Since 1880s Cities around the nation are trying to improve air quality by pursuing environmentally conscious practices such as installing bike lanes, increasing the use of alternative fuels, and offering incentives for electric vehicles. As early as 1881, Chicago implemented ordinances on prohibiting dense smoke. Other states followed Chicago’s lead and began c … [Read more...]
The Great Chemical Myth – Cheap Fertilizer, Cheap Food, High Social Cost
When it was discovered that nitrogen was the most important ingredient for both explosives and fertilizer, our military industrial complex and food production became dependent on vast stockpiles of synthetic chemicals. Many of the original chemical pioneers who built weapons factories found an easy shift from making bombs to making agricultural products and also … [Read more...]
Take a Deep Breath—Utah Company Creates Safe-Air Face Masks
The World Health Organization estimated 7 million premature worldwide deaths were caused by urban air pollution and use of indoor solid fuels. “We can’t live more than three minutes without air,” said O2TODAY founder and CEO, Bruce Lorange. “Air is the thing we are always dependent upon that we think least about. Breathing literally fuels our lives.” … [Read more...]
Diet Trends
The eighties and nineties were the "fad diet" decades; a time when dieters would alternately graze among grapefruit only, carrots only, high-carbs and high-Protein. Older Diet Trends told us that a low-fat, high-carb diet would keep us healthy. We later learned that the Food Guide Pyramid was rigged and was actually a recipe for heart disease and diabetes. We … [Read more...]
Mobile Moon Co-op
The Mobile Moon Co-op is a community herbal apothecary housed in a converted bus. Think of it as first aid on wheels. Founded last year by Salt Lake City resident Erika Longino, the mission of the Co-op is to bring people together over herbalism, wildcrafting, and growing and using herbs from home gardens. The organization operates as a platform for free education, empowerment … [Read more...]
ADHD: Navigating Treatments
“It’s not really a wonder that many children are afflicted with ADHD, what is a wonder is that not every child is not diagnosed with ADHD.” -Dr. Jordan Peterson Every kid has trouble with curbing the wiggles, paying attention, or controlling impulses. For some, however, the problems are so pervasive and persistent that they substantially limit success in different aspects of … [Read more...]
Cloud Seeding for More Powder Days
Nobody is closer to weather than people who rely on it for a living, so when the farmer I worked for several summers ago informed me that the government is manipulating weather, I payed attention. The breadth and depth of weather manipulation conspiracy theory is on par with that of alien encounters, so I went straight to a local source by googling “Utah weather m … [Read more...]
Wasatch 100: How Far and Fast Can We Go?
For Jesse Rich, distance running started with the proverbial first step. This year he won the Wasatch 100, a 100-mile footrace traversing Utah’s rugged Wasatch mountains. But it all started in 2012 when his brother invited him out for a casual run. For the two brothers, enjoying each other’s company quickly became much more. For Jesse, running became a vehicle for med … [Read more...]
Three Young Farmers You’ll Find at SLC’s Rio Grande Winter Market
Grand Prismatic Seed James Young and Guy Banner started Grand Prismatic Seed in 2016 after they returned to Salt Lake City from Oregon, where they learned to grow and save seeds. Their backgrounds are in ethnobotany, habitat restoration, and native-seed production. Grand Prismatic Seed is committed to using organic growing practices and selling primarily … [Read more...]
Medical Marijuana in Utah
This November Utahns have one major issue on the ballot that could dramatically alter our extreme-red, hyper-conservative state: the legalization of medical marijuana. The ballot initiative Proposition Two seeks to allow residents to utilize marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. Currently 66 percent of Utah voters support this initiative. This would also allow for lic … [Read more...]