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When Grief looks a lot like Mental Illness

Recently, I spent an entire day in bed… when my oldest kitty died… Sounds crazy, no? If I'm honest, I can't really remember a time in my life when I wasn't battling depression. Probably since adolescence anyhow. I don't remember though when the actual word depression...

Manure Digesters – Another False Solution to Climate Change

There has been much media hype about manure digesters and how they “solve” climate change by capturing and burning methane from confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs – aka factory farms). Billions in taxpayer handouts and other incentives through pollution offset...

This Earth Day, Look to Healthy Soil for Healthy Water

by Patty Peltekos It’s April, the time of year when many of us like singing in the rain, scanning the sky and checking weather forecasts for rain.Farm and garden plants, like livestock animals and people, need fresh water to thrive, which is one reason why so many...