Turning Back the Clock with Essential Oils

As we mature many changes take place in our bodies.  While the fine lines, wrinkles, aches, and pains become more and more noticeable, the changes that go unnoticed may be much more serious as they increase our vulnerability to disease and disability. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines “aging” as “the process of growing old or [...]

New Years Resolutions

by Diane Dressel, R.D., Weight Management Services
It’s that time of year again when people make their New Year’s resolutions, many of which are health-related. Losing weight, eating healthier, exercising, and quitting smoking are popular New Year’s resolutions, with losing weight often leading the pack. But that particular resolution is also the most difficult to accomplish, says [...]

Green Pages » Nov./Dec. ‘11

Weaver’s: A Holiday Baking Oasis

For those of you who have never been to Weaver’s, you should definitely plan a trip. Along with the holidays, usually comes cooking and baking, and there is no better place to stock up on all your holiday needs than Weaver’s Country Store, located just past the town of Fall [...]

Cold Relief the Yogi Way

by Sarah Pederson
The famous yogi BKS lyenger reminds us that “nature alone is the ultimate cure. The belief underlying yoga therapy is to enable the human system to function as efficiently, effectively, and naturally as it can.” A third of lyenger’s book Yoga, The Path to Holistic Health, is dedicated to sequencing poses for [...]

Next Level Massage

by Eric Rasmussen
The list of stereotypes of northern-European descended Midwestern people is not long, but it is fairly well known. They are polite and generous. They can certainly handle cold weather. They are often relatively private people. And they do not like to be touched.
This last characteristic of your average upper-midwesterner, though, has started to [...]

Hoophouses! Eat Fresh and Local Year-Round

by Jen Bush and Andrew Gaertner
When the chilly December winds start to blow and the snow starts to pile up, wouldn’t it be nice to vacation in the south of France and feast on the fresh local produce? While we all love the seasonality of Wisconsin weather, it does kind of put a damper on [...]

Trusting the Food Ways of Our Ancestors

by Nik Novak
I didn’t fully appreciate it at the time — being a kid and ego-centric by nature — but over the years I have come to realize the privileges of a food-based lifestyle. My mother, for whom there weren’t enough hours in the day, somehow always made sure my sister and I were fed. [...]

Chippewa Falls Organic Food Buying Club

When Barb Harling, Kathy Mandelert and a few other local Chippewaites started CHIPS (or the Chippewa Falls Organic Food Buying Club) in 1980, the idea was a novel one. Back then, you simply couldn’t buy organic food in the grocery stores and natural food co-ops were stores that existed only on the East and West [...]

Study Tour in India

by Jennifer Dobberfuhl-Quinlan
In November 2010, I experienced the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to visit India. My husband was sure we would someday visit the eastern hemisphere, and through his work with Heifer International, that dream finally came true. Heifer International is a non-profit organization which promotes ending hunger and poverty and caring for the [...]

Organic Baby Foods: An Expanding Market

by Second Opinion Publisher Arwen Rassmusen
Four years ago when we found out we were going to be parents, I decided that my baby would be grown and raised on organic and natural foods. As the editor of an organic, natural magazine, I new how important it was for me to start eating well, eating clean, [...]

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