Ellen Niemer is a former editor and frequent contributor at alive.

Forest Bathing

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

A community project for urban dwellers

Bev Yaworski is a writer who has worked for an organic food company and an environmental agency.

Gardening

Falls the best time to plant

Renee Blackstone is a freelance journalist and a regular alive contributor.

Digging in the dirt without getting sick

Sheryl Normandeau is a garden writer from Calgary.

Best vegetables for small gardens

Graduating to green thumb

Don't be keen to clean

Dr. Gillian Flower is a naturopathic doctor at the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre and counsels her patients in the judicious use of natural supplements.

Natural lawn care

Food is medicine. It all starts here. We create recipes with functional, whole organic ingredients that nourish your body and feed your soul. 

Food

Lunar wisdom for your eden

Lucretia Schanfarber researches and writes on health topics. She lives simply and gardens organically on Quadra and Cortes Islands with her husband.

Agriculture for the future

Vancouver writer Trudy Peskett is especially interested in health and environmental issues.

Michelle Hancock is a frequent contributor to alive.

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

Health

Pamela Irving is a lifestyle journalist who writes about all things green, from spa visits to local cuisine.

Injuries

Wine

Julie Ferraro is a certified horticulturist from Barrie, Ontario.

Steve Meyerowitz (1950-2015) was the author of several books including <a href="http://amzn.to/2nnxSaT" target="_blank">Wheatgrass: Nature's Finest Medicine</a>, <a href="http://amzn.to/2mllk2M" target="_blank">Power Juices Super Drinks</a>, and <a href="http://amzn.to/2mU23Zz" target="_blank">Water: The Ultimate Cure</a>.

Arzeena Hamir is an agronomist specializing in organic gardening.

Shari-Lynn Sare is the Media Relations and Marketing Coordinator for the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.

Rhody Lake is a freelance researcher and journalist, and former editor of alive.

After 55 years of farming, Elmer Laird is now retired and is president of the Back to the Farm Research Foundation and manager of the foundation's organic research and demonstration farm in Davidson, SK.

Herbs

Heather Apple is a certified aromatherapist and certified natural health practitioner.

Gardening

12 Months of Wellness

Sharing Backyard Gardens

Grow Your Own Garlic

It's Time to Get your Garden Ready!

Creating a Low-Allergen Garden

Let Us Consider What to Plant

The Urban Gardener

Fall Garden Maintenance

Grooming Your Grounds

Gardening By the Moon

Organic Bounty

Canada's Organic Capital

Good Bugs, Bad Bugs

Horticultural Healing

Celebration

The Dirt on Soil

Sprout Your Way to Better Health

Summer Dreams

Earthly Delights

Year Of The Home Garden

Certified Organic: A Sustainable Initiative

First Canadian Agricultural Research Farm Receives Organic Certification

Gardening With Garlic

Green Garden Fingers Go Organic