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How to Shine

The quickest route to the top of the mountain, to the place where you can truly shine, requires three steps: You must be willing to explore so you can discover your true purpose and calling. You must find inspiration and be an inspiration to others. Through exploration, discovery and inspiration … [Read More...]

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David Snow of Snow's Bend Farm at Pepper Place Saturday Market

017 Shinecast – Snow’s Bend Farm

Episode 017 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features an interview with David Snow of Snow's Bend Farm in Coker, Alabama. Snow's Bend Farm is one … [Read More...]

Health

Shinecast 016: Skye Borden Returns to the Land

Episode 016 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features an interview with Skye Borden and her quest to grow and raise most of her family's … [Read More...]

Wealth

To Curtis Ikard: Thanks for Expanding My World

Even as a child, I knew of Curtis Ikard. The Russellville Marching 100 was widely-recognized as the best high school band in North Alabama, maybe the … [Read More...]

Sustainability

David Snow of Snow's Bend Farm at Pepper Place Saturday Market

017 Shinecast – Snow’s Bend Farm

Episode 017 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features an interview with David Snow of Snow's Bend Farm in Coker, Alabama. Snow's Bend Farm is one … [Read More...]

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Bread and Butter Farm sign Shelburne South Burlington Vermont

019 Shinecast – Vermont’s Bread & Butter Farm

Episode 019 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features an interview with Corie Pierce, co-owner of Bread & Butter Farm near Burlington, Vermont. Corie talks about how she came to love farming … [Read More...]

David Snow of Snow's Bend Farm at Pepper Place Saturday Market

017 Shinecast – Snow’s Bend Farm

Episode 017 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features an interview with David Snow of Snow's Bend Farm in Coker, Alabama. Snow's Bend Farm is one of Alabama's premiere sustainable farms. David and … [Read More...]

Shinecast 016: Skye Borden Returns to the Land

Episode 016 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features an interview with Skye Borden and her quest to grow and raise most of her family's food. Skye, an environmental lawyer/writer and her … [Read More...]

discover inspire grow shine

How to Shine

The quickest route to the top of the mountain, to the place where you can truly shine, requires three steps: You must be willing to explore so you can discover your true purpose and calling. You … [Read More...]

Sheree Martin June 2012

Changes Coming to The Ben Franklin Follies

For the past two months I've spent a lot of time exploring ways that I can make The Ben Franklin Follies more useful to you. I've finally settled on a revamped focus, so over the next few weeks you'll … [Read More...]

Winnie-the-Pooh Book on Table

The Care and Feeding of Heffalumps

The tale of "Piglet Meets A Heffalump," in Winnie-the-Pooh is replete with wisdom about human behavior, particularly in the face of our tendency to fear what we don't recognize or understand and our … [Read More...]

Playing in surf on Alabama Gulf Coast Fort Morgan Copyright 2012 Sheree Martin

014 Shinecast: Water Policy, Water Use

We talk water use, water policy and water rights with Mitch Reid, program director for the Alabama Rivers Alliance, in this week's episode of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast. The focus of this … [Read More...]

Goal Setting 2013 What matters most

Epiphany: The Power of Action

An epiphany refers to a striking breakthrough or or manifestation or “enlightening realization” that enables someone to more deeply understand a problem or situation. Epiphanies usually come after … [Read More...]

Publicity photo of second season cast of ZOOM PBS educational series

Zoom, Vivace, Jazz: The Power of Words

Can three words inspire, motivate -- even define you for an entire year? A lifetime? If words shape our thoughts, our emotions, our actions, it would seem so. “Our life is shaped by the mind, we … [Read More...]

FoodBlogSouth 2012 Goodie Bag

012 Shinecast: FoodBlogSouth Preview and More

Episode 012 of the Shine Springs Farm Shinecast features a preview of FoodBlogSouth 2013, one of the premiere food blogging conferences. Sheree talks with FoodBlogSouth co-founders Jason Horn and … [Read More...]