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Fermentation (its not just for mead or beer)
Fermentation is defined by Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary as an enzymically controlled transformation of an organic compound. Well, that was helpful. Not. In American culture we most often think of fermentation in relation to alcoholic beverages, but any food … Continue reading
Eating Ethics
This was an essay written for a New York Times Essay contest, the question being, “Why is eating meat ethical?” Not eating meat is a denial of death. Death is a part of life. It is the cycle that is … Continue reading
The “Health” in Healthcare
This week, SCOTUS listened to arguments about the constitutional validity of Obamacare. However one feels about this piece of legislation, everyone does seem to agree that there were major problems with the system. One of the conversations I had this … Continue reading
Advancing, Not Retreating
In his blog post
The Spiritual Vegan
As a holistic health counselor, I cannot condone the practice of veganism. But as a spiritual person, I have no problem with this way of eating. In case any of my readers has been living under a rock, vegans do … Continue reading
7 Billion
Recently the human population passed the 7 billion mark. When I was in high school I took a class with the alarming title of World Problems. The primary learning tool was a branching diagram we would create as a class … Continue reading
Food is Political Keystone
I find that I know people whom I don’t like much when it comes to politics. This is not because I don’t agree with their political views on a given subject. I am a socially liberal environmentalist, who owns guns, … Continue reading
Pagan Kosher: Pastured Meat
One of the most important beliefs that Pagans hold is that life is cyclical. We are born, we live, we die, and are re-born. Death is not escapable. No one gets out of here alive. Mortality is part of existence, … Continue reading
Pagan Kosher: Permaculture
The second principle is eating clean food produced without chemicals, preferably using
Pagan Kosher: Eating Local
The first principle of Pagan kosher is eating locally. Local is a scale of distance. It might be the chickens in your backyard, or on your roof if you live in a city. It might be the milk you buy … Continue reading
