Tag Archives: Fredericksburg Food Coop

How Cancer was “The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”

This first appeared in Front Porch, Fredericksburg, VA in December 2019. It may sound a little perverse, but getting colon cancer was “ the best thing that ever happened to me” says Kendra Morgan. A Cancer Story With a Twist Kendra was working for a government contracting agency providing services to the Marine Corps and…
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Food As Medicine

This was the last column I wrote for the Fredericksburg, Virginia, Free Lance-Star: You won't find "Food-medicine" in the Pharmacy To celebrate March being National Nutrition Month, the Fredericksburg Food Coop and Mary Washington Healthcare sponsored a recent seminar on ‘Food As Medicine’ at Stafford Hospital.  Six local dietitian/nutritionists described the importance and scope of…
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