Food & Wellness

Flower Power

Flower Power

The colorful blooms that adorn our homes and gardens can be partners in mind-body wellness. Here’s how to harness their benefits. read more

Writing Toward Wellness

Writing Toward Wellness

Publication - Alive Magazine

Journal writing can help you start a new chapter in your life—one that’s physically and emotionally healthier. read more

The New Age of Fitness

The New Age of Fitness

Publication - Alive Magazine

Mental health is the biggest trend in fitness. Two celebrity trainers point the way toward more mindful workouts— and a happier you. read more

Fed Up

Fed Up

Publication - Alive Magazine

Food waste contributes to climate change. These innovators are working toward a less wasteful tomorrow. read more

Winning Hearts and Minds

Winning Hearts and Minds

Publication - Alive Magazine

Three rising female leaders in sport are boosting brain health and mental health in athletes of all ages and fitness levels. read more

A Self-Care Shakeup

A Self-Care Shakeup

Publication - Alive Magazine

Forget the champagne bubble baths and gold-leaf facials. A new not-for-profit organization lights the way to sustainable self-care. read more

A Seed of Hope

A Seed of Hope

Publication - Alive Magazine

The Million Gardens Movement aims to inspire a million households to plant home gardens as a hedge against hunger -- and an act of joy. read more

Easy Does It

Easy Does It

Publication - Alive Magazine

Yoga guru Tara Stiles' new approach to wellness is grounded in the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Here's how to apply its teachings. read more

Let Go of Perfect

Let Go of Perfect

Publication - Alive Magazine

Nutrition expert and bestselling author Kimberly Snyder offers advice for thriving within life's new (and unpredictable) normal. read more

Journaling Helps with COVID-19 Emotions

Journaling Helps with COVID-19 Emotions

Publication - Pasadena Weekly

Five research-backed ways that journal writing can benefit your wellbeing in the time of the coronavirus and beyond. read more

Taking Toxin-Free Personal Care to the Next Level

Taking Toxin-Free Personal Care to the Next Level

Publication - Ingredients Journal

The dangers of petrochemicals in personal care products--and how an innovative company is setting a new safety standard. read more

Steady Does It

Steady Does It

Publication - Alive Magazine

Groundbreaking telemedicine company SteadyMD pairs you with a primary care doc who "gets" you and your health needs. read more

Lettuce Disrupt the Food System

Lettuce Disrupt the Food System

Publication - Alive Magazine

With Lettuce Grow, Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik have found a way to make growing your own farm-fresh produce a no-brainer. read more

Prescribing Mindfulness

Prescribing Mindfulness

Publication - Stanford Anesthesia

The PRIME wellness program in the Stanford Department of Anesthesia uses mindfulness-based stress reduction to alleviate physician burnout. read more

Hempseed Oil vs. CBD Oil

Hempseed Oil vs. CBD Oil

Publication - Alive Magazine

They're definitely not the same thing, but they're both important for your endocannabinoid system. Here's why. read more

Sweetening the Pot

Sweetening the Pot

Publication - Alive Magazine

Up your cooking game with Equal Parts, a cookware company that offers a free "Text a Chef" service to anyone who signs up. read more

Run Like the Wind

Run Like the Wind

Publication - Alive Magazine

Thanks to Stryd's tiny power meter that clips onto a shoelace, runners can finally measure how wind affects their runs. read more

Sleep Tight

Sleep Tight

Publication - Alive Magazine

Fatigue Science helps pro sports teams beat fatigue for their best game. Soon, the tech innovator could help you sleep for your best life. read more

What’s the Best Way to Take CBD?

What’s the Best Way to Take CBD?

Publication - Delicious Living

The pros and cons of some of the most popular hemp-derived CBD products flooding store shelves. read more

The Vegan Skincare Ingredients You Need This Summer

The Vegan Skincare Ingredients You Need This Summer

Publication - Alive Magazine

These plant-based, cruelty-free, natural skincare ingredients will be sizzling hot this season. read more

Hot Right Now

Hot Right Now

Publication - Alive Magazine

The latest trends in plant-based supplements, foods, and green business practices. read more

You Won’t Believe It’s Not Beef

You Won’t Believe It’s Not Beef

Publication - Alive Magazine

Meet the Beyond Burger: burger patties made entirely from plants that look, cook and taste nearly identical to their beef counterparts. read more

Parking Lot to Plate

Parking Lot to Plate

Publication - Alive Magazine

Brooklyn's Square Roots is growing non-GMO, pesticide-free crops in an unlikely place: industrial shipping containers. read more

Before Whole Foods, There Was Rainbow Grocery

Before Whole Foods, There Was Rainbow Grocery

Publication - Clean Plates

How San Francisco's first major organic and natural food store helped pioneer how we eat today. read more

Sqirl It Away

Sqirl It Away

Publication - Clean Plates

Get a taste of Jessica Koslow's trendsetting food with "Everything I Want to Eat: Sqirl and the New California Cooking" read more

Chefs Talk About Culinary Innovation at the Symrise-Star Chefs Los Angeles Roundtable

Chefs Talk About Culinary Innovation at the Symrise-Star Chefs Los Angeles Roundtable

Publication - In-Sight

Three rising-star chefs and a mixologist discuss local flavor trends in L.A. and the creative process behind them. read more

Chefs Discuss the Los Angeles Dining Landscape at the Symrise-Star Chefs Roundtable

Chefs Discuss the Los Angeles Dining Landscape at the Symrise-Star Chefs Roundtable

Publication - In-Sight

L.A. chefs muse on the picky palates and idiosyncratic tastes of L.A. diners. read more

Decolonizing Your Diet

Decolonizing Your Diet

Publication - Clean Plates

This collection of plant-based Mexican-American recipes exploits the health-promoting merits of indigenous ingredients. read more

6 Ways to Love Lavender Even More

6 Ways to Love Lavender Even More

Publication - Clean Plates

From pasta sauce to dark chocolate, these tasty food products subtly showcase the fragrant purple flower. read more

5 New Coconut Products We Love

5 New Coconut Products We Love

Publication - Clean Plates

If you're cuckoo for coconuts, you'll love these healthy treats, from coconut oil-based vegan butter to coconut water sparkling beverages. read more

Slow Your (Breakfast) Roll

Slow Your (Breakfast) Roll

Publication - Clean Plates

Pastry chef Zoe Nathan's Huckleberry cookbook celebrates naturally sweet and savory breakfasts. read more

New Year, New Cleanse

New Year, New Cleanse

Publication - Clean Plates

Juice cleanses are so last year! LA-based soup delivery company Soupure is out to prove that souping is the new juicing. read more

Hyper Local

Hyper Local

Publication - Clean Plates

The Malibu Farm Cookbook reads like a love letter to the agricultural bounty of the 'Bu. read more