‘Earthing’ as a Free, Easy and Incredibly Effective Way to Help You and your Children Get Healthy, and Stay Healthy

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By Marianne Graff, March 22, 2025 https://tinyurl.com/4zv7cet9 Moms (and Dads) reading this, take note! If you are tired of round after round of illness in your family, this could be a way to cure your family, and it’s so easy, and doesn’t cost a penny. I admit I put off watching this movie. For months. … Read more

How to Create a Food Forest within Four Years and Create Abundance Your Neighbourhood

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by Marianne Graff Published on March 6, 2025 Photo Credit: Andrew Millison, “How 8,000 Food Forests Grew Africa’s Great Green Wall” https://youtu.be/1LCTVO_Y5Rs?si=VTQYbaBOW6ac1TFd I just posted an article on Substack about a way to created food abundance in your neighbourhood for a few low cost, or for free. https://tinyurl.com/3ttdmbbn It’s an idea akin to ‘seed banking’ … Read more

Community Cooking Group in Quebec as an Alternative to a Food Bank

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By Marianne Graff Published on December 30,2024 I recently talked to Line Madore about a community group she is involved with in the Montreal area of the province of Quebec in Canada that is a sociable, fun and easy way to cut her grocery budget in half and get some tasty home made food. The … Read more

Microgreens:a Quick and Economical Solution to Supply Chain Issues

Microgreens Offer an Excellent Alternative to Lettuce and Spinach Visions of vivid green, and Spinach crisp and juicy microgreens sprang to mind last week after I noticed there was no lettuce or greens except avocados in the stores in Mexico where I live. Again. It has been a particularly wet, cool and long rainy season … Read more

Castor Oil: a Versatile and Often Overlooked Plant for Reducing Inflammation, Joint Stiffness and Pain

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The Castor plant is a prickly plant that grows wild besides ponds and rivers here in Mexico, and the people consider it a noxious weed. The Castor Oil is pressed out of the bean of the Ricinus communis/Palma Christi plant. Despite being considered a weedy nuisance, I have found it second to none for reducing … Read more