WReN: Wellness ReSource Network

03/26/2026

Every week one of our admins will be offering a tidbit to support you in your wellness, for you personally and your business if you have one.

03/21/2026

03/18/2026

A GUIDE TO CHICKEN LABELS & WHAT THEY ACTUALLY MEAN

CAGE-FREE
Reality: Broiler chickens raised for meat are never put in cages regardless of the label — so this term is meaningless for meat. For eggs, it just means hens are in a giant shed instead of a wire cage. One shed can house tens of thousands of birds with as little as 1 square foot per bird.

🟠 FREE-RANGE
Reality: The USDA only requires “access to the outdoors.” That access could be a single small door leading to a concrete slab. No minimum time outside required. No grass required. No space requirements. The USDA has confirmed that 5 minutes of outdoor access per day is enough to qualify for the Free-Range label.

🟢 ORGANIC
Organic requires:
✅ No GMO feed
✅ No antibiotics
✅ Some outdoor access
But “outdoor access” has the same loophole as Free-Range — it could be a screened concrete porch. And your organic chicken was still very likely injected with a saline-phosphate brine solution during processing, because water and salt are USDA-certified as organic.

PASTURE-RAISED (the only one that gets close to the truth)
The Certified Humane standard requires:
📐 108 square feet per bird
🌱 Real rotating pasture — not concrete
☀️ Outdoors year-round

Truly pasture raised chicken and eggs will be more flavorful and richer in nutrients.

**Thanks to Parker Pastures for sharing this important information!

03/08/2026

Homemade "Gator-Aid" aka electrolyte bevie! Hydration is not just about drinking water. In order for a body to retain water, we've got to have salt. Otherwise we wash important minerals away instead of hydrating.

Recipe:
*Juice of one fresh lime
*Grated fresh ginger and turmeric
*2 tsp raw honey
*.25-.5 tsp Baja Gold Mineral Salt
*one quart of clean water

03/04/2026

We are this visiting couple lol. It's good to be able to laugh at oneself! 🤣

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02/23/2026

We just came across this study about heavy metals found in herbs & spices. Apparently ALL of the oregano and thyme brands tested high. It's recommended to grow your own if your soil tests low for heavy metals. These herbs pull metals out of the soil which makes them great for cleaning soil but not for eating.
L!nk in the c0mments...

02/22/2026

In case anyone here wants to know which bigger cheese companies do NOT use GMO rennet in their cheese...

02/20/2026

Texas just passed a law that may affect food across the entire country! The harmful chemicals listed below which are banned in many other countries will need to be labeled as "Not Safe for Human Consumption"!

Do you think these companies will don the label or will they use the recipes for the USA that they've already been using elsewhere?

This is a HUGE WIN!

02/13/2026

09/26/2025

Interested in fasting or already rocking your fasting rhythm?

Kriyanna has been writing blogs for my new Wellness Directory and shejust finished a review of Fast Like a Girl by Dr. Mindy Pelz. This book LITERALLY CHANGED HER LIFE and she doesn't say that lightly.

Go read her blog and leave a comment to tell us what you think? She is new at this 🙂 Thanks for the support friends!
L1nk in comments...

09/10/2025

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