Today I am sharing an important story of toxic waste spreading through our water from factory farming from The Journal of Food and Natural Healing, a site managed by my good friend, David (Augie) Augenstein. David Michael has posted this expose on the appalling situation at Ohio’s largest inland lake, Grand Lake-St. Mary’s. David...
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Tags: activism, agriculture, factory farms, farming, government, laws, politics, real food, regulations, runoff, toxins, USDA, waste, water
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For a long time I believed that with every food recall story in the media, we’d see more and more people start taking notice of what’s going on in the food system – that food produced in factory environments is harming our health because everything is completely backward and geared toward the reign of...
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Tags: activism, factory farms, food recalls, food safety, government regulation, health, irradiation, nutrients, nutrition, pasteurization, safety, sustainable farms, traditional farming
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Do you pay attention to where your food comes from? Do you go to the grocery store and purchase whatever is on the shelf, or do you think about what’s in the food you eat and how it is produced? Do you spend any time considering the preventative side of taking care of your...
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Tags: activism, Antibiotics, commercial farming, corn, factory farms, genetically-modified foods, grains, grass-fed meat, herbicides, industrial food, Monsanto, nutrition, Omega 3s, pesticides, real food, soy, Sustainability, toxins
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Please take a few moments to read the information below regarding S.510 Food Safety Modernization Act. I received this bulletin in my Inbox today, and the time to act is definitely now. Congress is in recess until September 10th, 2010 and it is urgent that you contact your local representatives and senators to keep...
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Tags: activism, agriculture, consumer rights, farming, food politics, government, health, industrial food system, laws, nutrition, S.510 Food Safety Modernization Act
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Many of the posts I write on this web site are devoted to the subject of eating real food and eating healthy. But I feel like the point of moving from supporting a conventional farming system that pumps out massed produced, nutritionally empty foods to a healthy, more sustainable one simply cannot be pressed...
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Tags: activism, food dollars, health, health care, natural, nutrition, organic, real food, sustainable agriculture
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Want to learn how to cook traditional food from the ground up? Introducing a new eCourse designed to guide you through the basics and fundamentals of traditional food preparation and how to select real food. This course is based on the components of traditional food preparation methods, as found in cookbooks like Sally Fallon-Morell’s...
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Tags: activism, cooking, eCourse, fermenting, health, Nourished Kitchen, nutrient-dense, nutrition, pasture-raised meat, real food, soaking grains
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On this Earth Day weekend, everyone is sharpening their recycling skills and seeking words of wisdom for living a greener life. Hopefully the habits people think about today carry on throughout the remainder of our days, and not just at this time of year where you can find many written topics, books, articles, and...
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Tags: activism, consume, consumer, earth, eco-conscious, emulsifiers, grass-fed meat, home-made cleaners, parabens, recycle, Sustainability
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The safety infrastructure for food in this country is failing. It’s regulated by about a dozen federal agencies implementing about 35 laws. You would think that with that much oversight and checking, something would be working right. The public is most certainly aware of the problem, as is evident by regular media coverage of...
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Tags: activism, environment, farming, FDA, food dollars, genetically-modified, GMOs, government, industrial food, legislation, local agriculture, Monsanto, politics, real food, regulations
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Please take a moment and watch the following video (from December of 2009), detailing the deposition of Max Kane in Wisconsin, and then read the information regarding the Max Kane case in Viroqua, WI. The state government has requested he surrender information about the identities of the farmers selling the raw milk in the...
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Tags: activism, citizens' rights, government, health, Max Kane, politics, Raw Milk, real food
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I received this urgent message in my Inbox today from one of the lists I belong to, and I think it’s so important to pass this information along to people you care about. Processed foods are everywhere and there is really no telling where you might find contaminated foods. One thing I know for...
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Tags: activism, health, processed foods, real food, recalls
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