How Mindfulness Can Help Diabetes
Many of us know by now that mindfulness practices, like yoga and meditation, have positive health benefits. But if you’re like me, you might
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bdoucette7
- Nov 21
- 4 min
Your Winter Herbal Cupboard
Now, as the daylight hours crawl into bed earlier and the fields hunker down for the winter, we find ourselves nestling in with a blanket or
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Blair Doucette
- Nov 15
- 3 min
Fall on the Farm & Ways to Stay Healthy
We’re so fortunate to live where we do, with easy access to the city and a major interstate that could get us just about anywhere, yet tucke
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bdoucette7
- Oct 18
- 3 min
The Health Benefits of Taking Breaks Outdoors
breaks, especially outside, has been shown to lead to healthier and happier lives, as well as contribute to increased overall production
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bdoucette7
- Sep 28
- 2 min
Make With The Oom-Pah-Pah!
Thirsty for a good time? An Oktoberfest-shaped slice of Bavaria is coming to the farm on Saturday, October 15th from 10 am-2 pm.
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bdoucette7
- Sep 21
- 5 min
A Few Easy Fall Rituals
What is the Autumnal Equinox? The Autumnal Equinox is technically the first day of fall, which arrives this year on Thursday, September 22nd
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bdoucette7
- Sep 8
- 6 min
What To Do With Extra Okra and Green Beans
We’re up to our eyeballs in okra and green beans here on the farm to the point where we almost can’t see an end in sight.
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bdoucette7
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Woodside Farms & Your Everyday Life
Since Woodside Farms opened its farm gates in 2018, there have been a lot of changes - a lot...
Update on Woodside Farms
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bdoucette7
- Aug 23
- 4 min
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 2
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- May 17
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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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Blair Doucette
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Community Supported Agriculture
Can you believe it’s almost May? I don’t even know how this happened. Just last week the temperatures were down in the 30s and I was...
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Blair Doucette
- Apr 12
- 3 min
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 22
- 3 min
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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