McKenzie Armstrong, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Hopman says a motivation for writing the book was to make people aware of how accessible herbs are and how to use them.

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Herbalist Ellen Hopman’s new book is a guide to the medicinal power of plants

by McKenzie Armstrong For the GazetteOctober 17, 2016

In her latest book “Secret Medicines from your Garden: Plants for Healing, Spirituality and Magic,” herbalist Ellen Evert Hopman of Belchertown has provided a do-it-yourself medicine cookbook using backyard plants to make everything from healing…

While the pickles and sauerkraut on supermarket shelves relies on vinegar as a preservative, Real Pickles’ foods are preserved by the lactic acid that is produced during the fermentation process.

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The promise of probiotics: Can a pickle a day keep pathogens at bay?

by McKenzie Armstrong For the GazetteOctober 3, 2016

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Two men’s organizations merge to form new advocacy group

by McKenzie Armstrong For the GazetteJuly 25, 2016

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Riverside Industries of Easthampton gets grant to build sensory integration room

by McKenzie Armstrong For the GazetteJuly 18, 2016

Dr. Wendy Chabot, a pediatrician at Atkinson Family Practice in Amherst, says more attention should be paid to children’s sleep patterns.

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Kids need more sleep says Amherst physician Wendy Chabot

by McKenzie Armstrong For the GazetteJune 21, 2016