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<p>Jackie Skrypnek is a holistic nutritionist. She lives in Cochrane, Alberta, where she practises permaculture and operates an urban tiny house bed and breakfast.</p>

When it comes to how our food makes its way from field to plate, corporate interests tend to take priority over what’s best for growers, consumers, and the planet. Explore our current food supply chains along with more sustainable alternatives.

Food Supply

Protect our planet better. Sustainability is the foundation of natural health. We teach you how to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, one step at a time, because a healthier planet means a healthier you.

Sustainability

March can be a challenging time of year, suspended somewhere between ski season and spring flowers. Discover how the natural world can guide us to a healthier, happier relationship with this little&#x2d;loved time of year.

Nature

Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

Compared to year&#x2d;round sourcing of food from far&#x2d;flung locales, the benefits of eating more locally and seasonally are pretty compelling. Explore practical ways to bring a more place&#x2d;based ethic to your diet.

Eating Locally

sustainable

Increasingly, we’re turning to botanicals to address our health concerns, be it through foods, drinks, or supplements. Discover how the marketing measures up to the science and what to be aware of when looking for safe and effective plant remedies.

botanicals

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Anxiety and depression affect a huge number of Americans each year, yet for many, the conventional treatments fall short. Find out how cannabis and psychedelics are emerging as potential allies in our quest for effective mental health remedies.

Depression

Organic, hydroponic, regenerative … the landscape of food production is changing and so are the certifications. Explore the role soil should play in it all and how to navigate the choices for both people and planet.

Organic Agriculture

While it may still be chilly outside, March is the ideal time to plan and prepare for the growing season ahead. Find out what you need to get started, why, and when.

Gardening

If we want a food system that’s clean, fair, and sustainable, then we can’t leave seeds out of it. Learn the surprising, often&#x2d;forgotten importance of these little carriers of life, along with ways you can exercise seed sovereignty yourself.

Environment

gardens

Not only are trees our breathing counterparts—our exhalations fuel them and vice versa—but we have evolved together over millennia, our lives becoming so entwined we may fail to notice all of the ways these great trunked beings serve us.

Jackie Skrypnek

15 POSTS AUTHORED BY JACKIE SKRYPNEK

The Links That Feed Us

March … to Nature’s Rhythm

Keeping It Local While Keepin’ It Real

Better Botanicals

The Botanical Boom

Plant Allies for Mental Health

Organic Has Company

Tips for Growing Your Own Garden

Exercising Your Seed Sovereignty for a Better Food System

Grow Your Sustainable and Organic Gardening Knowledge

Gardening's Good for What Ails You

Trees