for details. $189. Diana T Moore, PhD, 196 Ashland Ave, Doylestown. Diana Moore, 267-753-9262.

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JourneyDance – 6:30-7:45pm. How does your body feel like moving today? Slow and swirly or rhythmic

Group Meditation – 6:45-7:30pm. Meditation— Does your mind need to be guided? Cultures through all time and across all the world have practiced this ancient art, regardless of the language. Led by Ian Heim. The Solebury Club, 4612 Hughesian Dr, Buckingham. BShymon.SoleburyClub@gmail.com.

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shimmying? Join me in the dance to find out. This is our weekly JourneyDance of self-care and community. Comfortable movement clothing and a water bottle are encouraged. See you on the dance floor. $15. The Authentic Self, 281 Tabor Rd, 3rd Fl, Ottsville. 215-534-4989. TheAuthenticSelf.net.

Guided Meditation – 7-8pm. Come one, come all to destress your body and mind, feed your soul what it’s really looking for, learn how to live more in balance, enjoying your life. You deserve it. Experienced and inexperienced welcome. 122 N York Rd, Ste 6 (rear), Hatboro. 215-858-4448. Dotgnot@gmail. com. meetup.com/SpiritualEvolutionGroupHatboro.

Summer Prenatal Yoga Series – 7:15-8:30pm.

Prenatal Yoga is a wonderful opportunity for momsto-be to prepare their bodies for bringing new life into the world. In community with others, women will learn tools and techniques to get ready for one of the most significant experiences of their lives. $70/series; $17/drop-in. Anahata Yoga and Wellness Center, 703 Harleysville Pike, Harleysville.

215-740-1354. AnahataYogaWellness.com.

Meditation – 7:30-8:30pm. Meditation for relaxation and balance. You will be guided by Lavender Green to a serene place where your daily stress will melt away. Soft music and candlelight will soothe and relax you. Theme changes weekly. $5. Rina’s Rocks, 42 S York Rd, Hatboro. 215-443-7625.

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thursday Qigong with Diane Alex – 9:30-10:30am. Qigong is an ancient form of exercise that combines stretches, flowing movements, standing postures with deep breathing to enhance the flow of qi for self-healing.

The gentle, rhythmic movements clear tension from muscles, reduce stress and calm the mind. Try qigong and learn how to enliven your life-force energy.

Wrightstown Farmers’ Market – 9am-1pm. WFM is a weekly farmers’ market with over 30 vendors supporting local sustainable agriculture and facilitating connections between local farmers and consumers. Visit the market to purchase weekly groceries, meet friends and neighbors, connect with farmers and enjoy the day. WFM also offers music, children’s crafts and other fun activities. Wrightstown Farmers’ Market, 2203 2nd St Pike, Wrightstown.

Cheryl Gilmore, 215-378-2384. ManagerWFM@ gmail.com. WrightstownFarmersMarket.org.

Shiatsu Community Clinic – 1st Sat, 9:15am4:45pm. First Saturday shiatsu sessions offered in supervised clinic setting. Each student will interview, assess energy, and create individualized shiatsu session to balance the body. Wear loose comfortable clothing, preferably cotton. Wear socks. No cell phones, no perfumes. $40. International School of Shiatsu, 10 S Clinton St, 3rd Fl, Doylestown.

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LANAP & IMPLANT CENTER OF PA David DiGiallorenzo, DMD 184 W Main St, Collegeville 610-422-3120 PerioImplants.us

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Julie Lachman, ND, graduated from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and is a member of the International Lyme and Associated Disease Society; Naturopaths are specialists in complex diseases, ie, autoimmune.

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Dr. Jeffrey Griffin is a chiropractor with 31 years of practice experience in chiropractic care that is blended together with enzyme nutrition.

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A holistic and natural approach to women’s health issues, hormonal balance, digestive health, natural immunity, anxiety/depression and many other health conditions. Dr. Lynn Feinman also developed “The Nutritional Cleanse” and the “Mindful Eating” customized coaching programs for succeeding at personal health goals. Call for a free phone consultation. See ad, page 7.

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