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3 (Fun and Easy) Health Habits for the New Year!

3 (Fun and Easy) Health Habits for the New Year!

Growing and Juicing Wheatgrass If you’re not familiar with growing and juicing wheatgrass, I’m sure you’ve at least heard about the practice. It may seem strange to some folks at first to be juicing and drinking trays of grass grown...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jan 3, 2017  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  living foods ,  nutrition ,  sprouting ,  trace minerals
Jan 3, 2017  ·  2 min read
January: A Time for Planning

January: A Time for Planning

When the cold winds of January sweep over us, we know it’s time to start planning that spring garden. We break out the gardening journal (if you don’t use a gardening journal, we recommend that you do) and draw-up plans...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jan 2, 2017  ·  3 min read  ·  1  ·  gardening ,  living foods
Jan 2, 2017  ·  3 min read
A Long Winter: Cover Crops

A Long Winter: Cover Crops

Winter is coming! And we know what that means—it is time to rejuvenate your soil with cover crops. It is a bit late in the season to plant and expect immediate results, unless you’re planting cold hardy grain, like Winter...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Nov 2, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  gardening ,  tips
Nov 2, 2016  ·  2 min read
Some Random (but Useful) Thoughts on Winter Squash

Some Random (but Useful) Thoughts on Winter Squash

Did you know the “winter” in winter squash refers to the period of time it is stored and not the period of time it is grown as many may assume. That’s just one of the little things that may be...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Oct 4, 2016  ·  1 min read  ·  0  ·  gardening ,  vegan ,  vegetarian
Oct 4, 2016  ·  1 min read
2016 Scholarship Winner Angelina Bernardini - Cucumbers

2016 Scholarship Winner Angelina Bernardini - Cucumbers

Written by Angelina Bernardini - Winner of the 2016 Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship! Cucumbers come from the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, and have been consumed by humans since growing wild in India around 3000 BCE. Soon after domestication, they spread across Asia,...
Ashleigh Smith Ashleigh Smith
Sep 6, 2016  ·  4 min read  ·  0
Sep 6, 2016  ·  4 min read
Biological Control as an Alternative to Pesticide Use

Biological Control as an Alternative to Pesticide Use

Written by Kaitlin Miller – Winner of the 2016 Demetrios Agathangelides Scholarship! When it comes to pesticides, many farmers try to limit its use as it tends to accumulate in the soil and plant tissue with the possibility of becoming...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Sep 2, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  1  ·  gardening ,  pesticides
Sep 2, 2016  ·  2 min read
The Year-Round Herb Garden

The Year-Round Herb Garden

“What’s the big deal with fresh herbs?” Some folks say. “I can get a plethora of the same herbs (and more) at my local grocery or specialty foods store.” Yes, this is true. There are more dried-herb options at stores,...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Aug 24, 2016  ·  1 min read  ·  0  ·  gardening ,  herbs
Aug 24, 2016  ·  1 min read
What Secrets Are Mushrooms Hiding?

What Secrets Are Mushrooms Hiding?

You may not know it, but mushrooms are keeping secrets from you—a hoard of culinary and nutritional secrets. It’s fairly common knowledge that mushrooms are high in protein, making them a perfect meat substitute, and that they tend to add...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Aug 17, 2016  ·  1 min read  ·  0  ·  mushrooms ,  vegan ,  vegetarian
Aug 17, 2016  ·  1 min read
How Fermented Foods can Support a Healthy Digestion

How Fermented Foods can Support a Healthy Digestion

Like me, some of you may have experienced the discomfort of a sluggish digestion, feeling a bloating sensation throughout the stomach and lower bowels. Others of you may be plagued with sporadic to frequent heartburn. In the past, I tried...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jul 20, 2016  ·  4 min read  ·  0  ·  living foods ,  vegan ,  vegetarian ,  whole foods
Jul 20, 2016  ·  4 min read
Rewards of Patience

Rewards of Patience

“That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more.” –Charles Bukowski Patience is a virtue. Of course, we hear this phrase all the time. But if we...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jul 5, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  gardening ,  living foods
Jul 5, 2016  ·  2 min read
Dehydration: Thoughts, Tips, and Recipes

Dehydration: Thoughts, Tips, and Recipes

Eating raw doesn’t have to be boring or tasteless as some may lead you to believe. Health benefits aside, the truth is that “cooking” with raw foods can be a creative way to mix and enhance flavors, and that the...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jun 8, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  living foods ,  raw foods ,  vegan ,  vegetarian
Jun 8, 2016  ·  2 min read
Improving Productivity Through Sprouts

Improving Productivity Through Sprouts

Written By Jordan Freytag In our modern world, the lunch hour is one of the easiest meals to consume starchy foods like fries and pasta, which are full of carbs and refined sugars. “We are going out to lunch!” at...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jun 2, 2016  ·  4 min read  ·  0  ·  living foods ,  nutrition ,  raw foods ,  sprouting
Jun 2, 2016  ·  4 min read
Getting the Most Out of Your Spring Harvest!

Getting the Most Out of Your Spring Harvest!

The coattails of spring welcome additional responsibilities for the gardener as the temperatures rise and as the air becomes drier. The gardener must be sure their crops are drinking enough water but not drowning in it. The gardener also must...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Jun 1, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  gardening ,  living foods ,  tips
Jun 1, 2016  ·  2 min read
The Master Communicators

The Master Communicators

Flowers are among nature’s most important, beautiful, complex, and symbolic creations. They are like antennae that transmit messages to the natural world through colors and patterns, and fragrances that let the insects and birds know where the nectar is. For...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
May 18, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  flowers ,  gardening ,  tips ,  vegan
May 18, 2016  ·  2 min read
Detox: The Storm Within

Detox: The Storm Within

When the April showers turn to trickles and the sun emerges with the slate clouds overhead, I can’t help but relish in the rainbows that are born from such a transition. Just last week, a tyrannical rainstorm passed over my...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
May 18, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  detox ,  whole foods
May 18, 2016  ·  2 min read
The Power of Flowers

The Power of Flowers

The Power of Flowers I'm sure we've all seen the positive influence flowers can have in our surroundings and communities. We’ve noticed the profound change that can happen to the community when hanging baskets and box planters of flowers are...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
May 5, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  compost ,  flowers ,  gardening
May 5, 2016  ·  2 min read
Tips for Encouraging Kids to Garden!

Tips for Encouraging Kids to Garden!

Tips for Encouraging Kids to Garden! Teaching children about gardening not only will increase their knowledge about plant biology and the Earth but will increase their self-esteem and self-confidence. At times, it can become a difficult task to get your...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
May 5, 2016  ·  1 min read  ·  0  ·  flowers ,  gardening
May 5, 2016  ·  1 min read
5 Flowers to Grow This Spring!

5 Flowers to Grow This Spring!

5 Flowers to Grow This Spring! “[Flowers] are important,” says former Director of Disney’s Horticulture and Environmental Initiative, Katy Moss, “they make you feel good.” Here at MVSeeds.com, we couldn’t agree more. We believe that being in the company of...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Apr 20, 2016  ·  3 min read  ·  0  ·  flowers ,  gardening
Apr 20, 2016  ·  3 min read
4 Reasons Why Mushrooms are Food’s Best Kept Secret

4 Reasons Why Mushrooms are Food’s Best Kept Secret

Super high in protein—the PERFECT meat replacement!Mushrooms are naturally high in protein, making them a perfect nutritional replacement for meat. Some mushrooms, such as Lion’s Mane and Shiitake, have a firm texture which has a firm texture like meat. Even...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Mar 16, 2016  ·  1 min read  ·  0  ·  mushrooms ,  nutrition ,  vegan ,  vegetarian
Mar 16, 2016  ·  1 min read
The Ant's Advice

The Ant's Advice

The Ant's Advice We are all probably familiar with Aesop’s fable, The Ant and the Grasshopper, in one form or another: A grasshopper sings one summer day when an ant passes by, carrying a great ear of corn. “Come sing...
Jordan Freytag Jordan Freytag
Mar 16, 2016  ·  2 min read  ·  0  ·  food storage ,  raw foods ,  tips ,  whole foods
Mar 16, 2016  ·  2 min read
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