09 February 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Black History Month: Oral History Opps at BPL’s Macon Branch #bedstuy

StoryCorps is back for Black History Month @ Macon Library. Oral storytelling is one of the oldest traditions of preserving history, and it’s through these forms of conversation that important stories are passed down from generation to generation. Macon’s African-Atlantic Genealogy Society has partnered with StoryCorps to record and preserve your own intimate and important [...]

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03 February 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Sucks to be back

A couple of weeks ago I attended the NOFA-NY winter conference in Saratoga Springs, NY. I had a great time getting to meet farmers and industry folk, and I am looking forward to maintaining the connections I made. I love traveling, although lately it seems I’m doing less and less of that and I hope [...]

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11 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Upcoming: Youth Bike Summit, New York, NY

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Youth Bike Summit, January 14-16th 2011 New York , NY TO REGISTER: http://youthbikesummit.eventbrite.com/ For more information, please go to: http://www.recycleabicycle.org/node/441 ADMISSION: $10.00 per person for the three-day event TO REGISTER: http://youthbikesummit.eventbrite.com WHEN: Friday, January 14 – Sunday January 16, 2011 WHERE: The New School, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011 DESCRIPTION: [...]

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10 January 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Integrative Nutrition Coaches Have More Fun

From our nearly two decades of experience graduating 10,000+ health coaches we’ve noticed a trend. Most students had one or two burning questions that stood between them and their decision to be a part of our program.

So how about YOU? Do you have something you’d like to know?

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05 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought, Dec 5, 2010

The map is not the territory. ~Alfred Korzybski

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03 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Dec 9th Webinar: Empowering Mothers to Choose What’s Best for Babes

To breastfeed or not to breastfeed? That is the question many mothers face. But why is it that something so natural often ends up the center of controversy? Mothers who chose to breastfeed may brave embarrassed looks in public. Mothers who choose not to breastfeed are sometimes given scornful glances by those who disagree with [...]

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03 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Open House Weekend at Pure Yoga with IIN

Institute for Integrative Nutrition has teamed up with Pure Yoga to bring you an exclusive Open House this weekend where you are invited to take a complimentary yoga class in one of their two beautiful Manhattan locations. Named “Best Yoga” by New York Magazine, Pure Yoga offers over 100 classes a week for beginners and [...]

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02 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Meaningful Holiday Gift Ideas for Everyone

I so love this time of year: Never ending to-do lists, overcrowded stores, stressed out friends and family, and that more month-at-the-end-of-the-money that leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. Fun times! For the past five years, I have been handing out christmas gift vouchers to release friends and family from the rush and stress [...]

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01 December 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Ring in The New You with a $500 Scholarship

I found Institute for Integrative Nutrition about 8 years ago when I was sick and tired of being sick and tired all of the time and wanted to stop being doped up with sinus allergy meds and hormone drugs to regulate my reproductive health issues. It would be about 3 more years before I enrolled, [...]

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16 November 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Foodworks: A Vision to Improve NYC’s Food System

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If you’re interested in building a more secure and regional food system that ensures everyone have access to fresh, affordable, and nutritious food, then you don’t want to miss this event hosted by NYC Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn. Foodworks: A Vision to Improve NYC’s Food System Speaker Christine C. Quinn will release her “Foodworks” [...]

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24 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

The Lighter Side: Hungover Owls

From Hungover Owls: Thanks @meredithmo

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01 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought: August 1, 2010

“To truly know the world, look deeply within your own being; to truly know yourself, take real interest in the world.” ~Rudolf Steiner

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25 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought, July 25, 2010

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live. ~Flora Whittemore

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24 July 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Taste of Summer: Basil Lemonade

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After trying this at the only Thai restaurant in Manhattan that makes it, I never ordered the ubiquitous iced tea from them again. Actually, I never ordered anything else from them again. I don’t know how they make it and I’ve never actually looked up the recipe, but, my version tastes almost like the real [...]

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18 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought, July 18, 2010

“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” ~ Bruce Lee

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11 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought, July 11, 2010

I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not complete this last one but I give myself to it. -Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)

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04 July 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought 7/4/2010

You know what you know, but you have know idea what you don’t know. ~Dr. Phil

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27 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Food for Thought 6/27/2010

The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. Of course, women so empowered are dangerous. So we are taught to separate the erotic from most vital areas of our lives other than sex. ~ [...]

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12 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Need Something to Do This Weekend? 6/12-13

Time to get off the computer and out of the house! After you scroll the list of upcoming events first, of course. Be sure to come back and let me know which event you attended and what you thought of it. More than a few of these events may contain your favorite word (FREE). So [...]

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03 June 2010 ~ 4 Comments

The Remedy is The Revolution

What path do you follow when your mother is the foremost authority on womb healing, fasting, and other health concerns that affect black American communities? What happens to your sense of self when your mother makes you drink green juices, won’t buy you junk food, and has you give up all food for days at [...]

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