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Western-Style Diet Makes Mexicans Sick
In Civil Eats, Judy Bankman writes about the nutritional transition that Mexico has made from a healthy natural foods diet to a “western style” diet of high protein, high sugar and highly processed food. On a visit to southern Mexico in 2008, I was shocked to see Coca-Cola billboards dotting rural highways, and roadside tiendas selling bottles of…
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Cooperatives Cont’d. – The Emilia Romagna Cooperatives in Italy
If you are interested in an alternative econonic model to the traditional corporate capitalism practiced in the US, you’ll find this presentation informative and uplifting. It highlights the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy which is one of the richest in Europe. Emilia-Romagna is also one of the most cooperative regions in the world. Nearly two out…
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herbal folklore guide: call for collaborators
Originally posted on the irresistible fleet of bicycles: Open call for drawings of medicinal plants! For a practical compendium for natural healing practices to be compiled in a printed and bound print publication including gardens, gardeners, healing practitioners, and a wide-range of do-it-yourself guides (beer brewing, salve-crafting, tea and oil infusion, tinctures compresses). Plant drawings…
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Spirituality May Bring Better Health
Dr. Roy Sessions observes that, in his experience, “people with strong faith in the Deity and an associated afterlife generally are able to go through the cancer experience more easily than those who do not possess such beliefs.” He goes on to note: According to a February 2009 feature article in Time magazine that was…
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Critical organic apple and pear challenges addressed by TOC research
I thought this information was important to pass along for those who might be affected or are interested in learning more about the project: The Organic Center (TOC) is launching a project this Summer to prevent a potential catastrophe looming over organic apple and pear production in the US. They are working to provide the…
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Sea Pact Launched to Advance Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
Worldfishing and Aquaculture highlights Sea Pact, a coalition formed by six North American seafood suppliers to advance environmentally sustainable fisheries and aquaculture practices. The six companies – Albion Fisheries, Fortune Fish & Gourmet, Ipswich Shellfish Group, Santa Monica Seafood, Seacore Seafood and Seattle Fish Co. – are striving to… provide the building blocks of a…
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Women Still a Minority on Corporate Boards
According to Bill Roth at the TriplePundit site, “While women account for over 50 percent of college graduates and they dominate economic power in our economy with $8 trillion of annual buying power, they still account for less than 15 percent of S&P 500 boards of directors. Three percent of Fortune 1000 companies have no women…
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Playing the long game for GM crops in Europe
Originally posted on Science on the Land: Is Europe a no-go zone for GM crops? Those are genetically modified crops, also called genetically engineered (GE) crops or biotech crops. Whether we’re a no-go zone for GM depends on whether you look at the short game or the long game. We mostly don’t grow GM crops…
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