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Plant-strong & healthy living: Rip Esselstyn at TEDxFremont

By Currents, health rejuvenated, weight loss
The U.S. now has MULTIPLE adolescents and preadolescents who are developing formerly “adult” diseases 80,000 people died in one year in Mexico from diabetes alone.
Amity is a non-profit organization dedicated to holistic whole-person healing. One of Amity’s core values is health consciousness and participation in healthy activities which are a keystone to a whole person’s well being of mind, body and spirit.
Amity has been providing hope, integrity and possibilities to all individuals and families since 1969.

Changing Lives Through Zero Waste

By Currents, health rejuvenated

I recently discovered an amazing therapeutic community for addicts, the chronically homeless, and parolees in downtown Los Angeles that helps them build their own farm to grow food.

The Amity Foundation is a non-profit founded over 40 years ago that has communities in Arizona, New Mexico, and California dedicated to supporting the difficult transition from decades in prison or on the streets to a healthy, independent lifestyle. Amity focuses on life skills such and physical and emotional well-being, and how to find a job, to teach a very marginalized population how to live successfully on their own.

Most interestingly, Amity focuses on healthy eating and sustainability.

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