By Susan Essoyan
StarAdvertiser.com
Since trying “natural farming” last year under the guidance of a folksy South Korean master farmer known as Han Kyu Cho, Delos Reyes said production on his 10-acre plot has doubled — and demand is growing even faster. “This is my first time having earthworms on my farm,” he said, scooping up […]
by jo-lynne
Musings of a Housewife
If you’re anything like me, when you read all those real food blogs, you get totally inspired. You read all about the benefits of the kefir and the organ meats and the fermenting and the sprouting and the soaking . . . and you WANT to do it all. You really, really […]
by KATHRYN NIFLIS JOHNSON
Optimal Health Connection
Last night, I wrote only about my own experience, as a way for me to process the events of yesterday, with my farmer, Alvin Schlangen, and the MN Department of Agriculture (MDA). This was much easier for me, than trying to report hard facts, especially when I am tired. I […]
by KristenM
Food Renegade
The FDA actually spent your tax dollars to create THIS — a poster they’re asking you to share with your friends and family about the dangers of raw milk.
I learned about the poster first from Cathy Raymond at the Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund. In her email, she asked the same question […]
by David E. Gumpert
The Complete Patient
“I’m new to this community and…get food from Alvin (Schlangen),” writes Elisa on a listserve. “I’m so upset they have done this, as is my whole family.”
Welcome to Minnesota, Elisa, where official interference in ordinary people’s access to food has become a major public initiative, along with paving roads and […]
By Dr. Mercola
Researchers at the University of Otago, in Dunedin, New Zealand compared impacted third molar extractions in the same patient with and without antibiotic prophylaxis. Ninety-five patients were divided into two groups and served as their own control, receiving antibiotics for one surgery and placebo for the other.
No significant differences were observed between test […]
by Cooking Up a Story
March 10, 2011 As the season begins to change to Spring, I’ve noticed a lot more attention being paid to the small farmer. Last week the New York Times ran a piece on the growing interest of small farming with 20-30 year olds.
“Garry Stephenson, coordinator of the Small Farms Program at […]
by Tom Philpott
Grist
Quote: “The problem is, the conventional wisdom is wrong — or, at the very least, much more contested than its champions let on. The Economist insisted that international development agencies had embraced Big Ag as the solution to the globe’s food problem, but that simply isn’t true.”
Read the Full Article Here: http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-10-debunking-myth-that-only-industrial-agriculture-can-feed-world
by Stefan Gailans
DesMoinesRegister.com
I read Calestous Juma’s essay, “Technological Intolerance Threatens Global Food Security” (Feb. 20), with great interest. While discussing the “coexistence” of conventional agriculture that uses biotechnology with organic agriculture that eschews this technology, Juma states “the unintentional cross-pollination by GM plants, or the drift of a neighbor’s pesticide onto their fields, […]
by Rory Harrington
A host of industry-led projects are currently underway to discover bisphenol A (BPA) alternatives for metal packaging – but a viable option is unlikely to reach the market for several years, said a leading US trade body in an exclusive interview with FoodProductionDaily.com.
Dr John Rost, chairman of the North American Metal Packaging […]
by Louise M. Slaughter
Slaughter Reintroduces the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today said we must take action to limit the overuse of antibiotics in animals so these life-saving drugs remain effective in the treatment of human illnesses.
Today Slaughter is reintroducing H.R. […]
by Dr. Mercola
Researchers have found that daily intakes of vitamin D by adults in the range of 4000-8000 IU are needed to maintain blood levels of vitamin D metabolites in the range needed to reduce by about half the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, multiple sclerosis, and type 1 diabetes.
While an Institute of […]
by Carlos Greene
(NaturalNews) Warnings against Bisphenol (BPA)-containing plastics are rampant. Most people understand that BPA should be avoided. But do people understand what BPA is? This article attempts to shed light on BPA. However, the information presented here is not all-inclusive and it is important to conduct your own research and make decisions on BPA for […]
by Ethan A. Huff
(NaturalNews) If you listen purely to the industry side of the story, you might think that drug companies are more than vindicated in selling brand-name drugs for sometimes thousands of times more than they cost to produce, and raking in billions of dollars in profits every year. After all, much of […]
by Remy
CrossFit South Bay
Ask around the gym about the coconut products and you’ll find the only answer you get is that they are, “Ahhhmaaaziiing.” The coconut cream is like nothing else — a cross between the flavor of macadamia butter and coconut milk (don’t worry I ate through a quarter of my jar the […]
by KateTietje
Babble
I’ve heard many, many people tell you that you can’t breastfeed while pregnant. That it’s dangerous or will cause a miscarriage, or just that your milk will dry up. It’s mostly myths (though your milk might dry up). But, believe me, you can breastfeed while pregnant.
Know how I know? […]
A view from the Blue Hill peninsula, where Sedgwick, Penobscot, and Brooksville are located.
Two More Maine Towns Vote on “Food Sovereignty,” Different Outcomes Underscore Potential Divisiveness
by David E. Gumpert
The Complete Patient
I think because the “Food Sovereignty” ordinance described in my previous post passed so easily in Sedgwick, Maine, last Saturday–without obvious pushback from state […]
by MICHAEL J. CRUMB
Businessweek.com
DES MOINES, IOWA
An organics watchdog group’s criticism of a cereal company that describes its products as “all natural” is the latest in the debate about whether the term is being used to confuse consumers or simply give them more information.
The Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute recently filed a complaint with the Federal […]
by Dr Sherri Tenpenny
(NaturalNews) In my experience, it’s not often that pro-mammogram literature or textbooks tell the truth about the limitations of mammography so imagine my surprise when I came across this section in the 1,100 page textbook I’m studying called Breast Imagingby Dr. Daniel B. Kopans.
“Because screening does not detect all cancers and does […]
By Joanna Runciman
Fitness Goop
“Youth has no age” said Pablo Picasso but it appears media, and society to a certain extent, feels youth is the appearance of youthful skin and hair that is not grey. What a great sadness. As so many seek the ‘elixir of youth’ it is worth highlighting that often it is our […]
