By Maura Garcia KANSAS CITY, KS– I am from North Carolina and had the benefit of bring raised around growing things. In the family we have and have had flower box planters to small scale commercial farmers, to no-grocery store-going huge, home gardeners to experimental growers to people growing traditional tribal crops utilizing ancient methods. [...]

  By Keir Johnson PLACERVILLE, CA. – Spring is Here!! I did it! I broke ground here at my father’s place. I borrowed a tiller from an extended family member and went to work last weekend. I have started several heirloom varieties for a community garden project I am contributing to. The real deal, however, [...]

By Teresa Trumbly Lamsam OMAHA, NE – I’m not elderly. Nor do I consider myself an “older American.” Yet, I was experiencing a health concern common among elderly: Balance, or rather, the loss of balance. We most commonly associate loss of balance with a fall. Falls may not be a big deal when you are [...]

Story and photos by Layton Lamsam STANFORD, Calif. – I’ve ridden bicycles all my life, but never with a helmet. I started wearing one when I came to college to appease my mother. I am on a large campus that has poor vehicle-accessibility. Most everyone biked everywhere, and that meant that my helmet became my constant [...]

by Stacy Braiuca KANSAS CITY, MO–  Recently I was reading an article online on a site that I don’t normally read, in Forbes, that described this hidden public health problem and many of the related productivity and economic costs. As I read, I thought, do business people really read these articles? or just us geeky public health [...]

By Cynthia-Lou Coleman PORTLAND, OR–  I was rooting through my mother’s closet one day at my parents’ home, which is tucked in a corner of the Osage Hills that traverse Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. Long retired, my parents each abandoned skirts, neck-ties and dress-shirts in favor of cotton tops and trousers. I found a [...]