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With the surging popularity of local farmers markets, local farms are creating a new business model for success.

It’s been a while since we linked to some of the news articles that have caught our attention.  Here are a few that we’ve read that you may have missed.

Many of us wake up daily feeling foggy, groggy, or like we cannot seem to clear our head enough to start the day with out a kick in the pants from some caffeine. In fact, in our go-go-go society doesn’t tolerate a mentality that thinks it is okay to take a break. For many of us who feel like we are scheduled within an inch of our lives, or have a young baby at home, are a care giver for an elderly family member, or any other myriad of scenarios, here are a few suggestions.

Here’s an article from my local newspaper that is near and dear to our hearts here at Benedictine Healing Products.  For those of you who have visited Martha’s garden, you may have noticed that we have a couple of bee hives near our aviary.  Not only is the honey delicious, but bees are a crucial part to the health and productivity of our gardens and farms.

Many of us deal with some common issues in our daily life. It is easy to over medicate and treat the symptom instead of dealing with the underlying problem. If you’re looking to avoid prescription drugs and want an alternative treatment, the following herbs may be your solution.

I don’t want to make most of the content of this blog political, but with our current political climate and some of the initiatives that are being pushed through state and federal legislative bodies, it is hard to keep from mentioning them. 

I think most of the country has had a very unusual winter season, not that I’m complaining too terribly much.  Any winter with as little snow as we’ve had here in Ohio is good in my book.  I’m currently enjoying temperatures in the mid-60s which is unusual at this time of year.  My garden isn’t too terribly interesting at this point, I could post pictures of bare trees or beds that are cleaned up for winter but no one wants to see that.  Instead, I’ll post a few photos taken by my dad in my parents garden.

It’s time for another collection of articles from around the web that I’ve found interesting, so let’s dive right in.

Traditionally, February is one of the coldest months of the year where I live, but our winter has felt like anything but.  I think we have gotten a grand total of three or four inches of snow all winter which doesn’t hurt my feelings at all, having grown up in California, but has left my husband grumbling.  He doesn’t think it is winter without a foot or two of snow on the ground.  Despite how warm it has been, it seems like everyone has been sick anyway.  I think it is especially easy for those of us who live in a cold winter climate to forget that temperature isn’t the only contributing factor to getting sick.

A couple weeks ago a petition requesting that Obama cut FDA ties to Monsanto made the rounds.  Here is an article on the subject as well as a link to the petition.  If you have not already, please consider signing it.