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Desai Farms Unique Boutique: The Boutique with a Purpose

When you shop at the Desai Farms Unique Boutique, you are not only buying quality garments and accessories but also contributing to the greater cause of empowering and employing hardworking women all over the globe.

At Unique Boutique, the luxurious Alpaca fiber garments, accessories and toys support native Peruvian women from the cities of Huancayo and Lima. The 100% organic cotton tops are made by skilled craftswomen of India, who also benefit from your purchase. The artisan-made bracelets and accessories in our store are available through our great partnership with Strings of Culture Jewelry. All proceeds of SOCJ fund Project Loom (Proyecto Telar), which helps the Atacameñas women in Chiu Chiu, Chile. The boutique carries indigenous jewelry straight from Nicaragua, featuring necklaces with local seeds and stones from the Masaya Volcano site. Purchases of our Nicaraguan indigenous jewelry support the women’s workforce in Nicaragua.

Additionally, the exclusive line of Dr. Desai Ayurvedic goat’s milk soap and skincare products supports the locally owned Desai Farms. At Unique Boutique, they do their part to encourage and support the empowerment of indigenous women through honest employment by bringing you gorgeous traditional crafts from all over the world.

Location: Desai Farms, 1012 Califon Cokesbury Rd., Lebanon. For more information, call 908-236-6742, or visit DesaiFarms.net or DrDesaiSoap.com.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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