Kevin Cotter is managing general partner at New Earth Market in Yuba City. His column "The Root" appears each Sunday in the Lifestyles section.
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- Start living, not just surviving
- My brother and I were blessed to be by my father's side as he took his last breath this past week. Given that, I have really struggled with finding much motivation to write this week's column. We have lost both of our parents in the past 10 months. M... Full story
- Connect the dots between food, health
- Are we living our lives or dying our lives? We make choices every day that determine our individual health as well as the overall health of our society. When are we going to wake up and ask ourselves: Is what I am putting into my one, precious body ... Full story
- Heartburn: How do we put out the flames?
- I usually write this column in the morning after a good night's sleep. However, last night I woke up with horrible heartburn after eating a big meal late and then going to sleep on a full stomach. So much for good sleep. The original premise behind ... Full story
- What is pink slime?
- There has been a lot of press recently regarding lean, finely textured beef known better as "pink slime," What is pink slime, and why should we care? Pink slime is a meat filler manufactured (again I ask: Should our food be manufactured?) mainly by ... Full story
- What happened to my maple syrup?
- Sunday mornings are one of my favorite times of the week. It's quiet in town, and life seemingly slows down a bit for most folks. After reading the local periodical, I will often times fix a big breakfast — or, as my daughter used to call it, "... Full story
- The Root: How to live to 100
- Reading the story this past week in the Appeal-Democrat about the 107-year-old Estelle Bills from Wheatland reminded me of my own grandmother who would have been 108 this next week. As it was, she lived a long healthy life to 103. Reflecting upon my ... Full story
- The Root: Rooted in the community
- Most of us have heard the expression "to lay down roots." But what does this mean? To me, it is a symbolic expression or desire to make a commitment to enrich the community where we live. Moving to our community is like planting a seed here. From th... Full story
- Looking through a different window
- Recently, I exited one of our county buildings behind two other men when a woman who appeared to be homeless approached us. Her clothes were worn out, she looked weathered and was seeking some help. She held some papers in her shaking hands as she wa... Full story
- Choices and results: Hard versus easy
- In the last column, we looked at adding or making positive changes in our lives versus taking away or making negative changes as New Year's resolutions. To add to that theme this week, how many times do we make the "easy" choice today only to find th... Full story
- Add more life to each new day
- Happy new day! With a new year comes a slew of New Year's resolutions. I am pleased to be writing The Root again this year. Although I am not a big fan of New Year's resolutions, my resolution is to write a column every other week throughout the year... Full story
