Posts Tagged Politics

You've probably heard the health conscious mantra popularized by Michael Pollan: "If you can't pronounce it, you shouldn't be eating it."

It has come to my attention that the FDA is allowing chemicals to be present in foods labeled ‘organic.’   Please print the letter below, and send it to The Cornucopia Institute. http://www.cornucopia.org/breaking-scandal-the-organic-watergate/ Until next time, Polly   Dear USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and NOSB Chairman Barry Flamm,

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Bug juice, anyone????

Strawberry is not my favorite flavor, being a chocolate girl myself.  However, should I want to buy, say a Strawberries & Crème Frappuccino from Starbucks, I certainly would assume that the pink coloring and the strawberry flavoring were from strawberries.  Now, I would hope that the berries

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Death care vs Health care

I have heard it said that the US has a system of ‘death care’ rather than ‘health care.’   Reading a report that Lung Cancer screening is effective and fairly inexpensive (as compared to breast and cervical screenings), but not picked up as a covered service by

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Occupy the EPA

Occupy the EPA! What is the EPA doing to protect us from Monsanto? Nothing. But, here’s what they should be doing: Monsanto’s unlabeled genetically engineered foods are so pervasive in North American that babies are born with Monsanto’s engineered genes coursing through their veins! Is this dangerous?

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