Pick Your Own

My fall tradition, for the past seven years has been going to Larriland Farms in Howard County, MD. This year, I am thrilled to bring my two sons! It's a beautiful farm full of fresh fruits, vegetables, and wildflowers. You can pick your own from May-November every year.

Coming in October will be their famous pumpkin patches, amazing apple orchards, broccoli fields, straw maze, hay rides, and homemade apple cider. You and your family will have the best time there, guaranteed!

Here are some pictures from my son, Aiden's first time at Larriland.

For more information, be sure to visit www.pickyourown.com

Have fun!

Dr. M

The Green Festival is coming!

Washington DC Green Festival


Making positive change in our communities!


Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11


Washington Convention Center 


www.greenfestivals.org



We always hear that it’s easy being green. How come we never hear how fun it is? Join us at Green Festival for a great variety of fun and educational activities for the entire family:

• Delicious organic meals and snacks available all day—yum!

• Kids of all ages can explore the Organic Valley Green Kids’ Zone. Youths 18 and younger get in FREE!

• Your older kids will want to check out the Green Teen Pavilion, featuring safe cosmetics, make-your-own T-shirt shopping bags, and the latest in all-electric scooters and motorcycles.

• Sample organic, Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate—they really do taste better.

• Find out what’s working in our communities and communities a world away at the Fair Trade Pavilion.

• Dig in to the 13 insightful workshops at the Green Home Pavilion, where you’ll learn the best tips and tricks to go green and save green—for apartments, condos or houses.

• Enjoy live, local music all weekend.

• Meet your neighbors at the Community Action Center to get the scoop on the issues affecting your community, and learn more about green jobs.

• In our unique Green Marketplace with more than 350 green businesses, it’s easy go green, support the local economy and find that perfect something for that someone special.

• Take in happy hour at the organic beer and wine garden.

• Enjoy the yoga and dance classes for the whole family!

Visionary Speakers include . . .
Dr. Cornel West, Ed Begley, Jr., Amy Goodman, John Perkins, Lester Brown, Joel Salatin, Dolores Huerta, Eleanor Smeal, Medea Benjamin, Stuart Pimm, Otto Scharmer, Naomi Davis, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., David Orr, Kevin Danaher, Alisa Gravitz, Alan Greene, MD, and many more

PLUS...
It’s time to think holidays, and you’ll find exceptional deals on great gifts! Check out thousands of eco-friendly products and services screened for their commitment to people and the planet—everything from natural body products and organic cotton clothing to Fair Trade gifts and sustainable home remodeling materials.

Also available for you to get the most of your Green Festival experience: Green Festival Bookstore and Author Signings – ASL Interpretation – Electronics Recycling

To see the entire program of events, workshops, speakers and exhibitors - download the program guide at www.greenfestivals.org/downloads.



All at a nearly zero-waste event!

Live Green and Have Fun!

Dr. M

pH: The Numbers Don't Lie!

The pH of our bodily fluids is the key to understanding how healthy or unhealthy we are.  pH balancing is a measure of acidity and alkalinity. Everything can be measured on the pH scale with 1 being the most acidic, 14 being the most alkaline and 7, in the middle, is neutral.

Disease and inflammation can only exist in an acidic body. This is absolutely vital for us to understand. It doesn’t matter how many generations that have gone before you have had cancer or some other life threatening disease. If your body is in balance, that disease cannot exist in your body. The reason that so many people are suffering in this country with debilitating and life threatening diseases is that our bodies are so acidic.

Surely in America we should be eradicating disease. We should be boasting the best health in the world, but despite the billions of dollars that go into medical research, technology and hospitals each year, the health of this nation is in massive decline.

The reason is this. The acid-alkaline balance of our body is dependent on two primary factors; stress and nutrition, and here in America we are terrible at both!  Stress has an incredibly acidic effect on our bodies, creating an environment that invites sickness and disease. Also, the food we eat has either an acidic, neutral or alkaline effect on our bodies. When the bulk of our food has an acidic effect, the repercussions can be devastating.

The most acid forming foods and substances include; meat, dairy, sugar, most grains, most nuts, junk food, processed food, soda, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, chemical additives, preservatives, drugs and medications, synthetic vitamins.

Cooking our foods also makes them more acidic. Unfortunately, the Standard American Diet (SAD) is ridiculously high in extremely acid forming foods. The ideal diet would be 80% raw or lightly steamed vegetables and fruits, and 20% acid forming foods. Just take a look at your plate over the next week and see how close you get to these percentages. We do need some acid forming foods but just not in the quantities that most people consume them.

Once your body is in balance, symptoms of pain, sickness and depression can start to be naturally alleviated. Chasing symptoms doesn’t address the underlying cause. pH balancing gets to the root of the problem. It really is as simple as that!

Be well, Eat well, Live well,

Dr. M