Earthkind podcast Giveaway | Rodale Email | August Update

Hey everyone, I just a quick in between interviews post today, an email from Rodale's, a giveaway opportunity from Earth Kind Podcast (https://www.awesomeearthkind.com/contests) and a SHORT update on our garden.

GIVEAWAY LINK: https://www.awesomeearthkind.com/contests (https://www.awesomeearthkind.com/contests)

Stay safe and let's get growing!

Jackie :-)

As the world reopens, a threat to our health still looms. 

What we eat, and how we grow it, is critical to maintaining our health as we seek to recover from a global pandemic.

By Jeff Moyer, Rodale Institute CEO

The world is slowly reopening—but the COVID-19 crisis isn’t over, and everyone still has concerns. While in many areas, the number of cases is decreasing, our health will remain in danger until we make a major change and paradigm shift.

That change is closer than you might think. It’s in your kitchen, your backyard garden, and at the farmers market you visit every weekend.

The solution is our soil and in our food. What we eat is critical to protecting our health, and our broken food system needs an overhaul.

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The coronavirus pandemic has focused the spotlight on the importance of health, immunity, and disease prevention. We watched as our medical systems became inundated with patients, while feeling helpless to support our own health in the face of an invisible threat.

As we return to a new normal, it is imperative that we stay vigilant about maintaining our health. Sales of organic food rose 16 percent in May (http://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=8RHu0lLVlvN0KQ98GROUnULS4Q8NU-2BHE2A-2BxsVgE2QQ4rhjw3EDplhqAtiWIz6-2BvTEOP9TPW-2FCMW-2Fna0NXF0w7LoMiRKfHNzc54wueyMMQcWPxn37FFaNASS6YJUzrUWN-2Bh7cadUfVyj5IlEbsZ-2Few-3D-3DNeY4_RVEqagGhG7hOprODlw5nvj2nGUJ6L8aPY5ZKhHgiEUyYoDJlpnd9J9BLWmYhVgACfs0-2BXwIxcdL-2FgMX5lbZOSaqPtstSMbzinfV-2BVBzRT9kZlZoAaL7l-2FIaf4kesRn1eQd2iTZ-2BsMn2iaQ3tZc-2FfF0f-2Bmt8sxk0cwSVWccXkXbyE-2BArEmPYtX3LQPlos6vjJAJxbaVeO0Gtb-2F4gvtJaJEUyizvkwcbGjUDyq-2BmcTzRi6Vc378kaZkDJMw02jpc1pV-2BVfd1cTBVMr6u73a4rKgGMPjuNd5bN5Y2ve2ScLT1ln-2BbQ7koDDgk7xKiWJijjphKcs7GfCJ-2B8fMUd83osnZdtTMhnOKNR-2BdBcRCuAB4mimjNDJBbkGhPQDMIKMV5R9AIgesjPFOQzhsQDNOIHL6Q-3D-3D) as consumers looked for ways to boost their immune systems. We cannot return to our industrial, chemical food system as the crisis recedes—a food system that is harming both people and the planet—and expect positive impacts on our personal health. We need resilient agriculture for the future. 

What we eat is directly related to how we feel and how we protect our health. So why have we allowed an agricultural system that sprays our food with chemicals, disproportionately harms vulnerable communities, and poisons our environment be the main source of food for our families? Why is our medical system so out of touch with the role that food plays in our physical health, prescribing pharmaceuticals for lifestyle diseases that create even more side effects and problems?

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For too long, farmers and doctors have been siloed while pursuing the same goal: keeping people healthy. Remember the grade school adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away?” It’s far past time that we bring these individuals, and professions, back together.

The path towards change can be found in Regenerative Healthcare. Regenerative organic food is free of the threat of chemicals like glyphosate, a probable carcinogen. At Rodale Institute, our research...