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Paula Moulton, North Atlantic Books’ author of Seasons Among the Vines: Life Lessons from the California Wine Country was recently featured in the Press Democrat in an article is entitled “A Writer’s New Chapter: Journey Through Grief.”

Meg McConahey writes,

[Seasons Among the Vines] is equal parts philosophy and science, laced with personal anecdotes, tiny confessions and tips for everything from composting to pruning, maintaining wells to managing wild critters.

Along with a brief review of Seasons Among the Vines, the article explores how Moulton has coped with the loss of her husband and the important role that her family plays in her everyday life.

Moulton runs her own winery in Sonoma, which she and her kids named Midnight Moulton, named after her deceased husband’s nickname to honor him. She remarried a year ago and has a second book on the way, aimed at helping people who have lost something — be it a job, a friend, or a spouse. She hopes people can learn from her experiences that life is uncertain and the best you can do is make the choice to move on.

Seasons Among the Vines explores the pleasures and pitfalls of following a lifelong dream. For Paula Moulton it was the dream of leaving the city for the California wine country to take up viticulture and gardening. In the process, she finds unexpected frustrations in running a farm and seeks help from some skeptical farmers who initially challenge her. As she finds her stride, her story resonates with her passion for the outdoors and the rewards of risk-taking. Organized by the seasons, the book shows how experimenting with vines can be a joyful reality, not simply an unattainable fantasy. Moulton’s enthusiasm and “you can do it, too!” attitude add an inspiring touch to a compelling story of the rich rewards that authentic living can bring. This enchanting memoir is accompanied by photos and illustrations.

CLICK HERE to read the complete article from the Press Democrat.
CLICK HERE to learn more about Paula Moulton.
CLICK HERE to order a copy of Seasons Among the Vines.

Sergei Boutenko, co-author of recently released Fresh: The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook, is the founder of Harmony Hikes, an organization that coordinates hiking trips to forge for wild edibles. In his new video series entitled Stalking Wild Greens, Sergei helps to identify the most common wild edibles, explains their health benefits, and shows where they grow. He concludes each video by preparing a raw food recipe with the ingredients he has collected. The videos are short, lighthearted, and very informative.

I was fortunate enough to grow up with alternative parents who exposed me to nature at an early age. When I was nine, my family adopted a raw vegan diet to heal us from physical illness. This helped me to understand the value of good health and nature’s ability to providing it.

At the age of 13 I hiked from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail with my family. We initially underestimated how much food five hungry hikers could eat in a week and started running into food shortages. Because it was not very pleasant to hike on any empty stomach we had to find a way to improvise if we were to finish our cross-country adventure.

Our salvation was the realization that nature is full of food if you know where to look. Foraging for wild edibles became out daily ritual. At times we supplemented as much as 60 percent of our diet with plants we found on the trail. We successfully completed our walk in September of 1998, in full health and happiness!

Since then, I’ve hiked in nearly every state, and in 20 countries. I’ve guided and helped guide many expeditions of children, teens, and adults.

After graduating from Southern Oregon University in the summer of 2006 I decided to invest my energy into Harmony Hikes so that I could share my passion for foraging and the outdoors with others.

“Episode 1: Miner’s Lettuce”

“Episode 2: Dandelion”

“Episode 3: Fool’s Onion”

“Episode 4: Wild Strawberry”

“Episode 5: Wild Violet”

Sergei Boutenko began his live-food practice fifteen years ago, when he became seriously ill. Since then, he has seen dramatic improvements in his health and now travels worldwide sharing his gourmet raw cuisine and his inspiring story of change, faith, and determination. Sergei is the co-author of Fresh: The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook, Raw Family and Eating Without Heating, and has lectured and presented around the world on the benefits and pleasures of the raw foods diet. Together with his father Igor, mother Victoria, and sister Valya, Sergei is a leader in the raw food movement and his works are recognized for their profound impact on the development of raw foods communities throughout the world.

CLICK HERE for more information about Harmony Hikes.
CLICK HERE to order a copy of Fresh: The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook.
CLICK HERE for more information about the Boutenko Family aka the Raw Family.

North Atlantic Books’ author Dana Ullman of The Homeopathic Revolution is a leading expert in the field of homeopathy. He is currently featured in the May/June 2008 issue of Healing Lifestyles & Spas magazine in an article entitled “Changing Tides.”

“Based on the theory of treating “like with like,” the gentle, centuries-old healing system of homeopathy uses infinitesimal amounts of a substance to cure symptoms that a larger amount of the same substance would cause. Safe to use in conjunction with other medicinal approaches, homeopathy offers several options for perimenopause symptoms, and numerous double-blind studies have shown it to be a viable treatment option. Dana Ullman, MPH, director of Homeopathic Educational Services in Berkeley, California, and author of numerous books including The Homeopathic Revolution (North Atlantic Books, 2007), and the on-line book Homeopathic Family Medicine: Evidence-Based Homeopathy (available at www.homeopathic.com), explains that the benefits of homeopathy go beyond symptom relief and embrace general health improvements, including reduced anxiety and decreased depression.

According to Ullman, homeopaths generally find that prescribing constitutional remedies (remedies chosen based on the totality of physical and psychological symptoms a given woman is experiencing) produces optimum results.

“Homeopathy nurtures the body’s own wisdom,” he says, “and supports the immune system. There are no one-to-one cures, however. It’s very individualized, and the best treatments improve, strengthen, or tone a person’s overall immune system.”

Dana Ullman received his master’s in public health from UC Berkeley and a doctoral degree in homeopathy (DHM) from the British Institute of Homeopathy. He is the founder and president of the Foundation for Homeopathic Education and Research, is an elected board member of the National Center for Homeopathy, and directs Homeopathic Educational Services, a primary distributor of homeopathic books, tapes, and medicine kits in the United States. Ullman currently serves on the advisory board of Natural Health, Let’s Live, Body and Soul, and Remedies. In addition to The Homeopathic Revolution and numerous other books, Ullman is the author of Discovering Homeopathy and The One Minute (Or So) Healer.

CLICK HERE to view the full article from Healing Lifestyles & Spas.
CLICK HERE to learn more about Dana Ullman.