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Healthy Habits: The Push for Plant-Based Food in Hospitals

Motherhood Moments

Optimal hospital care includes serving plant - based foods to assist patients on their road to recovery while in the hospital and informing patients of the benefits of a plant - based diet beyond their hospital stay. Why is it important for hospitals to offer plant-based food options? You can learn more in this interview.

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Receiving SNAP Benefits? Use Them To Plant a Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, what I’m guessing that many don’t know is that SNAP benefits can be used to buy seeds to plant vegetables and fruits in a home garden. Sadly, research shows that SNAP benefits rarely last recipients the entire month. “SNAP benefits don’t last most participants the whole month.

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Consumer Critique: marie Originals Sinus Relief

Motherhood Moments

Marie Originals , a leading brand of plant-based, OTC healthcare products, has a Sinus Relief that utilizes plant-based ingredients including: Eucalyptus–ease nasal congestion Rosemary– soothe sinus inflammation Peppermint– provide cooling relief I had a chance to try out the sinus relief.

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World Wisdom - Budget-Friendly, Sustainable Spring Break Ideas

Motherhood Moments

This is important since P+PB research shows that 95% of Americans say they recycle to some extent but fewer than half know the basics of recycling,” explained Mary Anne Hansan, President, P+PB. When done, decorate the paper and give as gifts or plant and watch the seeds sprout. Get plane making tips here.

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Tips for Beginner Gardeners

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Call me naïve, but when we first bought our home in 2012, I thought that all I needed to know about gardening is that I needed to water my plants and make sure the weeds don’t get overgrown. We have many different plants, shrubs, bushes and trees because the family who owned it in the 1990s owned a garden center down the road.

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Healthy Habits: EWG's 2023 Shopper's Guide to Produce

Motherhood Moments

In 2015, malathion was classified as probably carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The health risks posed by pesticides Pesticides are toxic by design, created expressly to kill living organisms – insects, plants and fungi considered “pests.” and international government agencies.

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Natural Solutions for Garden Pests

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We planted our first in-the-ground vegetable garden this year. The previous person who lived here owned a nursery, so there are a whole bunch of beautiful plants and flowering shrubs all around the property. He picked plants that would provide the property with a continuous bloom. Chlorophyll to plants is like blood to humans.

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