You might have heard of Red Reishi. It was once reserved only for royalty. Known as "The Emperor's Secret", it was once available only to he and his family. Reishi was very precious indeed. Inside it existed the key to health, vitality, longevity, and some even believed immortality. Reishi is miraculously imbued with a power to improve almost anything that ails you...at leat that's what the Emperor believed. Eating it provides a myriad of health promoting benefits. Because Reishi was rare, it was expensive and only a priviledged few had access to it. But not anymore...

What exactly is Reishi?

What do you know green? How much do you know?

Well, I found a little interactive green living quiz that was built by green enthusiasts around the globe. Most of the questions are spot on and informative. A couple are a bit off base. But what the heck...

Take the Green Quiz. Strut your stuff on the net and put your knowledge of green living ideas to the test. See how you score against other users. You can even contribute a question at the end. I think you'll enjoy it!
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For thousands of years, people have dried vegetables to put them up for leaner times. Preserving foods by drying is still quite useful. It's convenient, inexpensive and requires less storage space than traditional canning.

Food! I love it! But it can't be just any old slop. It HAS to be good food. Oh...correct that...GREAT food.

Yes, I am a food affectionado! A casual gourmand. I look for great tasting food anywhere I can get it...be it a hole in the wall or dining with the uppercrust.

Gardening is a very important element of green living, especially organic gardening. Organic gardening is not the easiest thing in the world to learn and impliment. But it's is well worth it.

This is the first article in a multi-part series on getting down with the earth and growing organically. Now where was I... 

You have probably heard "Go Green" at every turn. It's literally everywhere. You've see it at the grocery store, read about it in newspapers and magazines, glanced at green messages on billboard signs, and even bought a variety of products labeled as green.

But maybe you don't quite understand it.

It's really ok not to understand it; you're not alone. Many are still wondering if it has anything to do with the Jolly Green Giant seen widely on bean cans.

Eating for good health is all the rave. Hardly a day goes by when you miss hearing a message or read an article touting the benefits of eating right. So, when you consider eating for good health, it is hard to beat 'raw'.

But what is raw food and eating raw exactly?