Our Natural Life » Tech Stuff http://ournaturallife.com/blog Provocative discussions about leading a holistic, sustainable, and healthy life Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:01:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=401 Searching for accurate information and provocative discussions about living a holistic, sustainable, and healthy life? Join hosts Jon and Cathy Payne for informative interviews with local and national experts, authors, farmers, filmmakers, and chefs. A bimonthly podcast of varied length that focuses heavily on the principles of Weston A. Price Foundation, Slow Food, sustainable agriculture, and buying local food. Reported through the lens of the hosts lives in rural Georgia. Jon and Cathy Payne no Jon and Cathy Payne jppaynesr@gmail.com jppaynesr@gmail.com (Jon and Cathy Payne) 2009-2010 - Alchemy New Media LLC Provocative discussions about leading a holistic, sustainable, and healthy life Weston A. Price, sustainability, sustainable food, holistic health, farming, organic, nutrient dense food, slow food, biodiversity, locavore, pastured meat, raw milk Our Natural Life » Tech Stuff http://www.ournaturallife.com/logo/ONL144x144.jpg http://ournaturallife.com/blog/category/tech-stuff/ Website Recovery http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/01/website-recovery/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/01/website-recovery/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:30:06 +0000 Jon http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/01/website-recovery/

On January 15 our web host had a major server failure which required that we completely rebuild our website.

We apologize to the thousands of other blogs and websites that  linked to our blog posts and podcasts because all those links are now broken. All of our posts have been restored but they need to be re-linked [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2010/01/website-recovery/feed/ 4 ONL054 Zachary Adam Cohen on Farm to Table and Social Media http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/10/onl054-zachary-adam-cohen-on-farm-to-table-and-social-media/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/10/onl054-zachary-adam-cohen-on-farm-to-table-and-social-media/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:34:17 +0000 Cathy R. Payne, EdD http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=77

This Podcast is a conversation with Zachary Adam Cohen, creator of the Farm to Table blog and television show and self-described “evangelist for the sustainable food movement”. Zachary talks with us about how his dream project started and addresses skeptics on the topic of social media. The link to our interview is found below.

I met Zachary [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/10/onl054-zachary-adam-cohen-on-farm-to-table-and-social-media/feed/ 0 - This Podcast is a conversation with Zachary Adam Cohen, creator of the Farm to Table blog and television show and self-described "evangelist for the sustainable food movement". Zachary talks with us about how his dream project started and addresses ... (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/ZAC.jpg) This Podcast is a conversation with Zachary Adam Cohen, creator of the Farm to Table (http://www.zacharyadamcohen.com/farmtotable/) blog and television show and self-described "evangelist for the sustainable food movement". Zachary talks with us about how his dream project started and addresses skeptics on the topic of social media. The link to our interview is found below. (http://www.OurNaturalLife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/FTTLOGO.jpg)I met Zachary on Twitter and found that we had several followers in common. After several tweets and a couple emails, we eventually had a telephone conversation that led to this interview. This is one of the beauties of twitter, which Zachary describes as "global thought talk." It is a place where one can have conversations 24 hours a day with like-minded individuals from around the world. In our interview and in a recent blog he discusses the use of social media as a medium for change (http://www.zacharyadamcohen.com/farmtotable/social-media/social-media-strategy-local-foods-movement/). Zachary recommends Chris Brogan's book, Trust Agents (http://www.amazon.com/Trust-Agents-Influence-Improve-Reputation/dp/0470743085/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256486449&sr=8-1) as an aide to help individuals use the web to build influence, improve reputation, and earn trust. Cathy and Jon described their own goals to promote sustainable food and to lobby for the labeling of GMO foods. This is a topic Our Natural Life recently explored in interviews with both Jeffrey M. Smith (http://www.ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=372) and Robyn O'Brien (http://www.ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=385). Zachary makes wide use of Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, and Stumbleupon to connect with the movers and shakers in sustainable food. How do you use social media to promote your favorite causes? Updates from Our Natural Life Jon has been away for a couple weeks, and Cathy neglected to post this blog October 19th due to responsibilities of daily living in his absence. Our fall garden survived the first freeze alerts with the help of generous mulching and a burlap blanket. The screening of FRESH: The Movie fundraiser for Georgia Chapters of Weston A. Price was a big success. Yesterday Cathy attended another fundraiser and panel discussion. This time it was a Slow Food event (http://www.slowfoodatlanta.org/slow_food_atl_events.html) for Wholesome Wave (http://www.wholesomewave.org/community_dv.html). She was so excited to learn about the opportunities in our community for helping low income families connect to fresh, sustainable, local food for half price! This is definitely a cause worthy of support. Speaking of Slow Food, Georgia Organics is featuring founder Carlos Petrini (http://www.georgiaorganics.org/conference/) as the keynote speaker for this year's annual conference. Past keynote speakers included Joel Salatin and Michael Pollen. They keep raising the bar! Jon and Cathy Payne no 47:57 ONL029 – Gadgets for a Healthy Lifestyle http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/02/onl029-gadgets-for-a-healthy-lifestyle/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2009/02/onl029-gadgets-for-a-healthy-lifestyle/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:16:11 +0000 Jon http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=217

In this episode we discuss our favorite health related gadgets. They include a personal scale which not only measures your weight but it also analyzes your body composition; two biofeedback devices that can lower your blood pressure; blood pressure monitors; pedometers; and some fun ways to exercise.

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We’re spreading the word about our new website and would like to encourage people to register for our newsletter. Our goal is to have subscribers in each of the 50 states and at least half a dozen countries within approximately 30 days (September 1, 2008). There is no charge to subscribe. When you register, send us [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2008/07/website-launch-contest/feed/ 0 Welcome http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2008/06/welcome/ http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2008/06/welcome/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:04:26 +0000 Jon http://ournaturallife.com/blog/?p=109

Cathy & I are hard at work on the first podcast. I have some audio quality issues to work out and I am confident that I can resolve them soon. I want to be sure that I have an excellent quality recording that everyone will enjoy listening to. It should be posted in the next few [...]]]> http://ournaturallife.com/blog/2008/06/welcome/feed/ 0