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It is Time to Eat Your Fresh Local Fruits and Vegetable!

June 4, 2012 By Denine 1 Comment

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June is the month to start shopping for local foods from local farms in the West Georgia Atlanta area. The local Douglasville, Georgia Farmers Market that I go to is a very small and fairly new. … [Read more...]

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It’s Spring Time! Time for Community Gardening!

April 15, 2012 By Denine 1 Comment

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It is that time again to play in the dirt! April is National Garden Month where every community, organizations and individuals nationwide is starting to toil the soil and nurturing their plants. … [Read more...]

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Ring in the New Year 2012 with the African Heritage Diet Pyramid

January 8, 2012 By Denine 2 Comments

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This is the month to start New Year resolutions such eating healthy, losing weight, stop eating out every day and cook more at home. I had the chance of being invited to a nutritional webinar from … [Read more...]

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Happy Kwanzaa Time!

December 11, 2011 By Denine Leave a Comment

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During the week of December 26th thru January 1st, 2012 is a long seven day ceremony of bountiful feasts, storytelling, music, dance and rich symbolism serves as a window to the African heritage - … [Read more...]

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