7 Ways Gardening Helps Mental Health

How can gardening help mental health?

Gardening is a practice that we can all participate in one way or another. It can be as simple as growing a few herbs on your windowsill to as complex as a self-sustaining homestead.

Regardless of your goals for food production, there are countless benefits for our mental health.

Let’s face it, we live in an incredibly fast-paced lifestyle that can be overwhelming. With our attachment and dependence on phones, computers, and other technologies; we need an outlet.

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Joel Salatin on why Cows are GOOD for our Soil

We have found ourselves currently living amidst a fairly sizable war on cows.

There are many activists yelling from the roof tops that meat and meat production (mainly cows) is the worst thing happening on our planet. Is this true? Is it fair?

I was fortunate enough to have an incredible interview with the one and only Joel Salatin. Many call him the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture, and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson.

This is an excerpt from the discussion between Rob Carney and Joel Salatin on cows:

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New Year, Same You?

It’s no secret that 2020 was a year that most were not prepared for. Whether it was the most challenging year of your life or the best year of your life, I believe it’s fair to say that we all experienced some level of shock to our systems.

As we have entered the new year, we have a choice. We can either hope that 2021 will be better and go about our days the same way we did in the year prior with mere hope for things to improve.

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What's the deal with Cordyceps?

As a powerful adaptogenic mushroom, Cordyceps supports a natural increase in energy, endurance and stamina, and helps the adrenal system manage stress and fatigue. Cordyceps helps us get more natural energy by boosting the body’s ATP…

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Presence & Acceptance

We often hear from yogis and other spiritual teachers to “be present.”

But what does this really mean? How can one be present in such a fast-paced, interconnected world?

Here is how I like to look at it:

Being present is as simple as not thinking / worrying about the past or future. It is in observing our immediate surroundings and accepting where we are.

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5G – Should We Be Concerned?

5G has been one of the most controversial developments of recent technologies. To start, lets define what 5G is. In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks. All 5G wireless devices in a small geographical area are connected to the internet and telephone network by radio waves through a local antenna in the area.

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