Artemis in the City Blog

Artemis in the City Website is Under Construction!

Artemisinthecity — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:40:56 -0500

The Artemis in the City website is currently under construction! My web developer and I have recently gotten back to work on the website. We are making some final edits that have been on hold and we are working on finishing a few missing elements.

You probably have noticed some changes over the past couple of weeks along with a few things that might have looked strange to you. Please bear with us as we make these changes. If you notice anything that does not look good in your browser, please contact me to let me know.

The design of the blog archives was recently edited to reflect the final design. Moving forward, if you would like to view blogs written in previous years, you will need to click on each blog year in the light green sidebar panel on the right in order to view the blog articles from that year. If this is not clear or does not work in your browser, please let me know.

The member profile page will also be designed soon! In the meantime, if you have not signed up for a free Artemis in the City account, please click here to read the instructions. It is very important that once you sign up you go to your email box to confirm your account and retrieve your temporary password. If you need assistance or have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Farmers Market Update, News Articles, Photos and Video

Artemisinthecity — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:45:08 -0500

To all my readers and friends, it has been a very busy spring and summer. So busy that I have had to take the past several months off from blogging and my newsletter. I can't believe that it is already September. I will do my best to catch you up!

2010 can be considered my year of the farmers market! In February 2010, I joined with a group of people in my hometown of Longview, Texas to form the Historic Longview Farmers Market. The first three months were spent developing the board, the board bylaws, the market application and rules and regulations as well as the logo and the website.

Because bringing fresh, local, sustainable food to my hometown community is so very important to me, I took the lead on researching area farmers, contacting them and acquiring them for the market. In just two months we grew from five vendors to 20 vendors that rotate in and out of the market. This is remarkable since these farmers are not wholesalers but are all high quality small independent farmers who truly love to farm and are conscious of how they are growing their crops and making their products.

Buy Local and Fresh at the Historic Longview Farmers Market

Artemisinthecity — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:47:33 -0500

Saturday, May 15, 2010 marks the opening of the Historic Longview Farmers Market and the beginning of a movement to bring fresh local and sustainable food to the city of Longview, a city that is in need of better quality food.

Grocery shopping in Longview leaves the most health conscious person longing for quality food and culinary artists in a state of great depression. More often than not, the food found in the grocery stores is from many miles away and is not organic. By the time the food reaches the store, it is not fresh or vibrant, which is disappointing considering Texas leads the nation with 247,500 farms and ranches that cover 130.4 million acres (Texas Department of Agriculture). Instead, Texas ranks fourth overall in agricultural exports and is a leading exporter of cotton, feeds, peanuts, live animals, meat, poultry, animal fats, hides and skins, milk, grains and nuts.

The Joys of Garlic and Soy

Artemisinthecity — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:14:08 -0500

On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Danielle Heard, MS, HHC, of Artemis in the City was featured in the food section of the Longview News-Journal. The article titled "The joys of garlic and soy," highlights garlic and soy during national garlic and soybean month. The article was written by feature writer, Glenn Evans.

Danielle was interviewed by Glenn as a health and nutrition expert on garlic and soy. The Longview News-Journal also published two of Danielle's Artemis in the City healthy recipes which include garlic.

If you would like to read the article on the Longview News-Journal's website please click here. To view the article as a pdf please click on the following links article page 1 and article page 2.

East Texans Find Natural Health Alternatives at the Wellness Expo 2010

Artemisinthecity — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:16:57 -0500

Robert and Antoniette Rozean of Wellness Productions, Co. produced another great East Texas Natural Wellness Expo. The event was a great opportunity for people of East Texas to learn more about natural health alternatives and to sample some delicious organic quality foods and other products.

The expo was held at the Harvey Convention Center in Tyler, TX on April 17-18, 2010 and included approximately 100 natural health and wellness vendors. The event hosted a wide variety of professionals with expertise in areas such as holistic health, fitness, nutrition, chiropractic, colon therapy, water and air filtration systems, therapeutic health products, thermography, skin care, body massage, essential oils, environmental wellness, personal growth, health food, natural supplements, natural health for children and pets, organic farming products, energy healing and more!

Health Care Providers Serve Food that Sabotages the Ability for People to Heal

Artemisinthecity — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:15:55 -0500

I would like to bring to your attention a very serious subject - the quality of food in America that is causing people to develop many chronic diseases is also given to the people we love who are ill, sabotaging their ability to heal, regain their health or have a better quality of life.

A few weeks ago, on my way home from seeing Dr. Maya Angelou perform, I stopped to visit my very dear friend who is extremely ill. At the time she was staying at a hospice center but she has since returned home. The photo in this article is a picture that she let me take of her holding her toxic food. Every time I see her she is drinking sodas and eating candy or some other processed and sugary food. She is living on junk food and is slowly wasting away.

Seeing this kind of care being provided by a health care provider is very difficult for me, knowing what I know about food and the impact it has the body. Sugar especially is a leading cause of disease. It seems that when it comes to caring for the sick, our health care providers prescribe medications but give little consideration to the impact toxic foods have on their patients’ health that their own staff is serving to them.

Maya Angelou Delivers Powerful Words of Wisdom to the Piney Woods

Artemisinthecity — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:30:23 -0500

On Sunday, April 11, 2010, I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Maya Angelou speak in person at The Northeast Texas Community College before a sold out audience. Imagine that, Dr. Maya Angelou, who is not well herself, traveling many miles by bus to a remote East Texas area near Pittsburg, Texas. She was amazing and I am so glad that I decided to go and hear her speak.

I have been very busy working and I didn't think I had the time to go. But then I heard very clearly a message that I must go because she would have a message for me. And she did!

During Dr. Angelou’s performance, she spoke about how we each have the ability to impact lives around the world just by how we live our lives and the help and kindness that we offer to people. The people we in some way help or influence then go on to impact the lives of others. Dr. Angelou also said to us that just because you are in a small town now does not mean that you will not end up somewhere like New York City.

Artemis in the City Founder Elected VP of Board for New Historic Longview Farmers Market

Artemisinthecity — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:04:36 -0500

On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, the board for the new Historic Longview Farmers' Market was formed. Danielle Heard, Founder of Artemis in the City, LLC was elected Vice President of the board.

The new farmers' market will open on Saturday, May 15, 2010 in downtown Longview, Texas on the historic Kelly Plow Works site which is located at High, Cotton and Center Streets. The market will be open initially on Saturdays and will expand as the growing season develops. The hours of operation will be 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM each day the market is open. Click here to print the flyer.

Could Solution to Health Care Reform Be What You Eat?

Artemisinthecity — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:54:51 -0500

On Monday, March 15, 2010, Danielle Heard, MS, HHC, of Artemis in the City was featured in an interview with Bob Hallmark on KLTV Channel 7 News (Tyler/Longview/Jacksonville) along with two clients, Michelle Cook and Margaret Cunzalo, who share their success stories of healing with food.

If you would like the opportunity to read the story transcript while watching the video, please click here to view the story on KLTV's website.

East Texans Embrace Food as Medicine and Regain Their Life!

Artemisinthecity — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:08:10 -0600

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, Danielle Heard, MS, HHC, of Artemis in the City was featured in an article titled "East Texans Embrace Food as Medicine and Regain Their Life," in The Gilmer Mirror newspaper.

The article presents the health success stories of four of Danielle's clients who are from the East Texas area and who have embraced a new holistic lifestyle that is based on whole food as medicine. In just a matter of months, these East Texans have been able to take control of their health, reverse many health conditions and change their life!

If you would like the opportunity to read the article, please click here to read on The Gilmer Mirror's website. We want to thank the publisher Russ Greene and the editor Mac Overton for the opportunity to tell the Gilmer community and others about the exciting success East Texans are experiencing utilizing food as medicine.