Healthy Utah
Street Tai Chi Helping Homeless in Salt Lake City
Three times a week, a group of about 40 houseless people gather in the plaza of the Salt Lake City library. Houseless perhaps, but not homeless, because this tai chi…
Affordable Housing Crisis: Utah Urbanites find solution in Cohousing Projects such as Wasatch Commons Cohousing
There has been plenty of media coverage on the affordable housing crisis, which is especially afflicting renters right now. It’s a critical issue in every state, and Utah is no…
Legal Battle Over Utah Wilderness
For the first time, the BLM will provide the public with a full accounting of how big of a contributor BLM is to the climate crisis, largely through its permitting…
Utah Ski Resort Roundup
Known locally as Pow Mow, the resort boasts the most skiable acreage in North America with 8,464 acres. Preserving the Pow Mow experience and keeping the mountain uncrowded is made…
The Cottonwood Canyons Foundation—Improving Millcreek, Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons for Today, Tomorrow
Twelve years ago, when Cottonwood Canyons Foundation Volunteer Jean Acheson pulled a pale-yellow volunteer t-shirt over her head for a wildflower festival, she had no idea it would become part…
Letter from the Editor – December
We can welcome growth and population increases along the Wasatch Front. If I lived in LA, I would want to move here too. But we need to prevent the Californication…
How to Make Self Care a Priority During Recovery
Addiction can leave someone nutritionally depleted and weak. In order to restore overall health, it is imperative that self-care is right up there with sobriety as an important priority in…
Stirling Fruit & Vegetable Co. : Finding the Silver Lining in Today’s Farm Economy
David and his family were entirely unaware of the demanding hours required to produce a successful harvest that necessitates waking at four in the morning and not going to bed…
Six Legal Questions Concerning Salt Lake City’s Inland Port
Salt Lake’s contentious inland port will undoubtedly impact the quality of life for City residents, especially those who live at the lower elevations along the Wasatch Front. It will add…
Winter Gardening — Why Wait for Spring?
I have successfully grown cold-hardy plants such as spinach, lettuce, arugula and even carrots, beets, radishes and Swiss chard right through the coldest Utah winters for more than 30 years…
Urban Gleaners from Green Urban Lunch Box
The contemporary idea of gleaning has earned a more respectable reputation with the rise of programs such as the one operated by Green Urban Lunchbox (GULB), a non-profit organization that…
Is Ketamine a “Miracle Cure” for Depression?
Ketamine is something of a tranquilizer/hallucinogen. It has been traditionally used in anesthesia. It was only in March 2019 when the FDA approved ketamine as an entirely new treatment for…
Frei’s Fruit Market
For 63 years, the Frei family has operated their open-air fruit market on Old Highway 91 in Santa Clara, Utah. Despite new roadways and changing consumers, Frei’s Fruit Market has…
The University of Utah: what is the Penelope Program?
The Penelope Program typically sees children with very complicated problems that have defied diagnosis from other sources. And even with all the tools and expertise of the University of Utah…
Best farm to table restaurants—separating the pretenders from the contenders
The phrase “farm to table” gets thrown around a lot in the restaurant world these days, and it can mean different things to different people. At its purest, a farm…
Fertile soil, the Soil Food Web, and High Desert Soilworks
Fertile soil is imperative for any successful farmer or grower. The Soil Food Web is the colony of organisms living in the soil. The food web is a complex living system that…