The Historic Longview Farmers Market 2012 season will kick-off this weekend on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:00 AM in downtown Longview, TX on Cotton St. between High St. and Center St! The market is scheduled to be open every Saturday from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM through November depending on Mother Nature!

Many of our favorite farmers and vendors are returning this year along with many new participants. Please come out and support our local East Texas Farmers!

There is no reselling allowed in this farmers market. The products are grown or made by the farmers!

You can also show support by purchasing a vinyl banner for $150.00. Yearly renewals are $100. Your banner would be displayed each time the market is open and can have any message or logo you would like. The printer can help you with your design...no need to pay to have one done! The funding helps pay for the many costs to operate HLFM. If interested, please contact Lynette Goodson info@HistoricLongviewFarmersMarket.com or 903-746-2708.

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Did you know that love is essential for people to experience good physical health? To love is one of the most natural biological and psychological emotional behaviors of human beings. Love is comprised of many biological and neurological chemicals, physiological reactions and psychological elements, all working together as nature designed to ensure that human beings become attracted to one another, enjoy sexual intimacy and form lasting bonds. Without this complex system leading to what we identify as love, human beings would cease to exist. 

Nutrition and physical exercise are only part of a system of human needs which impacts the overall physical and emotional condition of a person’s health. Love and interpersonal relationships are just as important to consider, nurture and develop as without love and relationships the human frame and spirit can develop various physical and psychological illnesses and diseases. Spiritual teacher and mystic Osho supported this so eloquently when he said, “Just as food is needed for the body, love is needed for the soul.”

Often people focus solely on specific areas of their lives such as their career while excluding important biological and psychological needs such as love. Over time, missing elements essential to life will eventually manifest in ways that will impact the overall quality of life and health of a person. As a holistic nutritionist, I work with people to identify these missing elements from their lives. I then help them focus on creating body, mind and soul balance that can increase happiness, good health, productivity and energy as well as prevent disease. (Read Full Article)

Artemis in the City's Festive Black-Eyed Peas and other recipes were featured in the news media to help people welcome in the new year with good health, luck and prosperity.

The article titled "A New Year's Feast", highlights traditional southern New Year's Day recipes, but with a healthy twist, and their symbolic meaning. The article ran on Wednesday, December 29, 2010, in the Taste section of the Longview News-Journal. The story includes an interview with Danielle Heard, MS, HHC, of Artemis in the City along with some cooking photos.

Featured recipes which can also be found on this website:
Festive Black-Eyed Peas
Collard, Kale and Turnip Greens with Pearl Onions
Cornbread Muffins with Jalapeno Pepper and Cilantro

The article was written by writer, Robyn Claridy with photography by Less Hassell. Thank you very much Robyn, Less and the Longview News-Journal for the opportunity to share our healthy recipes with so many people and for writing and publishing such a great article!

If you would like to read the article and view the six photos on the Longview News-Journal's website please click here or download the newspaper pdfs page 1 and page 2. (Read Full Article)

Black-eyed peas are not just any ol' cow pea to southern folk. Black-eyed peas symbolize survival, health, prosperity and are thought to bring good luck. It is tradition for people living in the south to eat black-eyed peas each year on New Year's Day. Most southerners make sure to eat their black-eyed peas along with some leafy greens at the stroke of midnight or sometime on New Year's Day to avoid having bad luck and to obtain wealth and prosperity during the coming year.

To help you celebrate and have extra special good luck in the coming year, I have posted my recipes for black-eyed peas, greens and cornbread muffins. To view these recipes, you will need to login as a member to my website. If you are not a member, please sign up. Membership is completely FREE. Click here to find out more and to sign up.

New Year's Day Recipes:

Here are a few recipes that are sure to bring you luck, good health and prosperity in the New Year! I hope you will give them a try and (Read Full Article for Recipes)

LONGVIEW, TX – December 19, 2011 – Beginning January 2012, Artemis in the City, LLC, will launch a new holistic health and nutrition workshop series in East Texas titled “Food for the Untamed Soul” Nutrition, Self-Healing & Lifestyle Plan for Everyone!

This four-part workshop series is designed to teach people to effectively make lasting nutrition and lifestyle changes that can significantly improve their health, quality of life and prevent disease.

This workshop series was developed and is taught by Danielle Heard, MS, HHC, Certified Holistic Health Counselor, Certified Natural Whole Foods Chef and the Founder of Artemis in the City, LLC.

The “Food for the Untamed Soul” health education program is based on Danielle’s individualized health counseling programs that successfully help people lose weight, heal from many health symptoms and disease, increase energy, gain mental clarity, increase physical beauty and create lasting health and well-being.

The primary focus of the (Read Full Article)

Purchase an Artemis in the City Holistic Health & Wellness Program Gift Certificate for someone you love!

All of our health counseling programs and events can be purchased for holiday and special occasion gifts, including our new "Food for the Untamed Soul," Nutrition, Self-Healing & Lifestyle Plan for Everyone workshop series!

Please visit our website store and events calendar to see what we have to offer.

If you are looking for a special gift to give someone that you love, that is meaningful and won't just sit on the shelf and collect dust, consider giving them one of our many fun health programs that can help them live a long, vibrant and healthy life!

Many people would like to have a professional Health Counselor / Coach help them but they won't or can't spend the money on themselves for the help and education that they need. Please click here to contact us to purchase your Artemis in the City Holistic Health & Wellness Program Gift Certificates today or you may purchase our programs through our website store! Your purchase will also help support a small American business! (Read Full Article)

"If we look around the country - look at the statistics, the clear indication is that most Americans are eating in a way that is having many adverse effects on their health,” states Walter Willett, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Chair, Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. “Health Coaches can help people understand what healthy food choices are and then help people put those into practice in a way that will have a huge impact on their long-term well-being.” Dr. Willett is a regular faculty lecturer at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world’s largest nutrition school which trains Holistic Health Counselors / Coaches.

Holistic Health Counseling / Coaching is a fairly new field that is steadily growing around the globe. Holistic Health Counselors / Coaches play a vital role in the health care industry by providing positive support, motivation, health education and training to people to help them reverse old habits and conditioning and to help them make healthier nutrition and lifestyle choices. Health Counseling / Coaching is not intended to replace the care of a medical doctor but assists in helping people transition to healthy lifestyles in order to help them prevent or reverse disease and live long vibrant healthy and happy lives. Like personal trainers who offer instruction and support to help people remain accountable to regular exercise programs, Health Counselors / Coaches help people form better eating habits through regular educational training and support meetings. In addition to Dr. Willett, some notable health professionals who are helping train Holistic Health Counselors / Coaches at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and who are also publicly advocating for the field, are Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Neal Barnard, Marion Nestle PhD, AnneMarie Colbin PhD, Paul Pitchford MS, David Wolfe MS and many others.

Today more than ever, people are very confused about diet, nutrition and health. Often, people (Read Full Article and View Videos)

It is time we put a stop to the corporate manipulation of our food and agriculture policies and farming practices and take back our food! This Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM in New York City, Occupy Against Big Food will be held in Zucotti Park. The organized event will include food policy leaders such as Marion Nestle, PhD and Anna Lappe, MA. According to Nestle, "The food movement's goal is to make the food system healthier for people and the planet. That goal is entirely consistent with the goals of everyone in the Occupy Wall Street movement." Concerns that corporations have profited from poisoning our food supply, monopolizing farming practices and torturing animals are all clearly outlined in the first official statement released by Occupy Wall St.

Over the past several decades, our food has changed more than any other time in history. Large corporate agriculture businesses have crushed traditional family farms into near extinction with the help of our government that has been heavily influenced by Big Food industry lobbyists.

Our government's agriculture and food policies, legislation and regulations have (Read Full Article)

"Food Day is an opportunity to celebrate real food and the movement rising to reform the American food system." — Michael Pollan

Created by the nonprofit watch dog group Center for Science in Public Interest, Food Day is a grassroots event that will be held in the United States of America for the first time on Monday, October 24, 2011 and each year thereafter.

The event purpose is to bring together Americans from all walks of life in order to reform the food system into one that is healthy, affordable, fair to farm workers and that is also produced sustainably and humanely.

Food Day's Six Main Goals:

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