Even as traditional environmentalism struggles, another movement is
rising in its place, aligning consumers, producers, the media and even
politicians. It’s the food movement, and if it continues to grow it may be
able to create just the sort of political and social transformation that
environmentalists have failed to achieve in recent years. That would mean
not only changing the way Americans eat and the way they farm — away
from industrialized, cheap calories and toward more organic, small-scale
production, with plenty of fruits and vegetables — but also altering
the way we work and relate to one another. To its most ardent adherents,
the food movement isn’t just about reform — it’s about revolution.
Food is something that affects everybody, and now that people are
starting to realize that the mainstream food supply is poisoned:
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In honor of Donald Rumsfeld’s memoir, here’s another part of his legacy:
as president of G.D. Searle,
Rumsfeld got the FDA to approve aspartame
(aka Nutra-sweet, Equal, or Canderel),
shortly after Reagan was elected, despite massive evidence that it
caused cancer.
Don’t believe me,
listen to Mike Wallace:
“If Donald Rumsfeld had never been born think of how many millions of
people the world over would not suffer headaches and dizziness. Thousands
blind from the free methyl alcohol in aspartame would have sight,
and there would be much fewer cases of optic neuritis and macular
degeneration. Millions suffering seizures would live normal lives and
wouldn`t be taking anti-seizure medication that won’t work because
aspartame interacts with drugs and vaccines. Think of the runner, Flo
Jo, who drank Diet Coke and died of a grand mal seizure. She, no doubt,
would still be alive. Brain fog and memory loss, skyrocketing symptoms
of aspartame disease, would not be epidemic.”
What’s not opinion is that aspartame includes methyl acohol and other
toxic and carinogenic chemicals.
Clothianidin has already been banned by Germany, France, Italy, and
Slovenia for its toxic effects. So why won’t the EPA follow? It probably
has something to do with Big Agra, who loves the stuff for treating the
corn seed supply.
The world honey bee population has plunged in recent years, worrying
beekeepers and farmers who know how critical bee pollination is for
many crops.
She includes a quote from the study:
Clothianidin’s major risk concern is to nontarget insects (that is,
honey bees). Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both
persistent and systemic. Acute toxicity studies to honey bees show that
clothianidin is highly toxic on both a contact and an oral basis. Although
EFED does not conduct RQ based risk assessments on non-target insects,
information from standard tests and field studies, as well as incident
reports involving other neonicotinoids insecticides (e.g., imidacloprid)
suggest the potential for long-term toxic risk to honey bees and other
beneficial insects.
Whenever possible
we us[sic] local meats, cheese and produce to provide our diners
with fresh and dynamic flavors.
Local products from the likes of Gayla’s Grits, Horner Farms,
Sweet Grass Dairy
and Thompson Farms allow Charlie Tripper’s
to serve delicious and local farmstead fare year round.
Menus are subject to change in order
to accommodate seasonality and availability.
4479 North Valdosta Road
Valdosta, Georgia, 31602
229-247-0366
The Atlanta-based burrito chain will roll out a new nationwide menu on
Jan. 24, top executives told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Coming
soon to 420-plus restaurants will be grass-fed sirloin steak with no added
hormones. The pork will be hormone-free, steroid-free and grain-fed. Moe’s
says its chicken will be hormone-free and not raised in cages, and the
tofu will be organic.
Sounds good to me.
Why are they doing this?
“The Moe’s consumers have told us this is something they want,” said Paul
Damico, president of the brand. “We take that information seriously. They
tell us they want fresh, they want sustainable.”
Voting at the checkout counter works!
They have three locations in Valdosta:
1525 Baytree Rd.
Valdosta, GA 31602
(229) 293-0663
3145 North Ashley Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
(229) 333-0649
1500 Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31698
229-259-2506
An insecticide used in genetically modified (GM) crops grown extensively
in the United States and other parts of the world has leached into the
water of the surrounding environment.
The insecticide is the product of a bacterial gene inserted into GM
maize and other cereal crops to protect them against insects such as
the European corn borer beetle. Scientists have detected the insecticide
in a significant number of streams draining the great corn belt of the
American mid-West.
The researchers detected the bacterial protein in the plant detritus that
was washed off the corn fields into streams up to 500 metres away. They
are not yet able to determine how significant this is in terms of the
risk to either human health or the wider environment.
Bryan Walsh writes in Time that
Foodies Can Eclipse (and Save) the Green Movement:
