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Jenny Coon Peterson
I don’t even want to think what the girl sitting in front of me was feeling like. She was granola, wearing a long skirt, her head heavy with dreads that I imagine itched like crazy.

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Heide Brandes
Drinking vodka may not save the rain forest, but choosing the most environmentally friendly spirits can ease the carbon footprint hangover.

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Malena Lott
Oklahomans hungry for organic grocery stores will soon have their eco-friendly canvas bags overflowing with options.

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Greg Horton
The word “flexitarian” probably first appeared in Dawn Jackson Blatner’s 2008 book, The Flexitarian Diet. The idea was simple: Substitute a few meals each week with vegetarian-only entrées. Among the happy side effects Blatner listed were improved heart health, weight loss and a healthier planet.

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Greg Horton
Of the three main categories of booze — wine, beer and spirits —the former is by far the most difficult to produce organically, at least in the U.S. Thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s certification process, organic wines cannot contain added sulfites, which are chemicals added to wines to inoculate against bad bacteria.

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Jenn Scott

For the last several years, I’ve been carrying around a secret. I’d been covering it up regularly, but decided recently I didn’t want to live a lie anymore.