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The Great HPV Vaccine Hoax Exposed

Posted March 14th, 2008 by webmaster

A NaturalNews Special Report by Mike Adams
http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_HPV_Vaccine_0.html
(NaturalNews) For the last several years, HPV vaccines have been
marketed to the public and mandated in compulsory injections for young
girls in several states based on the idea that they prevent cervical
cancer. Now, NaturalNews has obtained documents from the FDA and other
sources (see below) which reveal that the FDA […]

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Embargo, Weight Loss and the Cuban Sandwich

Posted October 15th, 2007 by

The Slow Cook has a provocative post on what the collapse of the Soviet Union did to Cuba: it improved the diet, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
The Cuban economy had become highly dependent on the financial support
as well as fuel, fertilizers and pesticides provided by the Soviet
regime. When that ended […]

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Interview with Pollan

Posted October 15th, 2007 by

There’s an interesting interview with Michael Pollan over at Grist. Gives a preview of his new book and tidbits on food, farming and politics.
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Original post by Samuel Fromartz and software by Elliott Back
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If You’re Curious and Hungry in DC

Posted October 12th, 2007 by

I’ll be speaking at a local foods panel at Todd Gray’s Equinox Restaurant in Washington on Sunday at 4 p.m. Tracey Ryder, co-founder, Edible Communities publications, will also be on hand. If you’re interested click on the link for a ticket, which includes a tasting too.
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Original post by Samuel Fromartz and software by Elliott […]

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Behind the O-Market

Posted October 12th, 2007 by

Where do organic consumers live? Primarily in the West, according to a recent survey by Scarborough Research. Here are the top regions for organic food purchases (percentage of consumers buying organic food at least once a month in brackets).
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (35 percent)
Seattle/Tacoma (32 percent)
Portland (27 percent)
Washington, D.C. (26 percent)
Denver (26 percent)
San Diego (24 percent)
Austin […]

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A Tale of Two Counties

Posted October 11th, 2007 by

Grist has launched a farming and food series, with a lead-off piece by Tom Philpott looking at the Mars and Venus of industrial and sustainable agriculture in Iowa. Highly recommended.
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Original post by Samuel Fromartz and software by Elliott Back
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Unrepentant Foodie Makes Lunch

Posted October 10th, 2007 by

Today’s Times had a piece on pesto that got me hungry, so I decided to make some myself. (Click the image for a slide show of the process, which begins in the garden).
Contrary to the article, I think the key to good pesto is a mortar and pestle. Why? Because a solid pounding releases moisture […]

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Organic History, Circa 1963

Posted October 10th, 2007 by

Here’s one of the earliest recorded discussions of organic food by regulators in the state of California. Ray Green, manager of the organic program for the state department of agriculture, tells me he saved it on the way to the shredder. Click image to enlarge:
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Bought the Farm and Other News Bites

Posted October 9th, 2007 by

The Wedge Co-Op in Minneapolis, one of the oldest and largest natural food co-ops in the nation, inks a deal to buy Gardens of Eagan organic farm. The farm’s owners, Martin and Atina Diffley, have farmed organically for 35 years. "Martin and I knew we didn’t want to keep farming into our senior years and […]

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Taste, Stress and the Rats’ Choice

Posted October 3rd, 2007 by

I’m often asked if "organic is better." Big question. But here’s part of the answer from Harold McGee in the Times.
In a novel study, he writes, Swiss researchers offered rats identical biscuits made from organic and conventional wheat.
The rats ate significantly more of the former. The authors call this
result remarkable, because they found the two […]

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What Makes a Cow Organic?

Posted September 28th, 2007 by

The following was written by an organic dairy farmer in Truxton,
N.Y., who is also active in the Northeast Organic Dairy Farmers
Association. ChewsWise welcomes comments from other organic
producers or industry participants with varying points of view.
By Kathie Arnold
What makes a cow organic?  The answer has certainly been controversial over the last several years, especially when it […]

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Organics in China & Other Blog Rants

Posted September 27th, 2007 by

Here’s what I’m reading lately:
China Bound. Jim Harkness, the president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (who is also fluent in Mandarin), is blogging about organic food and farming from China, including a fledgling organic store with its own farm and CSA-like business in Beijing. Speaking to a store clerk, Harkness reports: "I […]

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Organic Diary Farmers Blast USDA, Aurora

Posted September 25th, 2007 by

The Federation of Organic Dairy Farmers (FOOD Farmers) issued a blistering attack (pdf) on the USDA and Aurora Organic Dairy (AOD) Tuesday, criticizing the plea bargain they had reached settling 14 alleged violations of the organic regulations by Aurora. The charges were made in a publicly released letter to Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner.
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A Few “Inconvenient Truths” about Aurora Organic

Posted September 25th, 2007 by

In a rebuttal to my Op-Ed in the Rocky Mountain News, Aurora Organic Dairy President Mark Retzloff would have us believe that he has the best interests of organic agriculture and consumers in mind.
He does not. 
This dispute started because organic dairy farmers around the nation were alarmed at Aurora’s organic dairy practices. To be sure, […]

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Big Organic Bull

Posted September 19th, 2007 by

By Samuel Fromartz
The dust up over Aurora Organic Dairy’s alleged misdeeds in the organic dairy business has kicked into full gear.
The latest missive flew out Tuesday, as one of  Aurora’s certifiers, Quality Assurance International (QAI), said it did nothing wrong even though a farm and milk it certified were cited by the USDA in […]

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Gretta’s Film on Flooded Organic Farms

Posted September 13th, 2007 by

Here’s the short film of the flooded Midwest farmers by Madison filmmaker Gretta Wing Miller.
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