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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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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Pick up a box of cereal or a loaf of bread from the grocery store, and you are likely to read a number of claims on the label about the nutritional content of the product. In theory, these nutrients may be present in these foods. But are those nutrients naturally-occurring and are they something...
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Tags: fortified foods, government, health, nutrition, real food
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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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Here is an action item that arrived in my mailbox yesterday from one of the lists I subscribe to. I feel really strongly about this, and I know a lot of people who visit this web site do as well. Even if you are not a person who takes “vitamin supplements”, please read this...
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Tags: activism, government, politics, real food
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Are we going to continue to allow our government to dictate what we can and cannot put into our own bodies? Say it ain’t so! Raw milk is once again come under the radar, this time in America’s Dairyland – The state of Wisconsin. On Monday, December 21 2009, Max Kane will face prosecution...
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Tags: government, legal precedent, Raw Milk
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I’m growing weary of all the talk about health care reform. Much of what I hear is still centered around old ways of thinking about health – reactive medicine and doctoring. It’s becoming more and more evident that the two things which will bring about real change to our broken health care world are...
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Tags: food, government, health care reform, Obama
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If you care about important issues such as addressing food safety and the right of consumers to purchase clean farm food, here’s something you can do to take action. The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization comprised of farmers and consumers pooling their resources together to accomplish the following: protect the constitutional...
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Tags: farm-to-consumer-legal-defense-fund, government, Raw Milk
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The tension about our ability to be able to obtain real, untainted food is growing stronger every day. No doubt, all we need do is look in the news for a barrage of reports about the government attempting to put regulatory laws on the manufacturing, production, and sale of food. It’s certainly true that...
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Tags: agribusiness, disease, government, politics, real food
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