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bdoucette7
Aug 23, 20224 min read
Optimal Nutrition & Real Food
So, if I were to boil everything that I learned in grad school about optimal nutrition down to just one small concept it would be: eat real
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bdoucette7
Aug 9, 20223 min read
Natural Medicine Around the Farm
did you know that these tiny golden flowers that look as though they're tumbling out of the woods are actually filled with medicine? The pla
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bdoucette7
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Stop and Smell The Kale - The Health Benefits of Gardening
Gardening, along with volunteering on a farm (ahem, like at Woodside Farms), can have many health and therapeutic benefits.
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bdoucette7
Jul 22, 20222 min read
The Hanover Tomato, Central Virginia’s Most Famous Ingredient
Since these tomato seeds are planted deep into the Hanover soil, each and every tomato that is produced on this farm is a Hanover Tomato. No
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bdoucette7
Jul 14, 20223 min read
Our World and Microplastics - What can we do?
A few years ago, the world began to take note of the ever-more-present composition of plastics in our oceans. We began to notice what are...
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bdoucette7
Jul 6, 20223 min read
CSA Members: The Seeds That Grow Our Farm
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs blossomed in a post-Green Revolution world. The Green Revolution is a model of farming...
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bdoucette7
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Pause for Purslane
Here we go, I’m very excited! I was introduced to purslane as a somewhat beneficial weed while working here at Woodside Farms my first...
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bdoucette7
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Trust Your Gut
You know that gut feeling you get when something is wrong? Or those butterflies that flit around your stomach when you get nervous? There’s
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bdoucette7
Jun 1, 20223 min read
The Surprisingly Wonderful Benefits of Boredom
When was the last time you were bored? Not just sitting down to watch a re-run bored, but the type of bored where you have zero...
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bdoucette7
May 24, 20224 min read
Naturopathic-based Practices for Covid Care
Two years and some change into this global pandemic and it seems we've come to the understanding that this virus is here to stay. With...
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bdoucette7
May 17, 20224 min read
It's Important To Know Where Your Food Comes From
Do you know where your food comes from? That seems like a rather simple question. But if you were to open your refrigerator right now and...
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bdoucette7
May 10, 20223 min read
The Pawsitive Effects of Pet Ownership
There’s almost nothing better than curling up on a rainy day or a stormy night with your favorite furry friend. Our pets become more like...
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bdoucette7
May 3, 20223 min read
The Many Health Benefits of Living the Farm Life
Around 12,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors stopped migrating to where the food was and began growing their own. This was the...
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bdoucette7
Apr 19, 20223 min read
Natural Remedies For Arthritis
“Arthritis” is actually the general term for joint inflammation. However, when most of us use it, we often are referring to...
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Blair Doucette
Apr 12, 20223 min read
Pickle for your thoughts ~ What’s the *dill* with pickles?
Pickles! Glorious pickles! A farmer or gardener’s pantry is usually built on the back of pickles. I really do love to peek in and see...
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Blair Doucette
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Financial Health
Something I learned in nutrition school is that health comes in every size and shape and that to be truly healthy, we need to look at...
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Blair Doucette
Mar 28, 20223 min read
Why Live in an Agri-Community?
At Cornerstone Homes, we believe that a lifestyle focused on your health and wellness is just as important as the home itself. And this...
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Blair Doucette
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Drink More Water
The sun! It’s out and it’s glorious! Absolutely everything about my mood changes for the better as soon as the sun’s out. But with great...
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Blair Doucette
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Woodside Wellness Chats
This is the one week in March that will probably forever stick out in my mind, as a big week with a lot of important dates. At least,...
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Blair Doucette
Mar 8, 20223 min read
Natural Allergy Remedies
As the sun has been increasingly shining its bright face out from behind the clouds of winter, we’ve seen over the last week or so, an...
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