Coleman’s Four Season Farm: Start with biodiversity and well-nourished soil, add some appropriate technology, then harvest lots of healthy food.
Photo: Barbara Damrosch
by ELIOT COLEMAN
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Organic farming is often falsely represented as being unscientific. However, despite the popular assumption that it sprang full born from the delusions of 60s hippies, it has a more extensive, […]
by Sarah Shilhavy
We are often asked why we do not sell any packaged coconut milks. The answer is that we have never found a packaged coconut milk that meets our high standards. It is a processed product, and freshly made coconut milk will separate and spoil quite easily. The water is heavier than the […]
A long string of pink bird houses line the Bansen dairy farm. Not merely for decoration, these bird houses provide nesting grounds for the swallows that feed on flies, using nature to control insect pests naturally.
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Testimonies on raw milk and those that support House Bills 75, 1139, 2084 in Texas. These bills support the sale of raw dairy products at farmers markets and farm stands, allow low-risk foods to be produced in homes, and the improvement of access to healthy, local foods for low-income individuals.
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What is Tropical Traditions Pastured Poultry?
Tropical Traditions pastured poultry chickens are raised on pasture (grass, sunshine, insects, etc.) and on Cocofeed.
What is Cocofeed?
Cocofeed is an organic chicken-feed ration developed by Tropical Traditions that contains coconut pulp as well as other high-quality natural ingredients. The coconut pulp is the residue left over […]
by Garden Girl TV
I fell in love with the idea of raised bed gardening when I quickly learned how unreliable city soil can be. This video is all about getting you started with raised beds, including how to build your own. I will also demonstrate how to build a hoop house. The raised bed […]
Photo by Bill DeLillo, SARE
by Cooking Up a Story
Roger Rainville is ahead of the curve when it comes to reducing costs on his farm near Alburgh, Vermont. He’s currently producing biodiesel for about $1.70 a gallon.
That savings, and his profit margin, are going to be even greater if energy and fuel prices continue to rise […]
by David Evans
HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE
This post includes a synopsis of a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience Research 2010 Nov 15;88(15):3361-75
Study title and authors:
Simvastatin interferes with process outgrowth and branching of oligodendrocytes.
Smolders I, Smets I, Maier O, vandeVen M, Steels P, Ameloot M. Biomedical Research Institute, School of Life Sciences, Hasselt University and Transnational […]
Grass-Fed Traditions currently supplies 100% grass-fed beef from small-scale family farms in Wisconsin. Our cows are all grass-fed Angus and Galloway (mostly Galloway). How do we define “grass-fed?” The cows are on pasture, not in feed lots eating silage. They are also finished on grass, and do not eat grains at all. We don’t […]
by Dr. Mercola
Dr. Nick Gonzalez is a physician focused on alternative cancer treatment using a three-pronged nutritional approach. Located in New York City, he’s had remarkable success treating patients with some of the most lethal forms of cancer that conventional medicine cannot effectively address.
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Dr. Mercola’s Comments:
Alternative cancer treatments are a kind of “forbidden […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments:
The ketogenic diet has been around for 80 years, and it works. It has been used to get kids with epilepsy off of drugs through diet alone. But because it is so restrictive and because people have been misled into thinking saturated fat is bad, medicine is considered a better […]
This is a video report from Australia on Transglutaminase, a “meat glue” commonly used to dress up meat to make it look like higher quality cuts of meat. It is made from the blood of cows and pigs. It is on the FDA GRAS (generally regarded as safe) list in the USA. Watch this […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: It is widely known that Ancel Keys was the researcher from the University of Minnesota credited with inventing the lipid theory of heart disease, which led to the highly political McGovern Report in the 1970s which recommended a low fat diet to supposedly reduce heart disease. Here is some […]
Dr Natasha Campbell-McBride shares damning evidence regarding statin medication and the reason why cholesterol is so essential for the health of the body.
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The Great Cholesterol Con
The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It
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Fertility drugs and Autism are connected by low cholesterol
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High cholesterol is bad, right? Not always! In this week’s UltraWellness blog, Dr. Mark Hyman explains the surprising truth about cholesterol and tells you which tests you really need to determine your risk of heart disease.
Patti and special guest William Moss demonstrate how to plant a raised tomato bed. Learn about the trenching method, and companion plants, too. Get the most out of your tomato garden!
by Health Diets and Science
This post includes a synopsis of a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal 2009 Jul 7;181(1-2):E11-8
Study title and authors:
Association between statin-associated myopathy and skeletal muscle damage.
Mohaupt MG, Karas RH, Babiychuk EB, Sanchez-Freire V, Monastyrskaya K, Iyer L, Hoppeler H, Breil F, Draeger A.
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Ori Hofmekler, author of The Warrior Diet, The Anti-Estrogenic Diet, Maximum Muscle Minimum Fat,and the upcoming book Unlocking the Muscle Gene is an expert on how to improve your health with foods. In this interview, Ori shares his insights about caffeine.
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The Journal of Pain March 2007; 8(3): 237-243
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I Baby My Baby With Coconut Oil
Infant massage
When my daughter was a newborn, she was pretty fussy, so I heard about infant massage and how it can help calm babies and improve their health and happiness overall! Now a good massage needs good oil, and being that baby skin is so delicate […]
