Kevin Cotter is managing general partner at New Earth Market in Yuba City. His column "The Root" appears each Sunday in the Lifestyles section.
- The Root: Thanks for your support
- Thank you! It's hard to believe that next weekend we will celebrate our second anniversary at New Earth Market. What an amazing adventure these past two years have been! This week I would like to reflect a bit about our journey and open up about som... Full story
- Help others by sharing your experiences
- The other day when I sat down to write this week's column, my 10-year-old daughter asked, "Won't you run out of things to talk about soon?" My response was: As long as there are people in the world, there will be stories to share. I told her I get t... Full story
- Sick care versus health care
- Ponder this: If we do not have our health, what do we have? Health is really the key to everything. Health gives us the opportunity to be active with our loved ones, our church and our work. It allows us freedom to be productive stewards in the worl... Full story
- Coke can't have it both ways
- Coca-Cola just came out with a new ad campaign called "coming together," a promotional push about the obesity epidemic and how the company wants to be part of the solution. The ad says the "long-term health of our families and the country is at stak... Full story
- Get to the root of your problem
- I have a wonderful success story to share with you about a dear friend of mine who recently discovered the root of a medical condition that was being treated with antibiotics as a short-term Band-Aid versus a long-term remedy. The antibiotics made he... Full story
- Self care: The best present you can give
- Congratulations! If you are reading this, it means you survived the "end of the world." So much for the expression "you only live once." Which then got me to pondering — do we really only live once? How about the alternative of you only die on... Full story
- Feeling better versus getting better
- The other day I was watching TV and one of those pharmaceutical ads came on — you know, the one where they show people frolicking through a meadow one moment, playing basketball and then dancing the next. All the while in the background you hea... Full story
- No trespassing allowed
- I was on a bike ride the other day and couldn't help but notice the number of "No Trespassing" signs on land in the area. From farmers to residences, folks have put up signs wanting to protect their property from unwanted activity. This got me think... Full story
- Give yourself the best fuel
- How do you fuel your Ferrari? What? You don't have a Ferrari? Neither do I. But what we do have is much more valuable and precious: our one and only body. The other day when I picked up my son from school, he was excited to share an analogy that hi... Full story
- Fighting for food freedom, part 2
- As citizens of California, we have a "golden state" opportunity to vote on a proposition that will require labeling on packaging that contains genetically modified foods. I am not a scientist, and I do not understand the long-term effects of eating ... Full story
