Happy Dancing Blog

Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, with his wife, Audra, operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry...

The numbers are sobering: According to the Environmental Defense Fund , 160 billion pounds of food goes uneaten every year in the United...

Sustainable agriculture gives me hope. What gives me hope is the knowledge that much of what ails us and the planet we are part of can be...

The holiday season is here! For some, it can feel like the season of overwhelm. After Thanksgiving, does time actually accelerate towards...

Tips from garden experts on how to divide perennials in the fall.

If you’ve ever found yourself mesmerized by the activity at your bird feeder or wondered if that’s the same caterpillar you saw...

Bumble Bee on late-season golden rod. 📷 Nora W. If you’re looking to get an up-close look at bumble bees, late summer and early fall is...

I was a school-loving nerd, so all the late August back-to-school rituals were memorable and fun for me. Until college, when I started to...

Are you a naturally curious person? Do you pay close attention to detail? Do you WISH you paid better attention or hope to develop your...

It is not news that we consume a horrific amount of plastic. As author Susan Freinkel (Plastic: A Toxic Love Story) famously shows on her...