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As I pulled off the main road and through the gates of Buttermilk Falls Inn and Spa, I immediately experienced a giddy feeling similar to going into a candy store as a child. Surrounded by 75 acres of serenity sitting on the bank of the Hudson River, the deep sound of the nearby roaring falls is matched by the inviting architectural juxtaposition of an ultra modern spa and rustic main guesthouse. Located in Milton, NY, not far from the Culinary Institute of America this oasis retreat includes a 13-room inn, 5 cottages, a spa with indoor pool and, of course, a bee hive, bird sanctuary and open fields for llamas, goats and other livestock.

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As kids, Fred and Stacia Monahan spent their summers working on farms.  In fact, working on the same farm in Connecticut as children is where the two first met. It was only natural that one day would own and operate their own farm.
In 1998 the Monahan’s founded Stone Gardens Farm in Shelton, Connecticut, not far [...]

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The national debate over food safety and the right to choose what you eat continues, and as it has been for the last few years, raw milk is right in the thick of it. Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization kills the bacteria in [...]

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In this country, water is one of those resources most of us tend not to think too much about, at least until there’s a problem. If the current California drought and a new study published by CERES are any indication though, water is about to become one of those resources we start to discuss a [...]

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Bree Shirvell graduated in May 2008 from George Washington University with a degree in political science in journalism. She is currently a freelance writer in New York, and has wrote for La Cucina Italiana, OZOlife, ToTheCenter, and PG Media.
As if eating right wasn’t hard enough, a new study has found that anyone who was [...]

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