Cheryl Hadden reads between the lines of a new FDA missive on improving enforcement. Parsing the gooblydegook, Cheryl maintains it is a lot of words and not much substance.
Posted in Food Politics | Also tagged food safety |
Kimberly Hartke reviews a new book, The Hidden Dangers of Soy. Borne out of the near death experience of a woman who thought soy would do great things for her health, this book is a wake up call to others deceived by the aggressive health claims of the soy industry.
The founder of a Pennsylvania Farmers market, Tom Maurer speaks out against the food safety bills, saying they veil a hidden marketing agenda.
The House recently passed a new food safety bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new power and more money. According to recently discovered documents, this will do nothing to protect our food. Since 1980 it has been the official national policy to dispose of sewage waste on grazing land, fruits and vegetables, parks school grounds and home lawns.
On my library shelf, is a wonderful little book by Dr. Henry Bieler, M.D., Food is Your Best Medicine. Written in 1965, before Big Pharma had such a stranglehold on the business of healing, this doctor details case after case of how nurturing food played a role in healing his patients.When my brother was very young, he was diagnosed by our pediatrician, Dr. Knop, as celiac. She was an old school German doctor, and worked in the prestigious Yater Clinic in downtown Washington, D.C. She looked like a fierce school marm, with her dark hair pulled back in a tight bun. In her clipped German accent, she prescribed a strict diet for my brother of nothing but cottage cheese…
Posted in Natural Health | Also tagged blog carnival, cow boarding, dangers of soy, Dr. Kaayla Daniel, problem with soy, Raw Milk, real food, real milk, soy, toxins in soy, USDA |
Robyn O’Brien, a mother of 4, is an unlikely adversary of the chemicals put in our foods by food manufacturing industry. When her child developed allergy problems, she was thrust into a search for answers. She now is the founder of allergykids.com, has a blog called Food Politics and is a regular contributor to Huffington Post.
How can FDA be so concerned about food safety when it comes to raw milk, but give mercury in fish a complete pass? Asks a blog reader…
The FDA Safety Cowboys are circling their wagons, the raw milk posse is bearing down on them, and they need to shore up their defense, whoops, I mean defend their offense…hey guys, you don’t need to jump in the river, just surrender!
Remember the famous scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where Robert Redford and Paul Newman were sitting on the edge of a river canyon? They were being chased by a relentless team of marshals and one turned to the other and said, “Who are those guys?”
The Michael Schmidt trial going on in Canada is the Scopes Monkey Trial of the Raw Milk Movement. The outcome of this trial, should Schmidt win, will pave the way for a legitimate place for raw milk in the Canadian food supply….
Posted in Whole and Natural Foods | Also tagged Canada, coliform, food freedom, food safety, Michael Schmidt, Natural News, pathogens, Raw Milk, regulations, Scopes Monkey Trial, sustainable agriculture, traditional farm, U.S., USDA |
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