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Arugula to Fight the Holiday Bloat
The holidays are here! And the air is swirling about with cookie recipes, buttered everything, and dreams of figgy pudding (I honestly...

Blair Doucette
Dec 7, 20212 min read
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Reduce Toxins in your Home
As the winter winds blow this way, we start to shut ourselves in a bit more. We turn inward and focus our attention on our homes and our...

Blair Doucette
Nov 30, 20214 min read
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Surviving Holiday Feasts
The holidays are a time of warmth and re-connection with family members and old friends. Yet for many of us, lurking behind a table set...

Blair Doucette
Nov 23, 20212 min read
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Fall Is the Best Time to Try Out Our Native Plate Series
Autumn is the beginning of a rest period on a farm. The shorter, cooler days lessen our fields’ growing potential and the season’s bounty...

Blair Doucette
Nov 16, 20212 min read
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Community Eating Farm to Fork
While trying to simplify and make chores and life more streamlined, modern technology has also, unfortunately, helped cut the ties that...

Blair Doucette
Nov 9, 20213 min read
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Health Benefits of Partaking in Social Events
As we creep into the darker and colder months of winter, it’s even more essential to remember the importance of prioritizing our social...

Blair Doucette
Oct 26, 20212 min read
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The Mediterranean Diet & Eating from the Heart
If you’ve read my last two blog posts on the Mediterranean diet you’ll know by now that a key component of following this lifestyle is...

Blair Doucette
Oct 19, 20213 min read
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Health Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
As functional medicine becomes more mainstream, I’m so happy to hear of more health programs being developed around prescribing...

Blair Doucette
Oct 12, 20213 min read
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A Little Intro Into the Mediterranean Diet
Have you ever heard of functional medicine? Maybe you have - I’ve mentioned it a few times in past blogs - but it’s basically the concept...

Blair Doucette
Oct 5, 20213 min read
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Fall Reflection
The air has lost its denseness and now there’s a particular crispness to the afternoon breezes. The sun angle has gotten lower and the...

Blair Doucette
Sep 28, 20213 min read
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Benefits of Eating and Sharing Meals with Community
While last year felt like the universe may have hit the pause button in most of our lives, this year things seem to feel like they’re...

Blair Doucette
Sep 21, 20213 min read
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Multi-Sensory Eating
Did you know that we begin to digest our food before the first bite ever even touches our lips? Using our senses to cook and eat our...

Blair Doucette
Sep 14, 20213 min read
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Virginia Farm Flavors: Burgess Buttercup Squash
Have you met the Burgess Buttercup squash yet? If you haven’t, you should. With a beautiful blend of flavors reminiscent of a blend...

Blair Doucette
Sep 7, 20212 min read
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Herbal Support For Your Everyday
Going for a stroll is a healing activity by itself. It helps support healthy heart function, improves balance and coordination, and if...

Blair Doucette
Aug 24, 20214 min read
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Edamame: A Controversial Health Food
Edamam-YAY! Edamame, what is it? Have you seen this beautiful legume that has recently been added to the farm stands? Edamame is a type...

Blair Doucette
Aug 17, 20213 min read
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Farm Update: Summer Wrap-Up
As the calendar pages flip by, it might be a good time to share a little end-of-summer update from the farm. Although the sun is high,...

Blair Doucette
Aug 10, 20213 min read
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Marjoram Medicinal Benefits
Learning about beneficial herbs and their medicinal properties is probably one of my favorite things to do (I know, I’m wild). Most of...

Blair Doucette
Aug 3, 20213 min read
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What Woodside Farms Offers
As a more consistent growing pattern emerges from the depths of winter, we’ll be able to switch back to our twice-a-week farm stands!...
knease1
Mar 30, 20212 min read
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Check Out Our Farm Stands
Our first farm stand of the season is coming up! We’re getting so excited. With the return of the farm stand, we’re also welcoming back...
knease1
Mar 24, 20212 min read
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Visit The Garden at Woodside Farms
In the morning, as the sun is just beginning to rise high enough in the sky to cast a soft pink light onto everything, the spring peepers...
knease1
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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