Posts Tagged ‘ factory farms ’

Death of the Lakes: The Spreading of Toxic and Infectious Wastes and Disease

August 27, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Death of the Lakes: The Spreading of Toxic and Infectious Wastes and Disease

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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Food Recalls – Why They Could Mean The End Of Real Food As We Know It

August 24, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Food Recalls – Why They Could Mean The End Of Real Food As We Know It

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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Is Cheap Food Really Cheap? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Food

August 18, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Is Cheap Food Really Cheap? The Hidden Costs of Industrial Food

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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Prescription Drugs, Healing, And The Almighty Dollar

January 12, 2010
By Raine Saunders
Prescription Drugs, Healing, And The Almighty Dollar

The use of prescription drugs has led us into a lot of trouble with regard to our health. According to Dr. Hyla Cass, “Nearly 50% of American adults take at least one prescription medication, and nearly 20% take three or more.” Often, little consideration is given to the side-effects of medications until it is...
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First Case of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis In The United States

December 30, 2009
By Raine Saunders
First Case of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis In The United States

This startling story hit the wires on Sunday, December 27th of this week. Oswaldo Juarez, 19, of Peru came to the United States to study English. He became ill with a cough that wouldn’t go away, and then began to experience “rattling” lungs. The strain, XXDR, has never before been seen in the United...
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Big Corporations And Big Pharma – Dictating What’s Acceptable To Eat

June 11, 2009
By Raine Saunders
Big Corporations And Big Pharma – Dictating What’s Acceptable To Eat

Has anyone noticed how the law is on the side of agribusiness, big pharma, and profit, but fails to protect the interests of small farmers/food producers, or whole foods? These corporations have spent billions of dollars making sure entities such as the Food Pyramid tell consumers to purchase and eat the most processed and...
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Whole and Healthy Meat…Does It Really Exist?

April 25, 2009
By Raine Saunders
Whole and Healthy Meat…Does It Really Exist?

Eating meat in the modern world could be compared to playing Russian Roulette. If it is cooked thoroughly, nine times out of ten you probably won’t get sick from eating it – not immediately anyway. Repeated consumption of what is known as factory-farmed or industrially-produced meats is actually hazardous to your health. This meat...
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How Well Do You Know Your Food? Find Out!

March 4, 2009
By Raine Saunders

Food has become a complicated subject in modern times, and is now associated with political uprising and even causes heated debates among many different groups of people and organizations, including the left and the right political affiliations. Unfortunately, you can be chastised for your beliefs about food, even to the point that your own...
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Why Meat Gets The Heat

January 30, 2008
By Raine Saunders
Why Meat Gets The Heat

Since the dawn of humanity, people have eaten meat for food and it has consistently remained a primary source of protein. In recent years, we have witnessed a monumental shift from diets primarily rooted in meat-eating habits to those of vegetarian and vegan. Health rhetoric, news, and medical reports continually advocate the superiority of...
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