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March 19, 2013 Subscribe · Forward FIGHTING FOR FARM AND FAMILY When Jessica Hudson moved with her family to a small rural community located east of Lansing, Mich., last summer, she thought she had finally found the solution to her kids' troubling dietary issues. She never imagined she might be headed to court. Hudson says that her five young children suffer from a long list of serious food allergies, including soy and corn, which severely impairs their ability to eat a balanced diet. Hudson and her husband, Jeremiah, have had an especially difficult time finding affordable non-allergenic eggs and milk to provide the kids with protein. They moved to Williamstown Township, Mich., with the goal of creating a ranch where they could raise their own animals on contaminant-free diets. Although they've succeeded in establishing a 1.5-acre homestead, Sweet Peas Farm, their animals -- including pigs, goats, chickens and rabbits -- have not been received warmly by local officials. (Scroll down to see photos of the animals at Sweet Peas Farms) Hudson told The Huffington Post that she had initially cleared the animals with the township before they moved, but received a letter last November saying that her farm violated a local zoning ordinance. Although Hudson has tried to settle the matter through official channels, she said the townships' board of trustees voted at their meeting last week to refer the issue to their counsel for legal action.  Continue reading... Wayne State, University of Michigan Funding Could Be Cut By GOP After Right To Work Clash 1001 Woodward In Downtown Detroit Is The Latest Building Bought By Dan Gilbert And Rock Ventures Midtown's New Indian Restaurant Sets An Opening Date LOOK: Ryan Gosling Hangs Out With One Of Our Favorite Detroiters Prosecution: Grandson's Death Deserves Premeditated Murder Charge International Bike Crossing Plan Approved International Bike Crossing Plan Approved LOOK: Ryan Gosling Hangs Out With One Of Our Favorite Detroiters Woman Fights Township Over Farm Animals Kept For Kids' Health International Bike Crossing Plan Approved Ryan Gosling Spottings In Grosse Pointe, Detroit ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Mindfulness, Meditation, Wellness and Their Connection to Corporate America's Bottom Line On Tuesday I'll be guest-hosting CNBC's Squawk Box. As well as discussing Cyprus and a possible euro-crisis, we are going to discuss the growing trend in corporate America to take steps -- meditation, yoga, mindfulness trainings -- to reduce stress and improve health and creativity. Even a quick look at what's happening in the American workplace shows that it's a seriously split-screen world. On the one hand, there's the stressful world of quarterly earnings reports, beating growth expectations, hard-charging CEOs, and focusing on the bottom line -- the world that is the usual focus of CNBC and Squawk Box. On the other hand, there's the world populated by the growing awareness of the costs of stress, not just in the health and well-being of business leaders and employees, but on the bottom line as well. Continue reading... KATE ABBEY-LAMBERTZ Kwame Kilpatrick, The Wire and Why Life Works Out Better Than It Does on TV (Let's Hope) Kwame Kilpatrick's conviction might feel like the end of a chapter, but there's many more stories to follow. Despite Detroit's own precarious future, we see evidence every day that people, and cities, can change for the better. Continue reading... DEDRICK MUHAMMAD Life After Foreclosure Even if you're struggling to overcome a major financial crisis at the moment, remember that your transition to recovery can eventually lead to a more sustainable, financially secure future. Continue reading... CODY GOSSETT The Great American Gap Year Almost every person we've spoken to about our travels has told us that they're envious and want to do the same thing -- to that I always say, "You can. Just put a date on your calendar and give your jobs six weeks notice before you leave." Continue reading... ANN BRENOFF How Stella Keeps Her Groove Life, as it always has been for her, is what you make it. If you choose to let things get you down, they will. It's all about the attitude that you bring to the table and learning to live in life's positive cracks even when they are hard to find amid the darker disappointments. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.