Conversations… | with Dr. Greene

Helping our children to build stronger bones is a gift we can give now that can keep protecting them long after we are gone. What, exactly, does it take to make a difference? Fragile bones are something we link to the elderly, to an age when hip fractures and osteoporosis are major threats. But it’s [...]

Eczema is a common skin condition in children, and has been getting more common in recent decades, now affecting as many as 1 in 3 babies in some parts of the world. We know that heredity plays a big role in a child’s odds of getting eczema, but the recent rapid rise of eczema suggests [...]

Transitioning a conventional dairy farm to become an organic dairy farm is quite a journey. The cows must be raised without the use of toxic synthetic pesticides, antibiotics, added growth hormones, cloning, genetically modified animals, or genetically modified feed. The cows must be allowed to graze on pasture throughout the growing season, and the pasture [...]

Since its founding in 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $30 million to support our family farmers. This year, Horizon Organic and Whole Foods Market were the two largest contributors to Farm Aid.
In addition, Horizon Organic and Silk joined together to help reduce the environmental impact of the concert itself by purchasing enough wind [...]

Neil Young got involved in Farm Aid at the very beginning, just to try to save family farms because, "they were dying on the vine." Today Farm Aid is far more than a benefit concert. And it is far more than its important Suicide Hotline for farm families. Today it is a grassroots resource network [...]

"Our planet will not sustain us if we continue living the way we are. It cannot." "People often say we must save the planet. The planet, in my opinion, will be fine. What we want to do is work with the planet so that we can make it too."  
Dave spoke today about the how [...]

Earlier this year, John Mellencamp was inducted in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, alongside Leonard Cohen and Madonna. He’d earlier won a Grammy for Best Male Rock Performer.
I bet he’ll rock the place tonight. I hope he sings Small Town. When I’ve heard him do it before, he customized [...]

Frankie Moore Lappe is a dear friend and one of my heroes. Her groundbreaking book Diet for a Small Planet has been called "the blueprint for eating with a small carbon footprint since long before the term was coined." I also love her book Hope’s Edge that she wrote with her daughter Anna Lappe, whom [...]

"The Farmer is the backbone of our economy. If the bottom rung of the economic ladder is agriculture, and it falls in, everything else falls down. And that’s where we are. Thank you for helping us put the steps back together."
In a couple of hours the crowds will arrive. Then, after we are all wonderfully [...]

Not only do all of the musicians donate their time to play at FarmAid, but they also pay all of their own expenses to get here and play. With their passion and commitment, mixed with a crowd of like-minded people, a gorgeous location in the trees, near perfect weather, great music, and the best food [...]

The family farm is the foundation of our health and security. Farm Aid started in 1985 when America’s farmers found themselves in a fight for their farming lives. Today, on a perfect fall day at the Comcast Center outside of Boston, more than 20,000 people are gathered to hear a day of great music, to [...]

If you want to bring down a fever in a child, is it better to use acetaminophen, ibuprofen, a combination of both, or neither? Acetaminophen works by turning down the body’s thermostat; ibuprofen works to reduce inflammation at its source. Given that they each do different things, might they work better together? Some doctors have [...]

Most women with real postpartum depression are never diagnosed. Even though postpartum depression is very common, and even though identifying it can help both the baby and the mother, most cases slip through the cracks. A simple new 3-question test has proven very reliable at detecting postpartum depression. Perhaps surprisingly, none of the questions were [...]