Part 1. It's the middle of February and it feels like spring outside. It even smells like spring. I can smell the dirt and leaf mold which makes me want to get my hands dirty. This mild weather won't last but it's been a treat.  I couldn't help but look at photos from last summer's gardens and dream. I've been planning my garden layout and making a list of seeds to be purchased. My favorite seeds from High Mowing Seeds, they can be found at the Co-op. I still had to order a f

I wasn’t much of a tea drinker before I got cancer: I was a Starbucks Iced Mocha person (all the caffeine please!). One of the steps before chemotherapy is meeting with the Oncology nutritionist, and as it turns out tea, particularly green tea, is on the American Cancer Research Institute’s list of anti-cancer superfoods. Green tea has a specific antioxidant, epigallocatechtin gallate which is being researched for its cellular-level healing properties. It works like a little

Recently while scrolling on social media I came upon several creators talking about pickle lemonade and as a lover of all things pickled...

Spiral Food Co-op has been asking folks to round up to the nearest dollar at checkout for many years to support local nonprofits, but...