Farm-to-table is all the rage these days, with trendy restaurants everywhere diving into the healthy food scene. Some do it through local farm partnerships, others grow their own veggies and herbs out back, but Chef Leah takes it even further, making it her mission to close the loop from farm to table, back to regrowth and sustainability.

Argon, the German Shepherd recently made headlines when he was found by hikers in Malibu Canyon with zip ties around his mouth and neck. Argon has not only found a second chance at life, but has also become a powerful symbol of the importance of animal rescues. We sat down with Maria Dales, founder of German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County, his angel rescuer, and learned more about his story and the countless others and how you can help rescues continue to help save lives.

One woman decided to take back her power and turned her grief into purpose, Nikki Zazzali took her childhood passion for making jewelry and turned it into a successful charitable jewelry company, Revive Jewelry after the loss of her grandfather to cancer and the eye-opening experience of watching her brother’s Lupus diagnosis unfold.

As children growing up, most of us have those stories that are forever locked in our memories. The good, the bad and the strange ones that somehow just stuck in our brains that weaved together a tapestry of our childhood and formed some of our deep-rooted beliefs about ourselves and our lives. Brigit Binns turned those memories, the good and bad, into a coming-of-age memoir in RottenKid: A Succulent Story of Survival.

You may not know her by name, but you probably know her work. Wendy has a company called Chair Whimsy, where she creates one of a kind, colorful, whimsical chairs that make you feel you have feel down a rabbit hole to Wonderland and cant help but smile. And her new book, Life Whimsy: How to Think, Play & Work More Creatively will have you scratching your creative itch!