Opting out of the corporate food chain

This looks like a good book to read: Food, Inc., available now from PublicAffairs and Amazon. The following excerpt is part of one of the  contributions to the book, titled “Declare Your Independence” by Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm fame.
Perhaps the most empowering concept in any paradigm-challenging movement is simply opting out. The opt-out strategy [...]

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Just because a food is labeled healthy doesn’t mean it is

Living healthy is a multi-billion dollar spinner, and the food industry takes a rather large share from the cache, a share that often is not fair at all. In a world where fast food giants can claim to sell healthy foods, government food agencies are stacked with industry representatives and politicians have an open door [...]

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Food synergies: Powerful food combinations

Our ancestors weren’t always right, like when it comes to the observance of human rights or the role religion played in daily life (not that we have that much advanced though in both areas), but when look look at ways of growing and eating food for example, they certainly were light years ahead of us. [...]

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US Association of Physicians calls for Moratorium on GMO Foods

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has just issued a call for an immediate moratorium on Genetically Manipulated (GMO) Foods.
By F. William Engdahl
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13701
Reposted from Global Research, May 22, 2009

In a just-released position paper on GMO foods, the AAEM states that ‘GM foods pose [...]

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Hexane, a neurotoxic chemical used in producing baby food

A few days ago I posted the executive summary of a report by the Cornucopia Institute titled Behind the Bean. In it researchers warned that foods containing soy beans and labelled organic night not necessarily be healthy. One of the examples to back up their claim was the use of Hexane in the production process [...]

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An organic label on soy products does not necessarily make them healthy

The following article is the executive summary of a research paper by the Cornucopia Institute. Part of the project was the development of an organic soy scorecard that rated such criteria as soybean sourcing and processing. Not surprisingly, a lot of products were found wanting, right down to actually presenting a health risk. This outcome [...]

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Baked organic blue potatoes with Wasabi Mayonnaise

First time I’ve actually seen an All-Blue potato. I had some purple potato chips before  but so far had never come across a fresh, raw blue potato, leave alone an organic one. And working with it is quite an experience for the senses. It has a deep-blue smooth skin with shallow eyes and an almost [...]

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Sonoma’s artisan sourdough bread

My German origins make me love good bread, and Australia with its spongy, yeasted white flour fluff being marketed as  ‘bread’ must be one of the worst places on this planet for a baker goods (its cakes are atrocious too). But fortunately a growing boutique baker’s culture has sprung up over the last 10-15 years, [...]

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Irradiated foods shown to cause neurological damage

Natural News
Sherry Baker, Health Sciences Editor
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In a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) report on cats developing severe neurological symptoms due to a degradation of myelin, the fatty insulator of nerve fibers called axons. Because myelin facilitates [...]

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Interview with marine biologist Boris Worm on overfishing, aquaculture and other ecological problems and solutions

NaturalNews‘ editor Mike Adams interviewed well-known marine biologist Boris Worm on almost everything one can think of when it comes to the ecological threats to our oceans: from overfishing and aquaculture to the effects of climate change and pollution on the marine environment and the enormous amounts of trash floating on ocean surfaces. But it’s [...]

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Wanna have a green kitchen? Start with these 10 items

Blisstree does not only have a nice name, but also quite a few good ideas – like these ones below for a green kitchen. I was happy to realise that we can cover 50% of the list, but at the same time it also raises my guilt in some quarters .

Decent vegetarian cookbook: [...]

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If Americans would go vegetarian for just one day …

It’s a dream that will never come true, but it nevertheless is interesting to contemplate the environmental benefits of such a move. And maybe it might be worth pursuing the idea – after all, many of us around the world turn off the lights for one hour … and what about Ramadan and other religion’s [...]

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Another take on Monsanto and the HR 875 Bill

UPDATE: I do not believe anymore that my skepticism in regards to the activists’ claims that HR 875 has the potential to destroy the organic agricultural sector int America is warranted; I therefore also do not share anymore nonny mouse’s belief (below) in Monsanto’s innocence. See my new post reflecting my changed position here.
I posted [...]

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Do GM crops increase yield? The answer is No

By Devinder Sharma
Devinder Sharma’s ZSpace Page/ ZSpace
Lies, damn lies, and the Monsanto website. Tell a lie a hundred times, and the chances are that it will eventually appear to be true. When it comes to genetically modified crops, Monsanto makes such an effort – and it could be that you too are duped into accepting [...]

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Bird Friendly coffee is now available in Europe

Bird Friendly® coffee is now available in the European market. A sixth-generation Dutch coffee roasterie, Simon-Lévelt Coffee and Tea, now offers Bird Friendly® coffee through its stores in The Netherlands and Belgium. The coffee is certified as Bird Friendly® by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and refers to organic certified shade-grown coffee grown [...]

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Conventional fruit & vegetables not as good as they used to be 50 years ago

According to research published in The Journal of HortScience, produce now lacks not only the taste, but also the amount of nutrients it had just 50 years ago.
Vegetables today are larger, but contain more “dry matter” which dilutes the concentrations of minerals.  This results in 5% to 40% less magnesium, iron, calcium, and zinc.
Selective breeding [...]

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Recipe for the original 1915 Black Forest Cake (Gateau)

This is the original black forest cake recipe by master pastry cook and confectioner Josef Keller (1887-1981) from Radolfzell (Lake Constance, Germany). The world renowned gateau was supposedly created in Bad Godesberg, at the former celebrity cafe Agner.
Ingredients

For a 24-Er-Springform

4

Eggs

100
g
Sugar

100
g
Butter

150
g
Dark Chocolate

3
Tbsp
Black Forest Kirsch (Liquor)

50
g
Flour

50
g
Potato Flour

1
Tsp
Baking Powder

1

Pinch of Salt

150
g
Ground Roasted Hazelnuts

Filling

½
l
Cream

1
Pkt.
Vanilla Sugar (or Vanilla Essence)

1/8
l
Black [...]

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Australian “independent” food regulator run by the food industry

The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that various health and consumer advocates have accused the Food Standards Australia New Zealand statuary agency (FSANZ) of failing its purpose to protect public health and safety. FSANZ has a long history of pandering to industry interests, for example in relation to embracing GM food production or setting labelling [...]

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The Pedal People of Northhampton

This is a very interesting example for actively working towards achieving a sustainable society – it’s something I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years: peddling rubbish. [images inserted by me]

BY ELISSA ALFORD, NORTHAMPTON, MA
Published in the November/December 2008 issue of Orion magazine
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS—The Pedal People troll our streets almost every day, bicycling not for play [...]

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The homegrown revolution – urban farming

There are parts in me that recoil a bit from the sprinkled-in bits of American culture (like the TV reporter’s gooey superficiality), the romantic yet ‘primitive’ hippie-roots lifestyle and certainly the drudgery of gardening (for example battling pests or droughts or committing to the huge amount of establishment work when the [...]

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