WELCOME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD GARDEN BLOG!!


The Neighborhood Garden wants YOU to be inspired and empowered to embrace a healthy lifestyle


Four fabulous reasons this blog will be a valuable and FUN resource to help you enjoy your food and life to the fullest!

1. Food is more than something that makes us skinny or fat. Food has medicinal properties that can prevent and even reverse disease very powerfully as well as maintain a healthy weight and healthy body and optimize energy levels.

-Follow our blog for exciting and interesting research findings on what these foods are doing for our bodies.


2. Eating healthfully does not have to be a chore, painful or boring. Discovering new foods and flavors is fun, and anyone can learn to cook delicious healthy meals.

-Whether you are single or are working parents with six kids, we can help! Check out our THINK INSIDE THE BAG posts for easy, healthful recipes.


3. Local or 100% Organic Produce is the safest and healthiest food we can put in our bodies.

-Boy, do we have tips for you to help you enjoy and be grateful for the produce we receive each week. We hope you will use this blog as a springboard towards a healthy, vigorous life. Visit our blog often for meal planning and storage tips using the organic produce you receive in each week's bag.


4. You are part of The Neighborhood Garden community as well as a global community!

-Here's where we get to talk about what we're passionate about, but we also encourage you to visit often to learn and share your stories, comments and ideas. We hope to have a resources page to share information about sustainability in action and spotlight some folks that are doing amazing things. We want you to feel good about what you are buying and putting in your body. The reasons are bountiful and we can’t wait to share!


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This Week's Organic Produce!

Monday, March 17th

Full/Half Bags

Bananas

Granny Smith Apples

Valencia Oranges

Bosc Pears

Kiwi

Spring Mix (Upgrade Red Leaf $1)

Snow Peas

Russet Potatoes

Baby Peeled Carrots

Red Onion

Roma Tomatoes

(Add Jalapeño Peppers $2)

Jumbo Fruit Bag

(Will include the Full list plus the following. Must purchase full/half bag)

1lb Strawberries

Kent Mangoes

Avocadoes

Jumbo Veggie Bag

(Will include the Full list plus the following. Must purchase full/half bag)

Yellow Squash

12oz Green Beans

Red Peppers

Herb Bag

.066oz Cilantro

.066oz Rosemary

.75lb Limes

*list subject to change due to availability

**approximate counts, depends on total weight

Friday, January 10, 2014

Welcome to the Doctor's Office!

We are so happy you're taking the time to read this.  It is our desire to improve and maintain your health through providing you with reliable and useful information that will enable you to make the best choices for yourselves and your families.

My wife, Jennifer, is a certified personal trainer, athlete and busy working mom.  I am a Primary Care doctor, weekend warrior and full time Dad.  We have both had a long held interest in health, fitness and quality of life and believe that a state of health can only be achieved when a person is well in mind, body and spirit.  We believe that the current scientific understanding of health backs us up on this, but also believe that information in today's society is conflicting, confusing, and overwhelming.  We encounter so many people every day seeking wholeness for themselves and their families, but are frustrated by the complexity of information, conflicting opinions and variety issues we face.

We have therefore set out to provide a voice of reason that will help people navigate a course to health through a very dangerous environment.  CHIP, The Complete Health Improvement Program, provides information, encouragement, and tools to help you take control and maintain a healthy lifestyle.  Look for CHIP Tips in our Doctor's Office posts as well as hearty recipes in "Think Inside the Bag." 

Here's to your health!

Will and Jenn



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