• Sad dog
    Alternative Medicine,  Herbs,  Pets

    Organic Hemp Oils for Pets

    In the last few decades, veterinary medicine has come to embrace the idea of pain management for dogs, cats, and other companion animals. When we have pets that are in pain, sick and uncomfortable, or anxious and stressed, it can be hard to treat their symptoms with just one solution. Sun God Medicinals is offering all-natural hemp-infused herb oils to ease most ailments for our furry loved ones.  Airmed Pet Oil  Specially formulated with Oregon-grown hemp and supporting herbs that may help relieve digestive problems. Ingredients: Olive oil, Marshmallow root, Dandelion root, Fennel seed, hemp and Vitamin E oil.  Aja Pet Oil  Specially formulated Oregon gown hemp and supporting herbs…

  • FOOD,  Herbs

    Herbs for the Urban Homestead

    As pioneers moved to Washington and Oregon during the 19th century, they homesteaded the land and started a lifestyle that persists even today. There are many stories of pioneer women carrying seeds or a start of their favorite plant carefully wrapped inside a potato. The potato nourished the cutting on the long trip west. There weren’t grocery stores so they grew and processed their own food. They had to be self-sufficient just to survive. 21st century homesteading is still about self-sufficiency — wherever you live. It’s about using less energy, eating wholesome local food, involving your family in the life of the community, and making wise choices that will improve…

  • HEALTH & HOME,  Preparedness

    Urban Homesteading

    Many people these days are pursuing the Homesteading lifestyle again. They are doing so partly in response to a hectic, fast-paced life, and partly out of concern for the environment and the natural systems that support life.

  • Home Garden,  Publisher's Page,  Think Piece

    Homesteading

    Today, the western frontier has been settled and most of us live in urban areas, but that doesn’t mean there is no place for the homesteader. Rather than going extinct, the homesteaders of our species have adapted and have re-appeared as the solution to new problems created by urbanization. Thus was born the Urban Homesteader.

  • Oregon Tradeswomen
    BUILDING,  Construction,  Education,  EVENT

    Oregon Tradeswomen’s Career Fair

    The Building Industry in Oregon is experiencing a worker shortage. Oregon Tradeswomen, a Portland nonprofit organization, produces our annual Career Fair to connect career seekers with job openings, ap-prenticeship, and other training opportunities with local companies and organizations.