I love the holiday season. I love eggnog & whiskey, I love holiday parties for the festive atmosphere, the friends, and the food. I love everything about Christmas cookies, baking them, sharing them and eating them. I don’t actually love the powdered sugar explosions, but it’s almost inevetible this time of year! While I believe […]
Throughout my studies, I found the immune system to be the most difficult to fully understand. It seemed that every time I wanted to know more specifics about the inner workings of our immune system, I would be presented with more information that required more in depth research. In the end, I determined that this
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While September brought cooler mornings and evenings, it also sped up the passing of time and I’m trying to do everything possible to slow down and enjoy everything that makes fall a favorite time of year for so many. My oldest son will turn 16 this month and as he races towards the freedom that
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What a wild ride August has been! The kids went back to school, we held our first farm happy hour (which was great fun!), it has either been unreasonably hot with no precipitation or dumping inches of water over very short periods of time, and I have a chicken that finds it fun to fly
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August is upon us and the whirlwind that was summer break is coming to a close. I always have mixed feelings this time of year as I love to travel, I love watching my boys enjoy the freedom of a less hectic schedule, and I love the produce that is bountiful in my garden and
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Yesterday, my youngest son came to Table Root with us and his comment upon arriving was exactly the perspective I needed. With excitement in his eyes, he told me that it was really starting to look like a farm and that he had not been able to picture the property as a farm before. It
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I write my April update to you from North Carolina where we have ventured for a mountain biking spring break. Now that I have a farm to attend to, leaving home for 4 days has made me slightly anxious. I have been loving my daily trips over to Table Root to check on the progress
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So I don’t care what the groundhog says, spring is in the air and I’m embracing every warm breeze, green sprout and budding leaf. March marks one year since I offered my first communally cooked dinner and reflecting on the past year helps to put every bump in the road into perspective. Yesterday was a
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As I’ve discussed before, food science is an advanced industry that has the ability to address many issues that face global food and health challenges. Unfortunately, the ability to create a solution to every problem is not always in the best interest of an individual’s overall health. The first artificial sweetener, Saccharin, was originally synthesized
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I do not like to vilify foods, nor do I believe in putting any single food on a pedestal. I truly believe that consumption in moderation is right for most people. Many foods, even the acclaimed kale, are bad for you when eaten in excess. The difference with sugar, is that it’s much easier to
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