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FROM THE BOARD: Liberty and A/C for All

Summertime, and the living is easy…because anything requiring effort might just make our heads explode. July is a time when those of us who try to hold off on air conditioning might crumble in our resolve. When days are hot as blazes and nights don’t bring significant relief, air conditioning is truly a magical thing. 

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Keeping Your Cool with Produce

Summer months in the Sacramento Valley and foothills bring day time temperatures from the upper 80’s to the low 100’s. Combine this with long hours, low humidity and increased activity, and you have the perfect recipe for dehydration, heat stroke, skin rashes, sunburn and other forms of inflammation. 

Fortunately nature has gifted us with ways minimize overheating and dehydration...

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FROM THE BOARD: On Being Local

Many of us that frequent our local food co-ops and local farmer’s markets are aware of our troubled industrial food system that exists today. What can we do as an individual, and how can we educate our family and friends that Being Local is the way to go? I’ve given a few ideas and ways to think about being local that may help others embrace the local movement.

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