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letterfromeditor I have deemed this year of my life the “Year of the Body.” It began with a 10-day raw vegan “fast,” in which I didn’t abstain from food but, rather, from all foods not raw and from all meat and dairy. That is, for just 10 days, I subsisted on raw vegetables, fruits, and nuts. The ensuing changes were profound. As anyone who’s fasted knows, fasts often bring with them deep struggles—followed by realizations and, hopefully, healthy changes. At first, the mental walkabout can be quite rocky. If you can ride these waves, holding fast to your commitment, you gain immeasurably in renewed perspective and self-control, along with the deep satisfaction that comes from taming even just one of your demons. This time, I happened to also walk away from the experience with a new way of eating altogether. By the time the 10 days were done, I had more energy and felt lighter and more vibrant both physically and mentally. Recently I met Kris Carr at a book signing for her New York Times bestseller, Crazy Sexy Diet, a follow-up to her documentary Crazy Sexy Cancer. Diagnosed at age 31 with Stage 4 of a rare cancer in her liver and both lungs, Carr took control of the only option she had: her diet. Carr is an energetic proponent of a largely raw, plant-based lifestyle due to the non-inflammatory properties of these foods, which allow the gut to most efficiently do what it’s made to do: absorb nutrients and deliver them to our cells. Eight years later and treatment-free (aside from doctor-guided supplementation and an organic, whole-foods, mostly raw diet), her cancer is stable. I don’t have cancer. I do, however, experience PMS, as well as other emotional highs and lows. And I have found that what I eat makes a difference in my overall mental and emotional state. From a logical standpoint, Carr’s in-depth research and explanations make sense to me. And they completely coincide with what my own allopathic medical doctor has been telling me: Food can be our medicine. Most often, though, it is our poison. We ingest things we can’t even pronounce, and we thrive on balancing our lack of energy (usually due to lousy diets and no exercise) with caffeine highs followed by sugar binges when caffeine-induced insulin spikes cause our blood sugar to bottom out. What many researchers are finding is that we are contributing unequivocally to our own lack of health, poisoning ourselves from the inside out. I also recently read in Scientific American that successful healthy lifestyle changes are contingent on addressing our behaviors; in addition, the article said that changes should be small and measurable, that we should keep track of our progress, and that we should make these changes within the context of a support network. This month, I invite you to join your Natural Awakenings staff in consuming more raw veggies and fruits. If you like, join us in doing a 10-day raw food “fast,” beginning on a date to be announced on our blog (blog.nacincin.com). (Please make sure to get your doctor’s approval first.) If the fast doesn’t suit you, perhaps participate in our endeavors by making sure 50 percent of your plate at each meal consists of plants (lightly cooked or raw, preferably). Remember to keep track of your efforts—I use a simple star-sticker system and my favorite yoga calendar. We invite you to join us and to share your experiences this month via our blog. Here’s to a healthier us, one month at a time!
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All About PetCare Dr. Matthew J Heller Holistic & Traditional Veterinary Care
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Green B.E.A.N Delivery by Phebe (Karen) Beiser
10 AMERICA’S GROWING FOOD REVOLUTION An Insider’s Guide to Sustainable Choices by Lisa Marshall
13 EXERCISE DETOX
Six Ways to Burn Calories and Clean Out Your System
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14 SUSTAINABLE FOODS &
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16 ECO-CAMPS FOR KIDS by Gail Condrick
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20 LASER POWER
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21st Century Pet Therapy Options by Dr. Matthew Heller
22 DIET DETOX
A Good Spring Cleaning
Flushes Out Fats and Toxins by Ann Louise Gittleman
23 BACKYARD CHICKENS The People’s Choice for Fresh Healthy Eggs by Lisa Marshall
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ttend an indoor Wellness Fair at Shaker Run on March 24th from 2 to 6 p.m. The event will have over twenty-five vendors and will include complimentary chair massage, yoga demos, healthy food sampling and much more. For those who want to golf that day, rsvp for a golf tee time for $10 per person. The Wellness Fair is sponsored by Shaker Run Golf Club, Everybody’s Health Chiropractic and Juice Plus. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at Shaker Run Golf Club, 4361 Greentree, Lebanon, Ohio. For more information, visit ShakerRunGolfClub.com or call 513-727-0007, ext. 221
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lemental OM, yoga and meditation studio is opening its second location in the heart of Old Montgomery at 9510 Montgomery Road. Elemental OM is not only a yoga studio, it is also a place to practice meditation, ayurveda and other preventative holistic modalities. They offer a full OURÊSTUDIOS class schedule and spiritual workshops. MONTGOMERY The Elemental Cleanse is aLEBAN 28 dayON course that teaches the ancient science of REDÊB RedÊBankÊR 46ÊEastÊMulberryÊStreet Ayurveda in simple and elegant step-by-step process.9510ÊMontgomeryÊRoad The 4 week course empowCincinnati,ÊOhioÊ45242 Cincinnati,ÊO Lebanon,ÊOhioÊ45036 ers individuals to replace limiting thoughts, beliefs and addictions with habits andOpening SinceÊ2011 SinceÊ2008 practices that support their holistic well being. As a result participants experience greater health, energy and vitality in their everyday lives. Other benefits of this TÊYOGAÊCL ASSÊISÊALWAYSÊFREE! transformational program include: naturalFIRS weight-loss, a deep sense of groundedClassÊScheduleÊat: ness, spiritual connection and mental clarity. Classes are now forming. Call to register. www.elementalom.com For more information and to register, visit ElementalOm.com or call 513-315-5042. yogaÊÊÊÊÊmassageÊÊÊÊÊayurveda See CRG listing on page 30.
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omensWay Of Ohio/Kentucky and Women Writing For A Change presents Swan Day on March 26th from 1 to 5 p.m. Swan Day is an International Day Celebrating Women Artists. Mary Pierce Brosmer, the Keynote Speaker and Founder of Women Writing for a Change, will speak at 1 p.m. Enjoy music by Tracy Walker and Raison D’Etre from 1:45 to 3 p.m. The Cincinnati Premier of Hot Flash, Saffire the Uppity, Blues Women will be at 4 p.m. in the upstairs movie room. Participate in writing groups, discussions, poetry and more. Food and drinks will be available. Advance registration available at 10% discount. The event will be held at Women Writing for (A) Change located at 6906 Plainfield Road, Cincinnati. For more information or to volunteer, call 513-923-141469. See ad on page 29.
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mago is a grassroots, environmental education organization located in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. For over thirty years, Imago has been modeling and educating people about how to live in concert with the natural world. Imago is offering an Earth Art Series for 6-12 year olds. Program cost is $8 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Parents can drop off children or they are welcome to stay and make art with their children. Programs are on Saturdays and run from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Classes will be held on March 12th, 26th, April 9th, 23rd, and May 7th, 23rd. Imago also offers an Earth Art Series for 3-6 year olds. Programs are on Thursdays and run from 10 to 11 a.m. Free to members; $5 for nonmember families. Classes meet on March 10th, 24th , April 7th , 21st , May 5th and 19th . For more information call 513-921-5124 or visit ImagoEarth.org
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njoy a gourmet buffet hosted by VeganEarth and Mercy for Animals on March 19th from 12-3pm at the Summit Restaurant, located on the 2nd floor of the ATLC Building on the Cincinnati State main campus. The buffet will feature local and organic foods prepared and served by Chef Robert Coltrane and his students from Midwest Culinary Institute and Cincinnati State Technical & Community College. Cost is $30. Paid reservations are due by March 10th. Mail checks to VeganEarth, 2310 Williamsburg Dr., Suite B,Cincinnati, OH 45225. Call 513-929-2500 or email VeganEarth@Fuse.net. Vegan Earth teaches and supports ways to eat and live which are healthful, sustainable, and compassionate toward animals, people and the Earth.
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oga Instructor Cole Imperi will offer a 3-week workshop taking place at B’nai Tikvah, a Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue. The workshop series will link traditional Hatha Yoga and Ayurveda with central concepts found in Judaism and other faiths. The workshop is open to all faiths and will include all levels of yoga from beginners to advanced. The workshop dates are February 19th, March 5th, and 12th from 8 to10:30 a.m. Cost is $35 for a single class and $99 for all three workshops and will include a booklet and oil. B’nai Tikvah Synagogue is located at 8596 Lake Chetac Dr. in Deerfield Township, Ohio. A portion of workshop proceeds will go to B’nai Tikvah Synagogue. For more information and to register, visit ColeYoga.com
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hen it comes to brain-boosting nutrition, blueberries now have some serious competition. For the first time, researchers have shown that drinking beet juice can increase blood flow to the brain in older adults—a finding that could hold potential for combating the progression of dementia. “There have been several very high-profile studies showing that drinking beet juice can lower blood pressure, but we wanted to show that drinking beet juice also increases perfusion, or blood flow, to the brain,” says Daniel Kim-Shapiro, director of Wake Forest University’s Translational Science Center’s initiatives for fostering independence in aging. “There are areas in the brain that become poorly perfused as you age,” he notes, “and that’s believed to be associated with dementia and poor cognition.” Beet juice, the researchers explain, contains high concentrations of nitrates. When we eat nitrate-rich foods such as beets, celery, cabbage and spinach, good bacteria in the mouth turn nitrates to nitrites, which help open up blood vessels in the body, increasing blood flow and oxygen to the brain.
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efore digging into that next stack of French toast or waffles, pour on some real, pure maple syrup. New research attests to its surprising medicinal value. Scientists at The University of Rhode Island have identified more than 20 compounds in Canadian maple syrup that can be linked to human health—eight of which have been found in the maple family for the first time. It turns out that the syrup contains not only many naturally occurring vitamins and minerals such as zinc, thiamine and calcium, but also substances reported to have anti-bacterial, anti-cancer and anti-diabetic properties. Maple syrup is made from the sap located just inside the bark of the sugar maple tree, which is constantly exposed to the sun. Scientists speculate that when the sugar maple is tapped to extract the sap, it secretes phenolics—a beneficial class of antioxidants also found in berries—as a defense mechanism; these wind up in the sap and ultimately concentrate in the syrup, giving this sugary treat its stamp of health.
Black Rice – Exotic and Healthy
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lack rice—long a staple food for onethird of the world’s population—is gaining popularity in the United States because of its exotic look and nutty flavor. Now, research chemists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service report that the black variety of this grain may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma and other diseases. These health benefits are attributed to its outer bran layer which, unlike with white rice, is not polished off during processing. Collaborating researchers tested the effects of black rice bran extract on skin inflammation in laboratory mice and found that it reduced the inflammation by 32 percent compared to control animals; the rice bran also decreased production of certain substances known to promote inflammation in the body. Brown rice bran extract did not have these effects. When the scientists fed the mice a diet containing 10 percent black rice bran, swelling associated with allergic contact dermatitis, a common type of skin irritation, decreased. These results show a potential value of black rice bran as an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic food ingredient. It may also hold promise as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and prevention of diseases associated with chronic inflammation.
BLUSHING COULD SAVE FACE Most people try to hide their blushes when they’re embarrassed, but new research published in the journal suggests that facial expressions can serve an important role in smoothing social interactions. Researchers from the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, had participants read vignettes about typical social transgressions and mishaps, and then rate how favorably they felt about the faces of the ostensible social culprits. Blushing people were judged more favorably than non-blushers, regardless of the other emotional cues on their face. The researchers argue that blushing signals a sincere acknowledgement of wrongdoing and communicates to others that we won’t make the same mistake again. They concluded that blushing might prevent people from being socially excluded after committing some kind of transgression. It could actually help us, yes, save face. Source: GreaterGood.Berkeley.edu
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communityspotlight Green B.E.A.N Delivery:
Organic Produce Delivered to Your Door! Interview with John Freeland, General Manager by Phebe (Karen) Beiser
The B.E.A.N. acronymn--Biodynamic, Education, Agriculture, Nutrition--serves as the cornerstone of Green B.E.A.N. Delivery’s philosophy. Founded in Indianapolis in 2007 by Matt Ewer, Green B.E.A.N. was formerly Farm Fresh Delivery. John Freeland and Matt remained good friends after attending college together. When Matt started the company in Indianapolis, John saw a need and desire for this type of service in Cincinnati; in early 2009, the company expanded.
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e do about 2,000 deliveries/week in Indianapolis and 1,000/ week in Cincinnati and just expanded in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio. We let the customers and food guide us in our decisions. Our goal is to be a strong family owned and operated Midwest network of farmers and artisans. Green B.E.A.N. Delivery’s goal is to build that network in a sustainable manner so we
can offer a convenient, affordable, and accessible avenue to local, unique and healthy food. We’re trying to make it easy to support small family farms and eat healthy overall …. If you don’t feel like you have time to get to the store for fresh produce, you’re not going to do it. So we put it on your doorstep.” Green B.E.A.N. Delivery gets testimonials about how life changing its products can be. “One diabetic improved dramatically from eating fruits and vegetables. Nothing changed except his weekly consumption of produce. He and his wife bought a vegetable steamer and cranked organic food into their diet!” “People want to know where their food is coming from. We work really hard on highlighting who the farmers are and foster the success of these small farms. You obviously can’t get that going into a conventional grocery store. Richard at Carriage House Farm is planting five acres of potatoes just for us when last year it was just one or two. Billy Dean from Dean Family Farms started to raise chickens for us. We bought 50# which would last 3-4 weeks and now he’s selling 75# a week.” In the winter, Green B.E.A.N. Delivery sources U.S. farmers [so food doesn’t] touch as many hands before it gets to them—making produce 5-7 days fresher than a grocery store. Ordering and paying is done online. There’s no longterm commitment so there’s no risk. When a customer goes on vacation, s/he just alerts Green Bean Delivery to hold the delivery. “We’re building a new sustainable food system” John continues. “There are food deserts out there - that’s
what we’ve coined it - people who don’t have whole foods in their back yard. In order to get them, they either have to travel a long distance or pay a premium. Because of the volume of customers and deliveries, we’re able to leverage that when we’re purchasing produce and pass that value on. In our first 3 years, we donated over 100,000 lbs. of food to local food banks such as the Cincinnati Free Store Foodbank and the Indianapolis Gleaners Food Bank.
“We’ve had cross comparisons done – where they take all the contents of our bin and go to various grocery stores. Every time we’re either equal or less expensive. That’s a direct testimonial of the value we can build. When you’re with Green B.E.A.N. it’s like you have your own personal market manager because we’re out scouting where the best value is in seasonal produce. “I’ve heard from customers (myself included) that the monthly grocery bill is not nearly what it used to be because you’re not running out to Kroger to get the lettuce for the salad--passing all the temptations on the way and throwing an extra $50 of junk on the grocery cart!” To find out more about Green B.E.A.N. Delivery, go to greenbeandelivery.com and select Indiana or Ohio.
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America’s Growing Food Revolution An Insider’s Guide to Sustainable Choices by Lisa Marshall
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e’ve heard the buzz. America is in the midst of a food revolution. Sales of natural and organic foods are up by double digits. The once-obscure Locavore (eat local) movement has become a national phenomenon. Community supported agriculture (CSA) initiatives and farmers’ markets are proliferating. Even the federal government and some of the country’s largest grocery retailers have jumped on board, with First Lady Michelle Obama helping to plant the first garden on White House grounds since World War II, and Walmart vowing in January to double the percentage of locally grown produce it sells to 9 percent. The statistics are motivating indeed: According to University of Wisconsin researchers, produce travels an average of 1,500 miles from farmland to plate today, up 22 percent from 1981. Half of our land and 80 percent of our water is used for agriculture, reports The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and pesticide use has increased 33-fold since the 1940s. Meanwhile, health problems associated with agricultural chemicals are on the rise. “We have been through 100 years of industrialization of our food supply,
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and consumers have begun to wake up and realize they have no idea how their food is made,” says historian and food policy writer James McWilliams, an associate professor at Texas State University. “Historians will look back on this time as momentous.” But with every revolution come tough questions—and fiery debate—on how best to participate. Is it better to buy “organic,” “natural” or “local”? Is shopping at a farmers’ market inher-
Is it better to buy “organic,” “natural” or “local”? ently more green? Are there other ways, such as planting a garden or eschewing meat, that can make an even bigger impact? In reality, there are no easy answers, but, “Consumers need to be prepared to take on a bit more complexity in how we think about food, and not fall so easily for simple mantras (like Eat Local and Buy Organic),” advises McWilliams.
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The Case for Organic
Ask Rodale Inc. CEO Maria Rodale what consumers can do to improve their health and environment, and her answer is unequivocal. “If you do just one thing—make one conscious choice—that can change the world, go organic,” she writes in her new book, Organic Manifesto: How Organic Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the World, and Keep Us Safe. Rodale’s grandfather founded Organic Farming and Gardening magazine (today’s Organic Gardening) in the 1940s, jump-starting an organic movement that by the 1960s was nearly synonymous with environmentalism. But today, Rodale concedes, the organic industry faces a public relations challenge, as consumers trade from USDA Organiccertified foods to “locally grown” or cheaper “natural” options. One 2009 survey by The Shelton Group found that out of 1,000 shoppers, 31 percent looked for the “natural” label, while 11 percent looked for “organic.” “There is a giant misperception among consumers that somehow natural is the word that is regulated and organic is not. In fact, it is actually the other way around,” says CEO Suzanne Shelton.
Law mandates that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) products labeled organic be free of pesticides, hormones and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and that animals be given access to the outdoors. By contrast, the Food and Drug Administration vaguely describes natural as, “Nothing artificial or synthetic has been included in, or has been added to a food that would not normally be expected to be in the food.” With the exception of meat, it is up to the manufacturer to define what natural means. (In 2009, the USDA defined “naturally raised” meat as, “… raised entirely without growth promoters, antibiotics, and never been fed animal byproducts.” It says nothing about GMOs or humane animal treatment.) Organic advocates point out that a genetically modified animal could be fed genetically modified feed and confined to a narrow pen and still be billed as natural. A loaf of natural bread could be made with grains repeatedly sprayed with pesticides and man-made fertilizer. “Natural refers to the end product,” explains the Organic Trade Association. “It does not provide any information about how the product was produced.” What about buying local? Rodale argues that, while focusing on local is great for reducing farm-to-plate miles, if it isn’t organic, it isn’t necessarily addressing the larger issue of pesticide and antibiotic use. Noting that more than 4 billion pounds of pesticides are used annually in the United States, she points to studies from the National Institutes of Health and the Mount Sinai Medical Center Children’s Environmental Health Center that suggest links between agricultural antibiotic use and the rise in drug-resistant staph infections in humans, and between oganophosphate pesticides and cancer and diabetes. “It is fine to buy local, but if there are chemicals in it, then the farmer is contaminating your own community,” Rodale says. “That’s even worse.”
The Locavore Way
In early 2005, Jennifer Maiser and a handful of friends in San Francisco decided to limit what they ate for a month to what was produced within 100 miles
of home base. By August, 1,000 people had signed on at Maiser’s EatLocal Challenge.com. By 2007, “locavore” was the Word of the Year of the New Oxford American Dictionary. “It just snowballed,” recalls Maiser. “I think it had a lot to do with changes in the organic movement. In the 1990s, if you were eating organic, you pretty much were eating food from a local farmer. But when the big companies came in and you could get organic produce grown in Mexico, it wasn’t the same anymore. We still wanted to know where our food was coming from.” Professional dancer-turned-ethnobotanist Leda Meredith started a 250mile challenge in 2007, in part to see if a time-crunched professional in wintery Brooklyn could achieve what Locavores in warmer climes had. At first, adjusting to the realities was rough. Local cooking oil was hard to find (she saved the rendered fat from her locally raised duck and used it to pop locally grown popcorn) and her one-bedroom apartment was not ideal for stockpiling canned produce (she keeps canned local tomatoes and dried wild mushrooms under her bed). “But, by year’s end, it had become my new normal,” says Meredith, author of The Locavore’s Handbook: The Busy Person’s Guide to Eating Local on a Budget. She chooses organic and local whenever possible, and if the food is on the Environmental Working Group’s dirty-dozen list of most pesticidedrenched food, she might even buy organic from afar. Yet, she is a Locavore at heart. “It has an impact, on local economies and small farmers, and from a cook’s point of view the food is just fresher,” she says. McWilliams, a vegan and author of Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, agrees. But he takes issue with the notion that, because it necessitates fewer transportation miles, eating local is a better choice for the environment. He notes that the shipping of food constitutes just 9 to 11 percent of its “life-cycle assessment” (the toll it takes on the environment), while things like water use, fertilizer application and harvesting techniques suck
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up far more. Is it really greener to buy local hothouse tomatoes if, according to McWilliams, they can require up to 10 times the energy? Is it really more sustainable to buy local rice from an arid state if aquifers were drained to grow it? Another issue concerns economies of scale. For instance, a shipper sending a truck with 2,000 apples across 2,000 miles would consume the same amount of fuel per apple as a local farmer who takes a pickup 50 miles to sell 50 apples. “Local is not necessarily greener,” accounts McWilliams. So, what is? Eating less meat, he contends. And mounting studies back up his point. Most recently, a 2009 study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a carnivorous diet requires 2.9 times more water, 2.5 times more energy, 3 times more fertilizer and 1.4 times more pesticides than a vegetarian diet. “If I eat less meat or eat a vegan diet, I am automatically shrinking the carbon footprint of my diet, no matter where it comes from,” says McWilliams.
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Tips to Eat Sustainably, Healthy and Smart n Buy certified organic and local when possible. n Always choose certified organic when shopping for the publicized dirty dozen: peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, grapes, spinach, lettuce and potatoes. n When buying local, but not organic, ask the farmer: “Why not organic?” He or she may be doing something close. n When joining a CSA, ask the farmer if he or she ever adds non-local food to the basket. If so, ask where it comes from and how it is produced. n At a farmers’ market, ask the management how they choose their vendors. Must they be local, or certified organic? How are they screened? n If buying “natural,” learn how the producer defines it (the government definition is vague). n Eat less meat. It uses fewer resources to produce. n Plant something. Try a container garden on a balcony or in a window box. n Learn about good sources of healthy foods in various seasons. n Take a cooking class.
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Growing Our Own
Greg Peterson says that there is another perspective often left out of the puzzle when people postulate how they can change the world by what they eat: “Food grows for free. You just have to buy a little seed and put a little water on it. People should grow their own food, share it and give it away.” From his 80-by-60-foot yard in the heart of Phoenix, Peterson grows 50 to 100 individual crops, from citrus trees to snow peas and greens. His neighbors pop in for a bowl of peaches or a few fresh eggs. He further spreads the word by hosting gardening classes for everyone from wealthy retirees with big yards to thrifty condo dwellers wanting to grow herbs on their porches. “For me, it’s about building local food systems and making neighborhoods more resilient,” he says. “There is also something inherently spiritual about being able to go out in my front yard and pick carrots, beets and greens to make dinner.” Erin Barnett is the director of Minnesota-based LocalHarvest, which connects consumers with family farms, co-ops (collectively owned nonprofit grocery stores or buying clubs that give members discounted prices on healthconscious products in exchange for a fee and work crew hours) and CSAs
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(in which members buy a share and receive a box of local farm produce each week). She says that these can be excellent ways to benefit our health, environment and local economies. But there can be downsides. For example, a co-op can take years to form and is typically volunteer run, which involves a significant learning curve; it also often requires members to put up several hundred dollars long before the doors open. Belonging to a CSA includes collective risk, so if it’s a bad crop year, member shares are affected. At a farmers’ market, occasionally a vendor will pass off conventional produce shipped in from afar as local or organic. As someone who buys eggs from a farmers’ market, grass-fed meat from a local farm, dry goods from a co-op, nuts from a natural food buying club, and has a garden that dwarfs her own house, Barnett puts it this way: Ask questions first. Then make a plan. “Everyone is going to concoct their own way of meeting their needs by balancing their relationships with local people and their beliefs about organic,” she says. “It is very complex. But at least people are talking about it.” Connect with the writer at LisaMarshall 08@gmail.com.
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ollowing in her famous parents’ footsteps, Nell Newman, daughter of actors and environmental activists Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, launched Newman’s Own Organics in 1993 with business partner Peter Meehan. She is also the author of The Newman’s Own Organics Guide to a Good Life: Simple Measures that Benefit You and the Place You Live. Since 1982, the Newman’s Own Foundation, which originated with her father’s company, Newman’s Own, has donated more than $300 million to educational and charitable organizations worldwide.
Why did you decide to create Newman’s Own Organics? In 1989 I worked as the development director for the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group, trying to raise money for this small nonprofit. I was very motivated to do this work because I was dumbfounded by how the peregrine falcon and the bald eagle populations were being decimated due to the use of the synthetic pesticide DDT. But raising money for this organization wasn’t easy. I started to look closely at the business model Dad was working on at the time to produce and sell high-quality products, with profits going to various charities. I thought it was a great idea that could be done a little differently, and decided to create an organic line of food products. My hope was to have the line support organic agriculture and better the environment, while providing funds to worthy nonprofits.
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Did your parents always support your definition of truly healthy food? I grew up in an old Colonial farmhouse in Westport, Connecticut, and my parents were always interested in healthy food and cooking. Mom had been a health foodie since the late ’60s, and she taught me how to cook at an early age. Dad taught me how to fish and how to pick ripe produce from the local farm stand. But I realized that Dad associated all health food with nut loaf topped with yeast gravy and “atomic” muffins, made with heavy whole wheat. He had some stubborn ideas about what he thought organic food really was. So, one year, I secretly prepared a totally organic Thanksgiving dinner for the family. When Dad finished his plate I asked, “So, how did you like your organic dinner?” He was surprised and knew he’d been had, but also realized
that organic food didn’t have to taste funny. Our first product for Newman’s Own Organics, an organic pretzel, became Dad’s favorite snack.
How do you advocate for the principles of sustainable agriculture? My big goal in life is to support the growth of organic agriculture, because the impact is profound. Our company uses as many organic ingredients in our products as we possibly can. Today, I also love to farm organically in my backyard. I have nine chickens, a peach tree, a couple of citrus trees and four raised beds for fruits and vegetables.
What role did social responsibility play in your family life? I knew my parents were politically active, but “socially responsible” wasn’t even a term when I was growing up. They never lectured or made a big deal about their philanthropy; I only learned about it through their example. Dad’s company began because people loved his homemade salad dressing; he was always putting it in big wine bottles and giving it away. Although he thought it was a harebrained idea and was told that celebrity products usually fail, he eventually decided to sell it. In the first year he made $890,000; at that time he was at the peak of his acting career and instead of pocketing the money, he donated it to selected charities.
the peregrine was my favorite bird. I’ve always loved animals, so organic pet food seemed like a natural product line extension to me. It was a challenge to convince Dad, but we finally launched the pet line in 2005 and it’s been highly successful. Because the type of food an animal eats affects its quality of life, it’s vital to make sure pets receive the highest quality of foods that are closest to what they would eat in the wild. Plus, the happier our animals are, the happier we are.
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ECO-CAMPS FOR KIDS by Gail Condrick
Just the mention of summer camp evokes Smith, CEO of the American Camp Association, observes: “Camps have been introducing children to the wonder and parents’ memories of communal living, beauty of the natural world for 150 years.” Fortunately, the trend continues, in spades. new challenges and outdoor fun in close encounters with nature’s wonders. Today’s What’s in Store camps can prove to be both an educational new generation of eco-friendly camps Eco-friendly and experiential immersion in the living of green values for for our kids offer all of these experiences a child, establishing a pattern for life. Many camps mirror the sustainable practices families follow at home, like using and more. energy-saving devices, composting and encouraging healthy
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s the Sierra Club notes: “Camping today includes the traditional fun of being outdoors in a group and [at the same time] can also be an experience in ecofriendly living and practices.” Families looking for the perfect green summer camp will find programs for every child, from the nature neophyte to a budding biologist or environmental activist. Campers can choose to dig into organic farming, naturalist explorations, conscious living classes, green building programs or even sustainable living projects in exotic places. Camp has always proved a perfect time to unplug from daily routines and connect with the extraordinary. As Peg
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eating and organic gardening. For example, campers entering kindergarten through sixth grade like experiencing farm life at the Gwynn Valley Camp, in North Carolina (GwynnValley.com). Youngsters pick vegetables from the organic garden, milk the cows and gather eggs. This camp grows 70 percent of its food and has implemented many energy-saving practices. In Maryland, at Camp Calleva’s sustainable farm (Calleva.org), attendees learn about environmentally friendly design through hands-on alternative energy projects that change each year. Their Build Green and Grow Green weeks, for instance, have engaged campers in building a rainwater
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“Today’s camps are adaptive and responsive to the needs of today’s families, mentoring tomorrow’s leaders—our children— in navigating the future.” ~ Peg Smith, CEO, American Camp Association collection system for crops and farm animals, a biofuel project and this summer, a windmill alternative energy design. Likewise, the Green River Preserve, in North Carolina (GreenRiverPreserve.org), offers environmental programs for the academically gifted, creative and curious. Kids take daily hikes with naturalist mentors, learning the science behind their experiences, and help harvest, eat and compost vegetables grown onsite. Of course, traditional camp activities add to the fun. The camp partners with the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, which encourages caring stewardship of Planet Earth. Teens from 13 to 17 years old enjoy programs offered at the Omega Teen Camp, in Holmes, New York (search Teen Camp at eomega.org). On top of outdoor adventures, the camp offers 50 class selections, from dance, yoga and Tai chi to meditation and “Face Your Fears” consciousness classes. When it’s time for dinner, they enjoy vegetarian and organic food selections, with most meals made from scratch. Know a mature teen, ready for travel and community service? BoldEarth Adventures’ (BoldEarth.com) summer camps include between six and 40 hours of service. Participants might plant and harvest organic vegetables in rural Ecuador, rehabilitate wild animals at an Amazon conservation project, or help restore hiking trails in Colorado. For families who prefer to explore close to home, the Sierra Club gives tips to turn any backyard into a year-round
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Start an informed search for eco-style kids camps by region, activities, special needs and age groups at AmericanCamp Association.com and ChoiceCamps.com. Individual camp websites typically state their mission and philosophy, camper/staff ratio, counselor qualifications, facility accreditation and camp building and operating practices that promote green living.
Camp allows kids to take a break from electronics and breathe in a renewed sense of nature’s daily miracles. Connecting to nature fights the “nature deficit syndrome,” spotlighted in Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods, in which he comments on the state of too many of our youth today: “A kid today can likely tell you about the Amazon rain forest— but not about the last time he or she explored the woods in solitude, or lay in a field listening to the wind and watching the clouds move.” Louv is founder of the Children and Nature Network (ChildrenAndNature.org). Whether our perfect eco-camp is educational or sustainable, in the mountains or under a backyard tent, the experience of just being in nature can be life-changing for a child and for the whole family. Connect with Gail Condrick, writer and workshop leader, at GaelaVisions.com.
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umans have had good reasons to grow basil, rosemary and other culinary herbs for thousands of years. Edible herbal accents and aromas enhance the beauty and flavor of every dish they touch, be they sprigs of fresh parsley tossed into hot couscous or marjoram and thyme sparking a savory risotto. A big garden isn’t needed to grow most kitchen herbs; in fact, it’s often better to grow these culinary gems in pots. In any household, the sweet spot for cultivating herbs is a puddle of sunshine near the kitchen door. Time and again, the cook will dash out to gather a handful of this or that while two or three dishes simmer on the stove. Dinner is less likely to boil over when herbs can be snagged in a matter of seconds.
Individual Pots vs. Container Bouquets Because small pots heat up and dry out faster than larger ones, herbs usually grow best in larger containers. Fourteeninch-wide plastic or fiberglass pots are lightweight, easy to handle and provide
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ample room for four or more plants. Half-barrel wooden planters are great and fixed oblong planters also work well. Cooks and gardeners will have the most fun combining upright herbs that reach for the sky with others that tend toward low, mounding growth. When shopping for seedlings, look for interesting ways to combine leaf textures and foliage colors, too. For example, anchor an herbal container bouquet with red-leafed basil and surround it with marjoram and thyme. Then, create a second container by combining silvery sage with green chives and curly parsley. This two-pot herb garden will produce a season’s worth of fresh flavors.
Eight Easy Herbs for Pots Basil’s spicy-sweet flavor with strong floral notes puts it on everyone’s planting list. This fast-growing annual loves warm weather. Basil planted in the early part of the growing season will produce numerous flowering spikes within a couple of months, which should be snipped off. The more basil is pinched back, the bushier it becomes.
How to Transplant Herbs Follow these simple steps to get any container herb garden off to a strong start. 1. Water seedlings and set them in a shady spot. Meanwhile, fill a large container that has at least one drainage hole to within two inches of the brim with fresh potting soil. 2. Keeping seedlings in their nursery pots, array them into a pleasing arrangement, with the tallest plants placed near the center. Then, squeeze each plant from its nursery pot and nestle it into the soil in the selected spot. 3. Use scissors to trim off any broken branches and thoroughly water the container herb garden. Keep newly planted containers in a shady spot for about three days. In stationary planters, cover the plants with flowerpots to shade them from direct sunshine. Remove the shade covers after three days, water again, then start snipping bits of fresh herbs as needed for the kitchen. Herbs generally develop their best flavors when they receive sun most of the day. In hotter climates, move herb containers to partial shade during the hotter months to prevent excessive heat stress.
Chives taste like very mild scallions, and plants will produce new leaves throughout the growing season, if trimmed regularly. These cold-hardy plants become dormant off-season and return the following year, featuring an early show of edible pink flowers. The slender, upright leaves combine well with other herbs. Dill is a fast-growing annual that prefers cool growing conditions. Its leaves, flowers and seeds carry a savory tang that enhances the flavor of pickles, marinated vegetables and breads. Placed in the center of a large pot, a single dill plant will grow more than two feet tall and may require staking. Marjoram deserves wider use, because the little plants combine a light oregano flavor with subtle notes of mint and lemon, and marjoram tastes good raw or cooked. Its lanky stems look lovely spilling over the sides of mixed containers.
Sage charms everyone with its luminous leaves, which may be gray-green or variegated with pink and cream, depending on variety. Smoky sage is the definitive herb to pair with poultry, and it’s great with potatoes, too. Thyme is the flavorful herb that brings depth to many French and Cajun dishes. The fresh version is incomparable for lending savory flavor notes to fresh vegetables. Both English thyme and lowgrowing lemon thyme make appealing edge plants in mixed containers. Barbara Pleasant is the author of numerous gardening books, including Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardens. For more information visit BarbaraPleasant.com.
Parsley needs a bit more moisture than other herbs, so place it closer to the center than the edge in mixed containers. Both mild-flavored curly and more assertive flat-leafed Italian parsley do well in roomy containers. Rosemary tolerates strong sun and heat, so it’s a wise choice in hot months. Northerners grow rosemary as an annual, but in milder climates, these woody perennials can continue as a perennial for years. Rosemary’s piney flavor and aroma takes center stage in rice dishes and casseroles, and the woody stems make delightful skewers.
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et owners around the country are discovering a new wrinkle in an existing technology to deliver both pain relief and healing for their furry, feathery or scaly companions. Laser technology has been used in the veterinary field for many years for surgery. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Class IV laser therapy to deliver non-invasive relief for pain and inflammation, as well. Treatments benefit pets suffering from arthritis, back injuries, acute sprains or spasms and dermatological hot spots and wounds, plus enhance post-operative rehabilitation.
How It Works The science is fairly straightforward. In a Class IV laser therapy session, a concentrated beam of light emanates from a wand that is slowly moved over the animal’s body, and several processes occur that accelerate healing and pain relief. Effects include an increase in circulation and metabolism, stimulation of nerve cells and a boost in collagen production, all of which facilitate wound healing. The associated production of oxygen encourages cells to regrow, while a release of endorphins stimulates cells to heal more rapidly, reducing pain. Unlike pharmaceutical, non-steroi-
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dal, anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) that provide relief from pain and inflammation, laser therapy does not pose serious side effects for the liver or kidneys, nor is it painful or typically require sedation. Because it promotes cellular activity and increases blood flow, laser therapy should not be used on tumors or pre-surgical sites where it could be detrimental.
Frequency, Duration and Intensity The duration and frequency of a therapeutic laser session depends on the type of injury or illness being treated. A certified operator will select a preprogrammed protocol, established to regulate the power of the laser (typically from six to 12 watts). The desired wattage is often determined by the size of the area to be treated, along with the nature of the injury and the pet’s coat type and body weight. As with most medical therapies,
one size does not fit all. Initially, a laser therapy session will begin with a thorough physical examination and radiographs, if indicated, to ascertain the extent of the injury or condition, and develop an individualized plan to return a pet to a heightened state of wellness. For instance, a pet suffering from degenerative arthritis that is experiencing great discomfort in walking may initially be treated for five to 10 minutes every two or three days for a few weeks. As the pet’s situation improves, the frequency of the sessions may decrease to once weekly, and then every two weeks, until the pet receives a laser treatment on a monthly basis. For chronic conditions, laser therapy may not cure the pet, but it will help alleviate its discomfort. For more acute situations, such as a hot spot or a sprain, the animal may be
treated for three to five minutes every three days over a 10-day period. A pet that has recently undergone invasive surgery, such as an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament, or connective knee tissue) repair or tumor removal, may be treated just minutes after the sutures are closed, to promote circulation, stimulate nerve cells and boost collagen production, reducing healing time. Over the next seven to 10 days, the pet may receive a laser treatment every few days until the skin around the incision is less inflamed. Results of laser therapy treatments are cumulative, but most pet owners report significant improvement after two to four sessions. An article in the Newark Post, in Delaware, quoted pet owner Cricket Barazotto as saying, “I was desperate to get [my dog] Clare out of pain. It was hard for her to walk through our neighborhood. But after the first week of laser therapy,
she started jumping back up on our bed.” Pet owners who previously relied upon more traditional means of relieving inflammation or pain, such as drugs, prescription diets for skin allergies and other types of palliative care, are often surprised by the affordability and availability of laser therapy. Treatment costs vary by location, generally ranging from $50 to $75 a session. To find an area veterinarian that uses non-surgical laser therapy, visit the websites of the two main manufacturers: K-LaserUSA.com/locator/ locator/index.php and Companion TherapyLaser.com/Pages/pet-owners. This federally approved safe and effective technology delivers results, increasing mobility, accelerating wound healing and decreasing pain. To see if a family pet could benefit from laser therapy, contact a veterinarian to discuss the best application of this innovative approach. Dr. Matthew J. Heller is a holistic veterinarian and owner of All About PetCare, in Middletown, OH. For more information, call 513-424-1626 or 866-YOURVET, or visit AllAboutPetCare.com.
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A Good Spring Cleaning Flushes Out Fats and Toxins by Ann Louise Gittleman
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pring—when the natural world reawakens and bursts with renewed energy—is an ideal season to clean up our act. A cleansing diet to eliminate toxins from our body is as much a rite of spring as sweeping debris from our home. In my nutrition practice, I have often seen how after a sedentary winter of consuming heavier foods, our bodies may be carrying around as much as five to 10 pounds of toxic wastes. While a properly functioning human body has its own built-in detoxification system, it can be easily overwhelmed by today’s proliferation of environmental toxins. The newest environmental assault on the body’s detox system is electro-pollution, according to research highlighted in the 2007 BioIniative Report, a metastudy of 2,000 peer-reviewed studies compiled by an international group of researchers, scientists and health policy officials. Compounding the problem, Paula Baillie-Hamilton, a British medical doctor specializing in human metabolism, reported in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine that environmental toxins also play havoc with our body’s built-in weight regulation system. In short, the more toxic our body becomes, the harder it is to lose weight.
Detox Equals Weight Loss Clinical research from the University of Quebec as far back as 2002 suggests
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that toxins slow metabolism. It is widely held that because many toxins are fatsoluble and stored in body fat, as the fat melts away, the toxins are released into the bloodstream; this inhibits the production of thyroid hormone, with a resulting metabolic meltdown. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, spring is the season to support the prime organs of detoxification—the liver and gallbladder. The liver alone impacts some 400 bodily functions, so it deserves support. The following symptoms recommend giving these organs some special care: n Chronic tension in neck and shoulders n Sensitivity beneath the rib cage (particularly the right side) n Feeling tired and sleepy after eating n Nausea, especially after eating fatty foods n Hormonal imbalances with hot flashes due to perimenopause or menopause n Premenstrual irritability and bloating n Light-colored stools n Waking between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.
Detox Diet Basics Start off each morning for two weeks (or up to a maximum of two months), with hot lemon water, perhaps spiced with cinnamon and ginger, for an added metabolic boost. The antioxidant D-limonine in lemon thins bile and is helpful in breaking down fat-trapping
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toxins. Use the juice of one small lemon to eight ounces of warm water. Then, sip a total of 64 ounces of cran-water between meals throughout the day. Mix one ounce of unsweetened cranberry juice per seven ounces of pure water. Cranberry helps to balance pH, suppress hunger and combat cellulite and water retention, while drawing out fatty wastes by targeting lymph (a secondary circulatory system beneath the skin that works to rid the body of toxic wastes, bacteria, heavy metals, dead cells, trapped proteins and fat). Sipped daily, this antioxidant- and phenol-rich elixir works to help reduce bloating and melt fat from hips, waist and thighs. Nutrient-rich spring greens like arugula, collard or dandelion greens, lettuce, parsley, spinach, Swiss chard and watercress are classic foods used in a spring detox. Other good choices are antioxidant foods that supply the body with glutathione, the liver’s premier antioxidant, also known as, “the toxic waste neutralizer,” which is vital to organ detoxification. Broccoli sprouts are one of the best sources of glutathione; so is asparagus. Eating lightly steamed kale, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage can also support the liver’s ability to detoxify the body. Finally, eating adequate protein is essential to ensure that the liver can produce the enzymes it needs to break down toxins into water-soluble substances for excretion. Protein plays a crucial role in tissue growth and healing, strengthening the immune system and burning fat. Eat at least 4 to 6 ounces of wild salmon, free-range organic poultry or hemp protein each day during detox. Choosing a daily dose of high-quality glutathione-boosting whey protein powder or a brown rice/yellow pea protein powder is another way to pump up the detox process. Such spring cleaning can help purge our body of toxins and give our whole system the cleansing boost it needs, simultaneously preparing it for even more healthy weight loss in coming months. Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D. and certified nutrition specialist, is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author and media expert. Fat Flush for Life is the latest in her book series on body detoxification and weight loss.
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CHICKENS The People’s Choice for Fresh Healthy Eggs by Lisa Marshall
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s I work in my home office near Boulder, Colorado, I hear a soft, “Cluck-cluck-cluck,” from outside the window. Soon, it will crescendo into a piercing, “Baaaaaaawk,” as the largest of our seven hens—a plump Rhode Island red named Rojo—drops a warm, beige egg into her hay-filled nesting box. When my daughters, ages 8 and 10, return from school, they’ll tromp through the snow to our A-frame coop, fill their basket with a colorful assortment of bluish-green, brown and lavender eggs (some still warm) and skip off to a neighbor’s house to trade them for piggy bank cash. Such is the life of a backyard chicken farmer.
National Phenomenon Once viewed as the realm of rural poultry farmers and commercial egg factories, raising chickens has become a growing trend, with everyone from urban foodies to thrifty suburban housewives erecting makeshift coops, logging on to how-to websites and mail-ordering fuzzy, day-old chicks. Some are lured by the firm, buttery, nutrient-rich yolks and enhanced nutritional quality (a study by Mother Earth News found eggs from pasture-raised hens to contain twice the omega-3 fatty acids, three times the vitamin E, and one-third the cholesterol of conventional eggs). Some simply want to know where their food comes from. Others long for a bucolic touchstone in their frenzied city lives. “I see chickens as a critical piece of my landscape,” says Greg Peterson, co-author of Fowl Play: Your Guide to Keeping Chickens in the City. “They eat all my food scraps. They eat the bugs and the weeds. They
produce nitrogen-rich fertilizer for the garden. Then they give me eggs.” Peterson keeps 15 chickens in his 80-by-160-foot yard in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. His monthly local how-toraise-chickens courses currently pack in 50 to 60 people, from tattooed and pierced 20-somethings to retirees. Meanwhile, Rob Ludlow’s BackyardChickens.com, which started in 1999 as a coop-design clearinghouse, now boasts more than 50,000 members, who submit 7,000 posts a day. “We have doubled our production from five years ago, and it just keeps getting better and better,” says spokesman Jeff Smith, of Lebanon, Missouri-based Cackle Hatchery. The 70-year-old chicken hatchery used to cater mostly to farmers wanting large orders of baby chicks for meat or egg operations, and the occasional 4-H club. Now, it ships 140,000 freshly hatched chicks each week to unlikely farmers in urban centers like Seattle, Phoenix, Jersey City and Reno. “There is a little bit of fear out there about the economy, and people are looking at being more self-sufficient,” says Smith. “People are also interested in making sure the birds are being fed right, and not kept in a cage all of their lives.”
Bantamweight Contests Not all are fans of the urban poultry-farming boom. Disgruntled neighbors have called upon government leaders to either uphold or implement ordinances that view chickens as farm animals and ban them in urban areas. Some have complained of smelly coops and rodents (all avoidable via regular coop cleaning, proponents say). Others have squawked about noise. But in dozens of recent cases, the hens and their owners have won. In September 2008, for example, the city of Fort Collins, Colorado, passed an ordinance that allows city residents to keep up to six hens, as long as they buy a $30 permit, provide their birds with a ventilated, predatorresistant coop with two square feet of room per chicken, and keep the birds at least 15 feet from the neighbors. No roosters are allowed. Within the first year, 36 people had gained permits, including Connie Meyer, now the proud owner of four feathered friends. She likes that they follow her around as she works in the yard, eat out of her hands and provide her with eggs to trade for her neighbor’s fresh produce. “People assume it is going to be so much work, but they are incredibly easy to take care of,” she comments. “More than that, they are fun. It’s easy to get attached to them.” Lisa Marshall is a regular contributor to Natural Awakenings. Connect at LisaMarshall08@gmail.com.
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mark your calendar Meditation for Beginners 3 week course.
Tuesdays, March 1st, 8th and 15th 7:00pm-8:30pm Instructor: Karen Kenny $85 for all three weeks and material.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 1 Inventor’s Council of Cincinnati – 7-8:45pm. Offering support and resources to local independent inventors. Free. Huenefeld Tower Room, Main Library, 800 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6900 Peace Corps 50th Anniversary – 12pm. Learn about the history and evolution of the Peace Corps, the continued relevance of the Peace Corps in today’s rapidly changing world. Guest speakers will include former Ohio Governor and Peace Corps volunteer Bob Taft and former U.S. Representative and Peace Corps volunteer Steve Driehaus. Free. Main Library, Reading Garden Lounge, 800 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6900
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 Forward March – 8:30am. March into spring with a morning hike around either Sharon Woods Lake or Winton Woods Lake. Free. Sharon Woods/Harbor, 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville, OH or Winton Woods/Harbor, 10245 Winton Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org Little Tyke Program – 11am. Story time during this Little Tyke program for three to six year olds. Then venture outdoors to see if nature is waking up from its winter slumber. Bring a favorite book to share. Free. Winton Woods/Winton Centre, 10245 Winton Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org
THURSDAY, MARCH 3 Computers 101 – 10am. Class for first time computer users. Includes an introduction to the mouse and keyboard, software, hardware and the basics of using a Windows based PC/laptop. Free. Cheviot Branch Library, 3711 Robb Ave, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-6015 Holy Chow! – 6:30-8pm. Joanne Giovanna Delli Carpini Trimpe shares the story of her life and her family’s Italian, Venezuelan, and North American
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heritage. Hear her culinary adventures, enjoy a cooking demonstration, and enjoy sample dishes from her cookbook. Free. Westwood Branch Library, 3345 Epworth Ave. Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-4460 Scarf It Up – 7pm. Learn the basic stitches while making a scarf. Students will receive a knitter’s Bag of Basics to get started. Free. Durr Branch Library, 1992 Walton-Nicholson Rd, Independence, KY. Register: 859-962-4030 New Class in Applied Metaphysics: Introduction to the Study of Mind and Consciousness – 7:3010:30pm. Cincinnati School of Metaphysics, 14 Sheehan Ave, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-821-7353
FRIDAY, MARCH 4 March Forth – 8:30am. Hike around either Sharon Woods Lake or Winton Woods Lake. Free. Sharon Woods/Harbor, 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville, OH. or Winton Woods/Harbor, 10245 Winton Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Spring Revitalization – 7pm. Tips on pruning, fertilizing and gardening. Presented by Doug Young of H.J. Benken Florist and Garden Center. Free. Madeira Branch Library, 7200 Miami Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6028
SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Introduction to the Internet – 11am. Learn how to use the Internet and email basics. Free. College Hill Branch Library, 1400 W. North Bend Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-6036 Park Scavenger Hunt – 12-2pm. Stop in between noon and 2 pm. and pick up a scavenger hunt sheet. Turn in a scavenger hunt score card for a prize. Free. Woodland Mound/Seasongood Nature Center, 8250 Old Kellogg Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org Artifact Trivia Challenge: Wild and Wooly – 1-3pm. Stop in and identify our curious collection of natural items pertaining to warm and fuzzy creatures and earn a prize for your efforts. Sharon Woods/ Sharon Centre, 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville, OH. GreatParks.org
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 Hummingbird Quiz – 1pm. Prepare for the upcoming hummingbird season and join us for this nature quiz program. Learn everything you need to know to attract these beautiful little gems. Free. FarbachWerner Nature Preserve/Ellenwood Nature Barn, 3455 Poole Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-521-7275 Tree Tapping Time – 2 pm. We’ll take a short walk to learn how to tap a maple tree. Afterwards, we’ll head inside to try some tasty maple treats. Sharon Woods/ Sharon Centre, 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville, OH. GreatParks.org
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513-315-5042
elementalom@mac.com Fur, Feathers and Scales – 2pm. Come discover the differences between our furry, feathery and scaly friends! We’ll look at examples of each covering and meet some live guests too! Winton Woods/ Winton Centre, 10245 Winton Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org Laughter Yoga – 2:30-3:30pm. With Patrick Murphy Welage or Mary Beth King. $15 or pass. World Peace Yoga & Motion Studio, 268 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-300-9642 Sky, Soil, and Superconsciousness: Permanent Sustainability in a New Way of Thinking – 5-6pm. With Nicholas Zajac. Free. School of Metaphysics Cincinnati, 14 Sheehan Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513821-7353
MONDAY, MARCH 7 Healing on the Spiritual Path – 7pm. The teachings of Bruno Groening. Free. Symmes Township Library, 11850 Enyart Rd, Loveland, OH. Register: 513-899-3115 Coupon Clippers – 7-8pm. Join Barb Carmen to swap coupons and share tips on saving money in a casual group setting. Registration is required. Harrison Branch Library, 10398 New Haven Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-4442 Lawn Care – 7pm. Learn the way to a better, greener lawn this year. Presented by Doug Young from H.J. Benken Florist and Garden Center. Free. Madeira Branch Library, 7200 Miami Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6028
TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Annual Concerto Concert – 2pm. Enjoy an afternoon concert. $5-$10, UC students free. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 Walk Club Kickoff – 11am. If you are over 50 years old and enjoy walking, bring a brown bag lunch for this event. We will end the event with an optional walk around Winton Lake. The topic will be healthy living opportunities. Free. Winton Woods/Winton Centre, 10245 Winton Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org Nature Stories: Maples – 11am and 1pm. Little ones and their parents are invited to join the naturalist to share their love of reading and nature with a maple sugaring themed story. Free. Sharon Woods/ Sharon Centre, 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville, OH. GreatParks.org
DocTalk: Pinpointing Brain Issues – 12-1pm. Sanjiv Lakhia DO discusses brain health and acupuncture’s role in pain relief and disease prevention. Free. TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Rd, Cincinnati, OH.513-985-6732
THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Computers 101 – 10am. See March 3. Ballet & Beer – 5:15pm. “The Firebird.” Preview of upcoming performance. Meet performers and people who make it happen. Informal reception with hors d’oeuvres. Free for upcoming show ticket holders and subscribers. Cincinnati Ballet Center, 1555 Central Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-621-5282
FRIDAY, MARCH 11 Online Job Application Workshop – 11am. Learn the ins and outs of online job applications and gain practical experience using the library’s computer lab. College Hill Branch Library, 1400 W. North Bend Rd. Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-6036 Indie Film Night – 6:30pm. Watch and discuss the documentary “Babies.” Free. Erlanger Branch Library. 401 Kenton Lands Rd, Erlanger, KY. 859962-4000 100th Anniversary of Mahler’s Death – 8pm. CCM Philharmonia. $5-$10, UC students free. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183
SATURDAY, MARCH 12 Pet Care Tips – 2pm. A representative from the League for Animal Welfare will discuss basic obedience, dog bite prevention and how to choose the right dog. Mariemont Branch Library, 3810 Pocahontas Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-4467 Attachment Parenting International Cincinnati Family Gathering – 4-6pm. Connect, discuss, support and learn about attachment parenting. Free. Cincinnati Family Enrichment Center, 4244 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-238-3183
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
MARK YOUR CALENDAR Traditional Japanese Reiki, Levels 1-3 With Bruce Davis. By appointment. $165/$185/$205.
Meditation for Beginners Series
With Adrienne Davidson. Six week series about to begin!!
Mantra Wellness Center. 4675 Cooper Rd, Blue Ash, OH.
513-891-1324 Info@MantraWellnessCenter.com Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183 Reiki Share – 2-4 pm. Come to practice and receive Reiki. Free re-attunement to Usui Reiki-bring certificate. Rettay Chiropractic, 7560 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY, 859-750-4720 Jazz Composers’ Concert – 4pm. Featuring compositions and arrangements by some of the most noted writers in jazz, plus a surprise guest artist! $5-$10, UC students free. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183 The Wisdom of the Akashic Records – 5-6pm. With Bethany Keen Zajac. Free. Cincinnati School of Metaphysics, 14 Sheehan Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-821-7353
MONDAY, MARCH 14 Introduction to the Internet – 6:30 pm. Learn how to use the Internet and email basics. Free. Registration is required. College Hill Branch Library, 1400 W. North Bend Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6036
TUESDAY, MARCH 15 Going Green at Green – 7pm. Learn how to make a home energy efficient. Presented by the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance. Free. Green Township Branch Library, 6525 Bridgetown Rd. Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6095
Planetarium Show: The Zodiac – 1-2pm. Come to the Wolff Planetarium for an introduction to the constellations and some of the legends connected to them. Programs are open to adults and children ages 5 and older accompanied by an adult. $3 per person. Seating is limited. Trailside Nature Center Burnet Woods, 3251 Brookline Dr, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-751-3679.
Energy Awareness – 7-9pm. Increase awareness of energy using discussion, demonstration and exercises. Learn a meditation to increase awareness. $20. Rettay Chiropractic. 7560 Burlington Pike. Florence, KY. 859-750-4720
Music at the Taft – 2pm. Frank Proto, double bass; Tim Berens, guitar. Fusion of jazz and classical music. Free. Taft Museum of Art. 316 Pike St, Cincinnati, OH. 513-684-4515
Keeping the Immune System Strong – 12:301:30pm and 7-8pm. Learn natural ways to stay healthy without shots or medication. Free. TriHealth Fitness & Health Pavilion, 6200 Pfeiffer Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-985-6736
Laughter Yoga – 2:30-3:30pm. With Patrick Murphy Welage. $15 or pass. World Peace Yoga & Motion Studio, 268 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-300-9642 New Voices: Extraordinary Movement – 2:30pm. CCM Dance Division’s talented young choreographers present an evening of exciting new works with innovative style, creative movement and a fresh view of where dance is today. Free. Patricia Corbett
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16
Adult Cooking Class – 7 pm. Discover the lighter side of Fish ‘n Chips. Free. Register. Whole Foods Market, 2693 Edmondson Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513531-8015 Russian Night – 8pm. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev. Free. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183
THURSDAY, MARCH 17 Healing on the Spiritual Path through the teachings of Bruno Groening – 7 pm. Introduction to his teachings. Free. Newport Library, 901 E. 6th St, Newport, KY. 859-816-8918 Learn How to Belly Dance! – 6:30pm. Learn how to Belly Dance, increase flexibility while toning at the same time. Pleasant Ridge Branch Library, 6233 Montgomery Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-4488
FRIDAY, MARCH 18 Celtic Music – 7 p.m. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with concert by local band Silver Arm. Enjoy a performance featuring instrumentals, ballads, and Irish dance music. Free. Erlanger Branch Library, 401 Kenton Lands Rd, Erlanger, KY. 859-962-4000 Fitton Family Friday – 7:30pm. Comedy, juggling, ventriloquism and magic. Doors open at 6:30pm. Light reception of kid-friendly food. $5-$12. Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Benninghofen Theatre, 101 S. Monument Ave, Hamilton, OH. 513-863-8873
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Birding Basics – 9-10:30am. Learn basic birding techniques, how to identify birds, and discover the best habitats to find feathered friends. Come ready for a hike, binoculars will be provided. Free. Meet at the Trailside Nature Center at Burnet Woods, 3251 Brookline Dr, Cincinnati, OH. 513-751-3679 Feeder Frenzy – 3pm. Find out how to attract birds and identify who’s who. We will talk about backyard bird feeding and make a simple bird feeder out of recycled materials. Free. Woodland Mound/ Seasongood Nature Center, 8250 Old Kellogg Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org Sounds of Spring – 4pm. Cincinnati Children’s Choir: Featuring the winner of its national composition competition, classical, world and folk music with special guests. $5-$10, UC students free. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183
SUNDAY, MARCH 20 Laughter Yoga – 2:30-3:30pm. With Patrick Murphy Welage or Mary Beth King. $15 or pass. World Peace Yoga & Motion Studio, 268 Ludlow Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-300-9642
MONDAY, MARCH 21 Shopping on a Budget Store Tour – 7pm. Learn about affordable products and money saving shopping tips that will help you shop on a budget. Taste delicious and affordable foods from each department along the way, and all participants get a goodie bag to take home filled with money-saving coupons and treats from our store. Whole Foods Market, 2693 Edmondson Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-531-8015 Year-Round Gardening – 6:30-7:45pm. Learn how to add fruits and berries with trees, shrubs and vines. Monfort Heights Branch Library, 3825 West Fork Rd. Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-4472
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 Cooking Class – 6pm. Health starts here! Free. Whole Foods, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. Register: 513-459-6131
mark your calendar Shaker Run Wellness Fair
Thursday, March 24 ~ 2-6 pm Free Admission! 25+ Wellness Vendors Complimentary massage, yoga, healthy snacks & more. Call for golf tee times!
Shaker Run Golf Club. 4361 Greentree, Lebanon, OH 45036 www.shakerrungolfclub.com
513-727-0007, ext 221
THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Health Starts Here Demo – 2-4pm. Free. Whole Foods, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. Register: 513-398-9358
FRIDAY, MARCH 25 Laughter Yoga – 5:30-7pm. With Patrick Murphy Welage. $10. “Don’t Worry, Be Happy Hour!” $10. You Do Yoga. 1319 Main St, Cincinnati, OH. 513227-7160
SATURDAY, MARCH 26 Belly Dancing – 2pm. Learn belly dancing by Habeeba’s Bellying Dancing. Avondale Branch Library, 3566 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-4440 PatnetQuest Basic 2011 – 2:30-5pm. Learn the differences between patents, trademarks, and copyright. Begin a preliminary patent search using the resources here at the Public Library and online at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. All classes meet in the Computer Training Room on the Third Floor, across from the Genealogy Reference Desk. Come prepared to begin your own patent search. Free. Main Library, 800 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-6900 Family Fun Saturday at Betts House – 12:30-5pm. Hands-on craft activity about a specific architectural style from American history for children ages 5-10. Theme: Greek Column Picture Frames. $2 includes cost of craft. Betts House, 416 Clark St, Cincinnati, OH. Laughter Yoga – 9-10:30am. With Patrick Murphy Welage. $10. Tri-Health Pavillion, 6200 Pfeiffer Rd (at I-71), Blue Ash, OH. 513-985-6732
SUNDAY, MARCH 27 Owl’s last Supper – 2pm.We’ll search for clues and piece together the bones of an owl’s prey as we dissect owl pellets. We will get to meet our resident screech owl. This program is best for children age seven and up. Free. Woodland Mound/Seasongood Nature Center, 8250 Old Kellogg Rd, Cincinnati, OH. GreatParks.org
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR Monroe Institute Hemi-Sync® Meditation
Fountain Day. Return to spring in Cincinnati as Mayor Mark Mallory gives the signal to let the water flow from the hands of the Genius of Water at Tyler Davidson Fountain. Fountain Square, Downtown Cincinnati, OH.
March 27, 3pm - 5pm
With Andrea Berger. Explore expanded states of consciousness, meditate with ease, and expand your intuition and creativity with the help of the patented Hemi-Sync® audio technology.
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Free. 513-515-4046 aberger@cinci.rr.com
Help your body and mind get rid of environmental and emotional toxins. 30-min Auricular Acupuncture Detoxification session followed by 15-minute Chair Massage. Plus organic herbal tea tastings! $45.
mark your calendar Mini Breathwork
Sunday, March 27 ~ 5-8pm. with Gary Matthews and Tanya Poe $60. Stillpoint Center for Healing Arts. 11223 Cornell Park Dr, Suite 302, Cincinnati, OH.
Call 513-722-1917
Detox Day
Thursday, March 31st ~ 6-8pm
Klimick Acupuncture. 10979 Reed Hartman Highway, Suite 129. Blue Ash, OH.
513-834-8173 KlimickAcupuncture.com
THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Health Information on the Web – 6:30pm. U.C. Health Sciences Librarian John Borntrager demonstrates how to use the internet to find accurate and reliable health information. Free. Covedale Branch Library, 4980 Glenway Ave, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-369-4460
TUESDAY, MARCH 29 Introduction to Homebrewing – 7pm. Members of the Bloatarian Brewing Leaugue will discuss homebrewing. Discussion will include the necessary equipment and the ingredients involved. They will also walk through an example brewing session. Free. Green Township Branch Library, 6525 Bridgetown Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6095 Hanna Kroeger 4 – 7-9pm. No experience required. Learn how to break up breast lumps, break up cancerous energy, remove hiatal hernia, reset pelvic bone and reset a tipped uterus. $20. Rettay Chiropractic, 7560 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY. 859-750-4720
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 Half Pints Craft Corner – 6:30pm. Half Pints ages 3-12 are invited to explore and try new crafts in a fun environment. Make a bird feeder. Whole Foods Market, 2693 Edmondson Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513531-8015
mark your calendar Aufstellung
Wednesday, March 30 – 5-8 pm. Workshop led by Beverly Welbourne. $40 two weeks in advance and $50 thereafter.
Stillpoint Center for Healing Arts. 11223 Cornell Park Drive, Blue Ash, OH.
RSVP 513-489-9777 Greater Cincinnati Edition
planahead SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Bruno Groening Discussion – 2-3:30 pm. Bruno Groening Circle of Friends discusses the teachings of Bruno Groening. A simple German man used intuitive knowledge of energy and taught this to others. Free. Hyde Park Library, 2747 Erie Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-544-2163
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Flower Carpet. Apr 5-24. The Fountain Square plaza is covered with thousands of flowers making a design a local artist created resulting in a carpet of flowers.Fountain Square, Downtown Cincinnati, OH.
THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Workshop 2011 – 7:30pm. Apr 7-10. Celebrate the talent and creativity of students from all disciplines! These student-written, student-directed, studentproduced performance pieces usually involve 50+ student actors, and are often considered the highlight of our season! $3. Xavier University’s Gallagher Student Center Theater. 3800 Victory Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH. 513-745-3939 Yes Fesival. Apr 7-17. $8-$13. Northern Kentucky University, Corbett Theatre. Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY. 859-572-5464
ongoingcalendar OH. Register: 513-489-7297
KidVentures – 4:15pm. Grade 1-6. Join us for stories and a craft. Each week features a different theme. Free. Durr Branch Library, 1992 WaltonNicholson Rd, Independence, KY. Register: 859962-4030 Sustainable Living Potluck – 5-7pm. Informal group meeting discussing ways of decreasing our collective and individual “ecological footprints”. Free. Gaia Foundation, 8987 Cotillion Dr, Cincinnati, OH. Used Books Sale – 5:30-7:30pm. Every 2nd Monday of each month. We gratefully accept donations of gently used books, CDs, DVDs, videotapes, audiobooks and LPs. Friends’ Warehouse, 8456 Vine Street, Hartwell, Downtown Cincinnati, OH. 513-369-6035 My Powerful Choices Show – 6pm. Radio Show. Free. blogtalkradio.com/larkinsell Rocket for Beginners – 7:30pm. A great place to start building strength and endurance. Yoga ah Studio, 4046 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513542-9642 Yoga Class – 7:30-8:45pm. Phoenix’s classes create the space for the cultivation of a healthy body alignment, the flow of energy in the body and a more peaceful and open heart. Open to new and experienced students. $12 drop-in. Kula Center, 110 East 8th St, Newport, KY. 859-652-4174
Multi-Style Yoga – 9:30am. Yoga with Keri Colmar. Serenity Now, 8761 U.S. Highway 42, Suite B, Union, KY. 859-647-7780 Active for Life – 9:30am. Improve your health in this exercise program for older adults. Bring your own small weights and join at anytime through March. Free. Erlanger Branch Library, 401 Kenton Lands Rd, Erlanger, KY. 859-962-4000
Pet Loss Support Group-Children – 6-6:45pm. First Tuesday of the month. Healing from pet loss, we take the journey with you from pain to peace. Free, Angel’s Paws, 11341 Grooms Rd, Blue Ash, OH. Register: 513-489-7297 Pet Hospice Support Group-Children – 6-6:45pm. Second Tuesday of the month. Preparing to say good-bye. Lessons learned from a life well lived by their pet. Free. Angel’s Paws, 11341 Grooms Rd, Blue Ash, OH. Register: 513-489-7297 Pet Loss Support Group – 7-8:30pm. First Tuesday of the month. For adults who are healing from pet loss, move from pain to peace. Free. Angel’s Paws, 11341 Grooms Rd, Blue Ash, OH. Register: 513-489-7297 Pet Hospice Support Group – 7-8:30pm. Second Tuesday of the month. Meet other pet parents dealing with a special needs or terminally ill pet and share helpful tips. Free and open to adults. Angel’s Paws, 11341 Grooms Rd. Blue Ash, OH. Register: 513-489-7297 Creative Sounding Board – 7-9pm. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month. Testing ground for original art of all types and skill levels. Artists, poets, musicians, storytellers and film makers. Free. Oxford Community Arts Center, 10 S. College Ave, Oxford, OH. 513-523-8846
Dirt Crew – 9am-12pm. Volunteers meet to work on the CGC Grounds. Dress for the weather and bring your gardening gloves. Free. Civic Garden Center, 2715 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513221-0981 Used Books Sale – 10am-1pm. See Monday. Scrapbooking – 10:30am-1pm. Child care available. No experience is necessary. Bring pictures. Free. The Women’s Connection Learning Center, 4022 Glenway Ave, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513-471-4673 x19 Re-Fresh Wednesdays – 11:30-1pm. Join Brittany our Healthy Eating Specialist in the café for a delicious and easy demo to get your mid week refreshed! Free. Whole Foods, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. 513-459-6131
Tai Chi for Health – 1:15pm beginner, 2:30pm intermediate. With Betty Lubrecht. Synergy Holistic Health Ctr, 7413 US 42, Suite 3, Florence, KY. Register: 859-525-5000
Library Committee – 1-2pm. Volunteer to keep the Hoffman Library full organized and stocked. Free. Civic Garden Center. 2715 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-221-0981
Yoga Beginners Class – 5pm. Covington Yoga, 713 Craig St, Covington, KY. 859-307-3435
Hiking Club – 4:30pm. Easy to Moderate Trail. All hikes start and finish at the Treehouse in Mt. Airy Forest. Come prepared with water, hiking shoes and walking sticks (optional). Free. Mt. Airy Forest, 5083 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH. CincinnatiParks.com
Pet Loss: Mid-month Social Gathering – 6pm. Third Tuesday of the month. Various activitiesdinner, movie, book signing, etc. Cost of activity only. Angel’s Paws, 11341 Grooms Rd. Blue Ash,
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Half Pint Kids Club – 10am. Kids ages 3-8 are invited with a caregiver to explore and try new foods in a fun environment. Free. Whole Foods, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. Register: 513-459-6131
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sions and Abs in Ashtanga flow. Yoga ah Studio, 4046 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-5429642 Introspective Perspectives Show – 6pm. Radio Show. Free. blogtalkradio.com/larkinsell Joyful Healing Laughter Yoga Club – 7pm. Second Wednesday of every month. Learn to laugh for no reason with Judi A. Winall & Pam Hall. Free. Sharonville Library. 10980 Thornview Dr, Sharonville, OH. 513-899-3115 Yoga, Anusara – 7:30pm. With Gloria Siry. Synergy Holistic Health Ctr. 7413 US 42, Suite 3, Florence, KY. Register: 859-525-5000
Earth Hour
Show Solidarity by Switching Off Power for an Hour Worldwide, participating residences, commercial facilities, government buildings and iconic landmarks will all go dark for one hour at 8:30 p.m. (local time) on March 26 to take a stand for conscious stewardship of Earth’s resources. Last year, the lights went out in 4,500 cities in 128 countries. This year, EarthHour. org is also making it possible for participants to share stories online describing what they are doing and planning to do to benefit the environment in the year ahead. Together, our actions add up. Sign on, form a group event or share an eco-story at EarthHour.org.
A Morning Cup of Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. Yoga with Phoenix, RYT. Begin your day with a clear mind, invigorated body and renewed spirit. Open to new and experienced students. $12 drop-in. Kula Center, 110 East 8th St, Newport KY. 859652-4174 Active for Life – 9:30am. See Tuesday. Kripalu-Style Yoga – 9:30 am and 6:15 pm. Yoga with Marquetta. Serenity Now, 8761 U.S. Highway 42, Suite B, Union, KY. 859-647-7780 T’ai Chi Chih – 1-2:30pm. 12-week class through Apr. 14. With instructor Phoenix Wilson. Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center. 620 Greenup St, Covington, KY. Register: 859-431-0020 Health Starts Here – 2-4pm. See Tuesday. Tai Chi for Health – 5:30pm. With Betty Lubrecht. Synergy Holistic Health Ctr, 7413 US 42, Suite 3, Florence, KY. Register: 859-525-5000 Meditation – 7-8:30pm. Every 2nd Thursday of each month. With Gary Matthews. $20. Stillpoint Center for Healing Arts, 11223 Cornell Park Dr, Suite 302, Cincinnati, OH. 513-489-5302 General Yoga Class – 7:30pm. Covington Yoga. 713 Craig St, Covington, KY. 859-307-3435
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Toddler Yoga – 11:30am. Toddler class is geared towards ages 1-4. Parent participation encouraged. $12 per session. RSVP. Yoga ah Studio, 4046 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-542-9642 Infant Massage Class – 2-3pm. First Friday of each month. Through Mar. Open to expectant mothers and moms (also dads, grandparents, etc.) with infants up to 9 months of age. Register. $10/ class or $25/series of 3 classes in advance. Delta Chiropractic, 5230 Kings Mills Rd, Mason, OH. Register: 513-398-2000 Piecemakers – 2-4pm. Child care available. Learn to quilt, make crafts, and sew in a relaxed atmosphere and enjoy the company of other women with the same interest. No experience is necessary. Free. The Women’s Connection Learning Center. 4022 Glenway Ave, Cincinnati, OH. Register: 513471-4673 x19 Lettuce Eat Well Winter Farmers Market – 3-7pm. Year round. Locally produced food items. Free. Harvest Home Park, 3961 North Bend Rd, Cheviot, OH. 513-661-1792 Friday’s 5 after 5 – 5-7pm. 5 wines and 5 foods for $5. Whole Foods Market, 2693 Edmondson Rd, Cincinnati, OH. Register 513-531-8015 Uncorked – 6-8pm. 5 wines and 5 foods for $5. Whole Foods Market, 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. Register: 513-459-6131 Shamanic Journey – 6:30-8:30pm.Every 2nd Friday of each month. With Gary Matthews. Participants should wear loose comfortable clothing and maybe bring a journal. $20. Stillpoint Center for Healing Arts, 11223 Cornell Park Dr, Suite 302, Cincinnati, OH. 513-489-5302 Sahaja Yoga – 6:45-7:45pm. Easy and relaxing way to de-stress and revive body and mind. Begins with 20-minute lecture followed by period of meditation. Free. Clifton United Methodist Church, 3416 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-290-3330
Hiking Club – 8-9:30am. See Wednesday. Sprouts in the Kitchen – 10am. We will take kids age 5-12 on a fun food adventure while teaching them about good nutrition! Free. Whole Foods. 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. Regsiter: 513459-6131
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Kids Can Cook Too – 10am. Kids ages 3-12 go on a fun food adventure while learning about good nutrition. Whole Foods Market, 2693 Edmondson Rd, Cincinnati, OH. 513-531-8015 Used Books Sale – 10am-4pm. Every 4th Saturday of each month. See Monday.
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Arting Around – 11am. Grades K-6. Learn the different styles of art. Free. Durr Branch Library, 1992 Walton-Nicholson Rd, Independence, KY. 859-962-4030
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Artworld – 11am-5pm. Explore the interactive discovery area for families at the Art Museum. Hands-on activities for all ages, interests, and learning styles. Free. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH. 513-639-2995
International Day Supporting Women Artists Benefit for Womens Way of Ohio/KY and Women Writing For a Change
Family ARTventures – 1-2pm. An interactive tour of the galleries for the entire family including hands-on elements for everyone to touch and see up close. Meet docent in the main lobby. Free. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH. 513-639-2995 Family First Saturdays – 1-4pm. 1st Saturday of month. Performances, artist demonstrations, storytelling, scavenger hunts, tours, and hands-on art making activities. Free. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH. 513-639-2995 Rhythms of Lifepath Drumming – 7pm. 1st Saturday of every month. Donation accepted. Lifepath Center. 734 Brom-Cres Rd, Crescent Springs, KY. lifepath-2001.com
Mary Pierce Brosmer Keynote Speaker 1 PM Author/Founder WWFC Raison D’Etre Tracy Walker 1:45 PM 3:00 PM Singer Songwriters in The Round
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Hiking Club – 8-9:30am. See Wednesday. Artworld – 11am-5pm. See Saturday. Coffee-ology – 12pm. Coffee Tasting. Learn to correctly taste coffees to get the nuances of each roast. Includes coffee and food pairings. Free. Whole Foods. 5805 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH. 513-459-6131 Babywearing Bliss – 2pm. Every second Sunday of each month. Workshop on safely and comfortably carrying a baby from birth through toddler years. Free. Park + Vine, 1109 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH. 513-721-7275 Cloth Diapering Cuteness – 2pm. Every first Sunday of each month. Park + Vine hosts an informal class on all aspects of cloth diapering. Park + Vine, 1109 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH. 513-721-7275 Family ARTventures – 3-4pm. See Saturday. Relationship Rehab Show – 10pm. Radio Show. Free. blogtalkradio.com/larkinsell
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Enjoy poetry readings, discussion groups, take a moment to tour this beautiful building. Once you enter this space you feel the spirit and support of a community of people young, middle-aged, or seasoned, willing to share, to teach, and to learn. Enjoy food, music, goodwill, and movies for a great afternoon. Family event. $10Donation Donation513-923-1414 513-923-1414 for $10 forinformation informationCasual CasualSetting Setting The American Impressionists in the Garden – 11am-5pm (Wed- Sun). Feb 18-May 15. Paintings of European and American gardens created by American impressionists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and four bronze sculptures for gardens. $6-$8, free 17 yrs, free on Sundays. Taft Museum of Art. 316 Pike St, Cincinnati, OH. 513-241-0343
Mixed Nuts – 8pm (Fr & Sat). Feb 18 - Mar 5. By Nancy Manera and Simon J. Donoghue. $8-$9. Dunham Recreation Center Recreation Building. 1945 Dunham Way, Cincinnati, OH. 513-588-4988
Art in the Parks – 10am-5pm. March 19-27. The Tristate Photographic Society will exhibit works at Sharon Centre. Sharon Woods Sharon Centre. 11450 Lebanon Rd, Sharonville, OH. GreatParks. org
RENT – 8pm (Thu-Sat); 2:30pm (Sat+Sun). Feb 24-Mar 6. Music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson. Breakthrough musical of the 1990s. $17-$29. Patricia Corbett Theater, CCM Village, University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 513-556-4183
The Great American Trailer Park Musical – 7:30pm. Mar 24-27. A musical fable ripe with adultery, strippers, murderous ex-boyfriends, Costco, and the Ice Capades. $7-$15. Xavier University’s Gallagher Student Center Theater. 3800 Victory
Pkwy, Cincinnati, OH. 513-745-3939 Art Exhibit – 10am-4pm (Mon-Fri). Paintings by Mary Barr Rhodes and prints by Radha. Free. Xavier University Art Gallery, A.B. Cohen Center. 1658 Herald Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-745-3811 Force of Nature. Tue-Sun. Through Mar 22. Contemporary Japanese ceramics and Barbizon paintings Free. Cincinnati Art Museum. 953 Eden Park Dr, Cincinnati, OH. 513-639-2984 Overeaters Anonymous welcomes everyone who wants to stop eating compulsively. Meetings throughout Greater Cincinnati. Donation only. 513-921-1922 Cleopatra: The Search for the last Queen of Egypt – 10am-5pm. Monday-Saturday. 11am-6pm Sundays. Cincinnati Museum Center.1301 Western Ave, Cincinnati, OH. 513-287-7000
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TRIHEALTH INTEGRATIVE HEALTH & MEDICINE Peter Sheng MD; Jennifer Walther Liu LAc.; Esly Caldwell III, LAc 6200 Pfeiffer Rd 513-985-6736 IntegrativeHealth.TriHealth.com
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Using traditional and modern chiropractic techniques as well as active rehab and nutritional guidance to promote overall wellness. Space certified technology is used to locate where stress has settled into the muscles. Once the location is found, work begins to unwind the stress patterns and rebuild the body’s ability to adapt to outside stressors more effectively. See ad on page 15.
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SAEKS CHIROPRACTIC LLC
7577 Central Parke Blvd STE 103, Mason, OH 513-492-9714 SaeksChiropractic.com Specializing in Performing Arts and Sports injuries, Certified in Applied Kinesiology and Kinesio Taping My personal commitment is to get my patient’s better faster!
GREEN PRODUCTS JANET SICKMEIER
Shaklee Independent Distributor 859-630-9477 HealthyDays4Us@yahoo.com 30 years of experience in guiding people to products that are always green, always safe and always work to provide healthy homes, healthy people and healthy finances. See ad on page 20.
HYPNOSIS SWEETDREAMS HYPNOSIS, LLC
Leslie Riopel, ACHT. Clinical Hypnotherapist; Hypnosis for Weight Loss, Past Life Regressions and more. 5656 Valleyforge Lane, Independence, KY 1-800-385-0765 sweetdreams-productions.com Are you armoring yourself against the world? Try Hypnosis for weight loss. Would you like to visit a past life? Try a Past Life Regression.
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE GO BEYOND MEDICINE
Dr. Michael J. Grogan, M.D. PLLC 51 Cavalier Blvd, Suite 230, Florence, KY 859-586-0111 GoBeyondMedicine.com We help our patients discover a better way of healing and living. Treatments and therapies include family practice, chiropractic services, massage therapy, yoga, life coaching, hormone therapy, weight loss programs and much more. See ads on page 5 and 7.
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HOLISTIC PRACTITIONERS SIGNIFICANT HEALING
Featuring Pounds and Inches Weightloss Victoria Smith, Board Certified Practitioner and Iridologist 157 Lloyd Ave, Florence, KY 41042 859-282-0022 SignificantHealing.com Remember when your doctor looked into your eyes when you were ill? The science of Iridology still reveal the condition of your body. Iridology: A thing of the past A solution for your future. Call or schedule online. See ad on page 13.
LAUGHTER YOGA CERTIFIED LAUGHTER YOGA TEACHER Patrick Murphy Welage 513-607-1830 WorldPeaceLaughter.com
Patrick is a celebrated national and international teacher who offers Laughter Yoga classes, workshops, retreats, and training for individuals, groups, conferences, educational programs, community events, small businesses, and corporations.
MEDITATION HEMI-SYNC® MEDITATION WORKSHOPS Andrea Berger 513-515-4046 aberger@cinci.rr.com www.acevol.com
Andrea is an accredited Monroe Institute Outreach Facilitator, conducting meditation workshops utilizing the Hemi-Sync® audio technology developed by Robert Monroe, author of “Journeys out of the Body.” Awaken through the exploration of consciousness! See ad on page 15.
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MIND-BODY THERAPIES INNER DIMENSIONS OF HEALING Sherry McHenry, C.C.Ht. 513-708-9621 sherrymchenry@fuse.net sherrymchenry.com
Sherry guides individuals and groups in developing life skills that help reduce stress, change behavior patterns and create healthier, more balanced lives. She offers mind-body therapies such as Guided Imagery, Hypnotherapy and Biofeedback for those seeking healing and transformation. Gift certificates available. See website for locations.
MOTIVATIONAL PROGRAMS PROGRAMS WITH A TINT OF HUMOR Betty Finney 513-231-6275 BellyLaugh@me.com BellyLaugh.net
Boost your bottom line in 2010. Find out how to get employees to not only work for you, but work with you. Available for conventions, conferences and events.
PRODUCE/GROCERY DELIVERY GREEN B.E.A.N. DELIVERY 513-761-2326 Info@GreenBeanOhio.com GreenBeanDelivery.com
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery works with local farmers and artisans to bring organic produce and natural groveries to your door year-round. Cincinnati and surrounding areas. See ad on page 11.
REIKI PAM DOREMUS
7560 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY 859-750-4720 peacefulspirit2@gmail.com Feeling great is your natural state. Pam created her business Peaceful Spirit to restore your emotional and physical well being through reiki, yoga, and Biogenesis. Enjoy a compassionate, soothing environment while you heal. Connect by phone or email.
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Mantra offers a wide variety of classes, including Traditional Japanese Reiki, Life Coaching, Meditation, Tibetan Medicine, Anger Management and Aromatherapy. See ad on page 19.
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PSYCHOTHERAPY RICHARD JISHO SEARS, PSYD 440 E. McMillan St, Cincinnati 513-487-1196 www.Psych-Insights.com
Licensed psychologist and Zen teacher offering psychotherapy and coaching for a variety of issues, including stress, anxiety, and depression. Specializing in mindfulness-based approaches.
Tri-State Unique Ceremonies Certified Celebrant Ordained Interfaith Minister serving OH, IN, KY 513-533-3399 gglasscott@gmail.com Individualized or traditional weddings, commitment ceremonies, civil unions or vow renewals. Gay writes your personalized ceremony using your love story, adding rituals, readings, poems, and ethnic customs.
YOGA INSTRUCTION PHOENIX WILSON
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