Agricultural production is only the first step in moving the world's food from farm to fork, according to Nourishing the Planet, a project of the Worldwatch Institute. The other links in the food chain - harvesting, packaging, storing, transporting, marketing, and selling - ensure that food actually reaches consumers. Inefficiencies in these activities, rather than just low yields or poor farming techniques, are often to blame for food shortages and low prices for growers...

 

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Editor's Note from Susan Lutz: Living as an organic part of our environment takes on a literal meaning as Mitchell Joachim, a leader in ecological design and urbanism, describes how we have the potential to live in homes and become like a tree that has been pleached - sucking carbon, a plus to the environment rather than a taking from it.  In the future we may have the ability to choose from a veggie house or a house of meat. One must taste the video to believe it.

 

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from Partners In Health

The most recent studies estimate the extent of Haiti’s deforestation to be between 96 to 98 percent. Port-au-Prince is the largest city in the Western hemisphere without a central municipal wastewater and sewerage treatment facility, a reflection of the lack of sanitation infrastructure of the entire country...

 

Editor's Note from Susan Lutz: The addition of solar power into a home is a big step in the goal of a family's organic life. Adding that technology into a hospital benefits so many more. A green techonolgy plan is under way in Haiti for the new hospital opening in the Mirebalais National Teaching Hospital. The goal for the hospital's electrical use from solar energy is admirable, being able to not only light the teaching hospital, but also extend into supplying power for the hot water tanks, and running ceiling fans, thus reducing the need for expensive, not-very-natural use of an air conditioning system.

 

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Editor’s Note from Susan Lutz: Puppies deserve organic too! Here's a simple treat for the little four-footed friend in the house. Some treats mentioned in the video have even been sent to our brave canines fighting along soldiers in the military in Afganistan. Beware: Cute puppy footage will be viewed!

 

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Interviewed by Susan Lutz,
ATH Co-Editor of Organic Living

There are infinite possibilities with creating amazing tasting new recipes, I never get bored. You just have to have a burning desire to eat more raw living foods and then creativity comes to you, pun intended...

 

Editor’s Note from Susan Lutz: We welcome back Brian Lucas, a rising star in the arena of raw, organic cooking. Brian is working non-stop to fulfill his passion of bringing raw food to the palette of many. His excited yet gentle style emits from not only the gorgeous looking food he creates, but the message he gives us. He speaks wisely as to the connection that our inner voice can bring to the kitchen table along with the quest for knowledge and the help of an inspired mentor. Healthy raw, organic cooking can not only exist in the ingredients we eat, but must be a part of the soul we mix it with.

 

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Editor's Note from Susan Lutz: Slowly, organic farming is changing the perception that the corporate model must be the way we feed our world. As demand grows, so too does the farm. This report comes from a small farm, the Garden of Eve, which has grown into a supplier of organic foods in the market, cutting out the middle man and going directly to the consumer. Choosing organic on a small scale is effecting the food market on the larger scale.

 

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by Rachel Easter, OneTribe partner and Operations Manager

Interviewed by Susan Lutz, ATH Co-Editor of Organic Living

Handmade jewelry is often sought after, yet organic, natural, handmade jewelry is truly a prize. OneTribe designs absolutely gorgeous jewelry that are stunning and functional. Stretched piercings have been a world tradition in body adornment, relating back to times of the ancient Mayans. As it finds it's way into today's culture, the appreciation of beautiful materials from the earth spreads into the crafting of more jewelry that crosses an even bigger market...

 

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Editor's Note from Susan Lutz: Corporate farming can never give you this. In this documentary, see organic dairy farmer John Branson with his cows. The hard work, he admits, is rewarded by the cyclical relationship of trust and respect he has with the animals, his favorite is Rosie,  he's commited to serve. In the end keeping the cows happy brings better milk, a happier animal, and a legacy that can serve as a model for the future.

 

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by Mohan Kandaswamy

Mohan Kandaswamy commercializes a first-of-its-kind device that cleans aquaculture systems without the use of chemicals. Based in India, Mohan is expanding this technology beyond shrimp and prawn production to conserve endangered species and cleanup wastewater from mining and other industries worldwide...

 

Editor's Note from Susan Lutz: Eliminating the use of amonia, nitrates, and other toxic chemicals is the goal of founder and director of Oriental Aquamarine Biotech. Here, Mohan Kandaswamy speaks about his marine biotech company which aimis to remove toxins from aquaculutre tanks so that a more organic, natural, and original state of the water can replicate a reef-quality environment, which is a benefit for the species and those who will eventuallly eat it.

 

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by Kristen Morrison

My original purpose for writing this book was to provide information to parents with a new baby born with Down syndrome. While compiling this information, however, I’ve realised that my story is relevant to any parent.

The very nature of Down syndrome is such that the extra chromosome can bring about any number of a collection of ‘symptoms’.  

 

Editor's Note: An arrival of a special needs child is no reason to ditch an organic lifestyle. In fact, it is the perfect time to step up, dig in, and discover ways to benefit a child with challenges...

 

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Editor's Note from Susan Lutz: Organic clothing can be not only comfortable, but fashionable. An entire label, Credau, was created with the idea that we can benefit the planet by wearing organic and look good too. Anyway, who wants to wear up to three ounces of toxic chemicals on their backs?

 

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