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Guidelines for Buying a Home

August 13, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 23 Comments

Guidelines for Buying a Home

What should we look for when buying or renting a home? How can we choose a safe environment and avoid hazardous water damage that can lead to serious health issues? Guidelines for Buying a Home Issues Related to Mold 1. Look for a low permeability rating (minimal chance of unwanted moisture entering the home).  The… 

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Filed Under: House, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Unseen Reality Tagged With: buying, chemical, chemical avoidance, environment, guidelines, health, home buying, meters, mold, mold avoidance, roof, thermal, towers, toxic, toxic mold

How to Build a Successful Food Buying Club

April 23, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 10 Comments

How to Build a Successful Food Buying Club

One of the biggest hindrances to eating healthy, organic, real food is the cost. Why not join with other like-minded individuals and form a local food buying club? Whether you’re forming a local group or trying to expand or improve your local buying club, consider the following as you seek to make healthy food accessible… 

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Filed Under: DIY, Foodie, Natural Living, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amos Miller Organic Farms, azure, Azure Standard, buying, club, communication, coop, cooperative, farms, food, Food Cooperative, frontier, Frontier Coop, Green Pastures, group, herbs, local, milk, Mountain Rose Herbs, Organic, Wilderness Family Naturals

How to Prepare Your Home for Melting Snow

March 16, 2015 by Andrea Fabry 9 Comments

How to Prepare Your Home for Melting Snow

Water is always eager to make its way into our living spaces. One crack is all that is needed to cause a serious problem in any indoor environment. As Spring approaches and snow melts, homeowners should be aware of vulnerable areas such as rooftops, windows, and other possible ports of entry. Home inspectors Nick Gromicko… 

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Filed Under: Microbes & Mold, microbes and mold, Mold, Mold and Microbes, Natural Living, Unseen Reality Tagged With: basement, basements, building, buying, cracks, damage, flooding, homeowners, melting, moisture, snow, toxic mold, water, water damage, water intrusion, waterproof

MEET ANDREA

I am a certified Building Biology Advocate, a former journalist, mother of nine, and avid CrossFitter who likes to think outside the box. After our family's health crisis in 2008, I learned to ask questions about what's in our food, our water, and our air. I hope to empower you as you seek to live safely in a complex world. Thankfully, small steps lead to big changes. Let's travel this road together, one step at a time.

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10 Things I’ve Learned (The Hard Way)

1. The answer may be right in front of you.
2. Time is often the best medicine.
3. Speak kindly to yourself.
4. The air we breathe matters.
5. It's better to know than not know.
6. Relinquishment is a balm for the soul.
7. Symptoms will instruct if we listen.
8. Sometimes you're the expert.
9. Allow hindsight to move you forward.
10. The next step is enough.

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