Monthly Archives: September 2009

Wild Boar or Waste Water? Who Slimed the Spinach?

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Wildlife and their habitat are being destroyed to address food safety problems. This article by Jim Bynum explains why wild boars are scapegoats to hide a dirty secret–contaminated water being used on industrial farms.

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New Guide to Raw Milk Food Safety Released

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photo credit: sbunting108 Hot off the Press! Keep that Milk Chilled! Consumers’ Guide to Fresh, Whole, Unprocessed Milk: Safe Handling by Peg Beals, Guest Blogger Who is responsible for the quality of the milk you drink?  For increasing numbers of people, the answer is, “I am.”  The recently published eight-page booklet Safe Handling gives consumers [...]

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Smart Markets Invites You to Sampling Day

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My friend, Jean Janessen would like to invite you and yours to a sampling day at her farmers market in Oakton, VA this Saturday.

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Slaying the Cholesterol Lowering Demon

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Weston A. Price Foundation, a nutrition education non-profit, claims cholesterol is misunderstood. It plays a key role in body chemistry, hormone balance, longevity. But if that is the case, why are we not told? Unfortunately, because the health information released through the media to the public often has a marketing objective. The objective is to sell more drugs.

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Q & A on Cholesterol and Kids

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A scientist asks, when trying to set the record straight on cholesterol, are we going to run into resistance from parents who are concerned with childhood obesity?

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From Five Star Chef to Farm Intern

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Mike Peterson, a chef with an interest in sustainable foods, left his position at the prestigious Inn at Little Washington, to be a Mount Vernon Farm intern.

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Five Star, Five Spice Lamb Shank Recipe

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Mike Peterson, formerly of the Inn at Little Washington, shares his recipe for Five Spice Lamb Shanks.

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Acupuncture Treatment Can Cure Severe Back Pain

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photo credit: tarale From Popping Percoset to Pain Free A Doubting Fred Becomes a Believer in Acupuncture Fred, a public policy consultant who lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. shares his amazing story of overcoming debilitating back pain. He went from popping Percoset like candy to the sweetness of a pain free life with [...]

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Underground Wellness Radio Does Swine Flu and Vaccines Show

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photo credit: David Dees deesillustration.com Dangers of the Flu and Swine Flu Vaccinations David Michael (Augie), Publisher of the Journal of Whole Food and Nutritional Health, will be the guest on Underground Wellness radio show on Wednesday 9/9/9 at 9 central, 8 eastern time. The entire show is on the truth about the dangers of [...]

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Food Safety Bills are Going to Bury our Farmers in Paperwork

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photo credit: Kongharald Food Safety Bills- Misdiagnosis Strikes Again © Doreen Hannes 2009 Houston, We DO Have a Problem…… Is there a problem in our food supply? Most people would hazard to guess that yes, there are more issues now than in the past several decades. And they would be correct. So how has this [...]

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