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Definitely unplug the toaster. I learned that lesson well when I was, fortunately, at my mom's house, alone, and her toaster decided it didn't need to be turned on to heat up six hours or so after she'd left for the day. Her toaster cozy caught on fire and would have burned the house down. I've seen other people stack papers and other things on their toasters. In our own home we just decided to do without after the last one died. More room, less worries. Microwave was the next thing to go.

The "FSA" who is behind this scam is basically just another governmental agency owned and operated by shills for the GMO industry with Monsanto the biggest recipient of the largess of slamming organics. The "Study" was just a review of selected studies that backed their preconceived result. When real funding comes to study organics honestly it will be obvious what a sham this report has been.

Organics are and always will be more nutritious, among their many other positive attributes over industrial foods the profit-driven wish us to eat.

Have to give props to Maine Root. It's been the fave now in my household for several months so was surprised to see it wasn't as well-liked elsewhere... but then we'd given up on Root Beer prior to trying Maine Root because it had lost its charm.

But one day last year I had an overwhelming craving for a good root beer which started me on a quest trying quite a few, with only Maine Root satisfying it much. Now mind you the craving only lasted a couple weeks and comprised maybe a dozen sodas in all. But that was essentially being on a bender since normal consumption is maybe one soda a month. 

Had not been impressed with Blue Sky but one very thirsty day discovered two in the fridge that seemed to appear from out of thin air (they may have been part of a meal deal we purchased but didn't drink) and the Blue Sky was very good then.

Sky-high price?

I don't work for Larry & Luna, though I wish I did (but it's probably best for all involved that I don't). However, I think even at $7.95 a pint (though I've never seen it cost that much anywhere) it's still a steal of a deal for the product and the highly thoughtful ingredients that go into it. For goodness sakes, it's a treat. Where do we get the idea that everything has to be super cheap? That's why we have food issues on such a huge level. Good stuff comes at a price and a pint of incredible dessert is less than a couple cones at a shop.

The Mint Galactica flavor is pure... well, bliss. I'm not a huge frozen mint fan but this is subtle. They've had some other wonderful flavors I haven't seen for a while and miss which I'd never think to put together or ever believe I'd like but they work. I think I remember lilacs in one. Doesn't matter, as one of the things I've found with L&L is that I don't need much. A few spoonfuls of "squealing" good (oh and it is for everyone I've shared with) frozen confection and I feel satisfied. A pint can last quite a long time in my freezer with lots of little treats, all of which are far more satiating than the other alternatives.

Really, you do get what you pay for. Unfortunately those down the line also get what you pay for, or don't. Are we all worth it or not?

As someone who was very involved in motorsports as well as environmentally aware the entire time I can tell you that many of the innovations that have come about to make motors high performance while much more fuel efficient have come from the proving grounds of racing.

There have been innumerable other discoveries as well such as light-weight yet strong material use (think kevlar) and safety improvements. What I saw being used in rally and racing cars years ago are in the cars of today. There's much more to the sport than just guzzling gas.

You know, if you want to be healthy and are concerned about healthy oceans then avoid the fish altogether and eat what makes them seem so healthy. How do fish get their omega 3 profiles? By eating kelp and other plant-based phytonutrients. You don't need to process it through the fish first and then serve it up with an unhealthy dose of mercury, PCBs and dioxins. Then also work on making people aware of companies such as Monsanto, coal-fired power plants, ocean dumping and plastic islands, as well as deep overfishing (by boat cities fudging nationalities) and the hazards of fish farms. There's even a great PBS special that shows how Bush Meat affects the oceans.

http://www.pbs.org/strangedays/episodes/dangerouscatch/

Yeah, as others have noted, lather is a marketing tool. It's like giving farmed salmon food coloring so their flesh is pink. Totally unnecessary but helps the consumer feel better about what they've bought into.

Second, it's not the hair we should be washing and so worried about. The point is cleaning the scalp. Sure, wash off the excess oils in the hair near the scalp but minimize the actual shampoo hitting the ends; they simply don't need it.

I actually really like the "Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat Invigorating Shampoo" which I can buy in bulk, in a container of my choice (even if my own isn't empty just note the "tare weight") at a local store (not even a co-op). I was given several months worth of antibiotics which caused a fungal outbreak on my scalp and the tea tree oil in the shampoo helped banish it. The peppermint wakes me up and is especially nice on hot summer days. Dr. Bronner's has a peppermint style too which is lovely in that way but also many other flavors which people might find more soothing. The Doctor is also about as eco-friendly and conscientious as a company can get including selling in bulk (refill those little travel bottles yourself).

And now we have pigs in Canada who've caught the flu from a human who caught it in Mexico...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-03-canada-flu_N.htm

But of course that's technically impossible given the big oceanic voids in our heads, especially in those government officials who are likely on Smithfield's [un]official payola-roll.

Huge food corporations have made their own beds. It's only recently the crap has started seeping through the layers they've built up with all the covers.

Not true about "Not True"

Banning Poultry Litter was just so much Bush Co chatter to appease the people annoyed by the Mad Cows showing up here and there. As soon as they were replaced by some other issue it was put aside:

Published on Saturday, June 18, 2005 by the Associated Press
Critics: US Doing Too Little to Prevent 'Mad Cow'
by Libby Quaid
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0618-02.htm

WASHINGTON -- American cattle are eating chicken litter, cattle blood and restaurant leftovers that could help transmit mad cow disease -- a gap in the U.S. defense that the Bush administration promised to close nearly 18 months ago.

"Once the cameras were turned off and the media coverage dissipated, then it's been business as usual, no real reform, just keep feeding slaughterhouse waste," said John Stauber, an activist and co-author of Mad Cow USA: Could the Nightmare Happen Here?

He contended, "The entire U.S. policy is designed to protect the livestock industry's access to slaughterhouse waste as cheap feed."

Loopholes in Ban on Cattle Remains in Feed

The Food and Drug Administration promised in January 2004 to close loopholes in a ban on putting cattle remains in cattle feed, but it has failed to act. The government calls the ban a "firewall" against the spread of mad cow disease. Eating the mad cow disease protein is the only way cows are known to get the disease.

The Food and Drug Administration promised to tighten feed rules shortly after the first case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the U.S., in a Washington state cow in December 2003.
"Today we are bolstering our BSE firewalls to protect the public," Mark McClellan, then-FDA commissioner, said on Jan. 26, 2004. The FDA said it would ban blood, poultry litter and restaurant plate waste from cattle feed and require feed mills to use separate equipment to make cattle feed.

However, last July, the FDA scrapped those restrictions. McClellan's replacement, Lester Crawford, said an international team of experts assembled by the Agriculture Department was calling for even stronger rules and that the FDA would produce new restrictions in line with those recommendations.

Today, the FDA still has not done what it promised to do. The agency declined interviews, saying in a statement only that there is no timeline for new restrictions.

"It's just a lot of talk," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., a senior House Democrat on food and farm issues. "It's a lot of talk, a lot of press releases, and no action."

No reason to think that Mexico has done what the United States hasn't done either.

So all you eat is corn?

You don't eat non-organic tomatoes or any other produce? Those all use manure as fertilizer too and that manure comes from huge Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs -- which are responsible for these germs that cause such illnesses to begin with) and not from organic animals.

Surely you'd never allow any of those petri-dish animals to touch your lips. Death-traps on styrofoam trays!

Grouchy (Avery), you're the only one smearing around here. Organic scares you and your corporate clients because it's more nutritious and produces just as well if not better but isn't profitable to those in the suits who sit at tables collecting profits from value-added patented seeds that require buying particular chemicals from those same companies adding to Wall Street's fat bottom-line.

I hope you wash your corn with soap and hot water. :)

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So the UN Summit as sponsored by Monsanto?

How can technology fill the promise of more neo-liberalization of trade, and export of our seeds and necessary support chemicals?

Food aid is good because governments and taxpayers provide a guaranteed market for GE crops while further undermining food sovereignty in other countries making them even more dependent.

Monsanto (and friends) RULZ!!!!

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So, any chance Grist will cover the Bio-Tech conference in San Diego next week? They are having an entire session on how to deal with media such as this one.On U.N. food summit ends without agreement on solutions posted 1 year, 5 months ago 1 Response

Mackey's Politics/Ideals (Wal-Mart lover Indeed)

Basically he's a lost Walton Brother...

In his own words (ahem):

How many people in the audience believe drugs should be legalized? What about pornography? How many of you believe that prostitution should be legal? I believe all three should be legalized -- within certain parameters which protect children. Who among you believes that private ownership of guns should be made illegal? I certainly don't. Gun ownership is protected by the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution. It is an important right.

I believe, however, that all four of these issues are far less critical for improving our society than creating educational choice, privatizing Social Security, deregulating health care, and enacting meaningful tort reform. The legalization of drugs, pornography, prostitution, and guns, as issues, are all too closely associated with the freedom movement. Aligning ourselves with these issues has hurt our brand tremendously, by associating the freedom movement with cultural decadence. Parents don't want their children's lives ruined by drug experimentation, or their innocence prematurely lost to pornography and prostitution, or their lives ended with a bullet.

[emphasis added]

Wal-Mart makes his $10 an hour jobs looks good so Wal-Mart is the best thing to happen to him even while he and his company pursues many of the same business tactics as Wal-Mart regarding big agribusiness and purchases via other countries.

Better than Wal-Mart... I suppose but not better than true local shopping instead of those big operations that happen to be local to a particular branch of the store.

PickYourOwn.org
Food Routes
Sustainable Table
Local Harvest
Eat Wild
Organic Consumers Buying Guide
Green People
Co-ops
Oceans Alive
Eat Well Guide
Happy Cow Restaurant Locator
Canadian Organic Growers

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