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Giveaway: 27-Ounce Klean Kanteen Bottle

September 13, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Getting free stuff is fun, so I’m excited to announce that the folks over at my favorite online environmental store, GreaterGoods.com, are hosting a fantastic giveaway this week! One of you lucky SFF readers will win your choice of a Free 27-ounce Kleen Kanteen BPA-free, stainless steel water bottle in [...]

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Reversing our Cancer Epidemic

September 8, 2009 Factory-Free Food

Dr. David Servan-Schrieber believes that we are in the midst a self-inflicted epidemic of cancer, which affects approximately one in three people in the U.S. After undergoing chemotherapy and surgery for brain cancer, Servan-Schreiber, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, asked his oncologist if any lifestyle changes would [...]

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Weekly Environmental News Highlights – 9/3/2009

September 3, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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It’s been a busy week in the world of eco-friendly living, and choosing just a few links out of the dozens of great, breaking stories on environmental health, sustainable agriculture and nutrition has been challenging to say the least. Here are a few that I thought were too important to go unnoticed… 

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Weekly Environmental News Highlights – 8/20/09

August 20, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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It seems the more people wake up to environmental sustainability, holistic health, and whole food nutrition, the stronger the backlash from corporate interests. But the rising tide of interest in a more sustainable, nourishing way of life will not be contained. In that spirit, here are this week’s Green Links: 

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Minimal-Mercury Marinated Tuna

August 12, 2009 Factory-Free Food
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Americans eat nearly three pounds of tuna each every year (usually in cans), making it the nation’s second most popular seafood after shrimp. The government promotes it via school lunch programs, WIC (the federal food program for poor women and children), and even in the U.S. Department of Agriculture dietary recommendations. Low in fat, high [...]

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Reason No. #4,298 to Go Organic

August 6, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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With all the poo-pooing of organic food in the mainstream media lately, I thought I’d post this week on one little-known reason to eat organic that might convince even the most die-hard organic skeptic: Poop. Ironically, while industrial agriculture methods leave vast quantities of animal manure to languish in toxic lagoons that destroy quality of [...]

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