Health Issues
OCA's Health Resource and Action Center
Big Ag and Big Pharma are interested in profit, not public health, and their lobbyists fight to protect their corporate interests, not consumer interests. OCA advocates for a sustainable, integrative healthcare system with an emphasis on prevention, nutrition, wellness promotion, and freedom of choice in healthcare for everyone.
News
September 4, 2006
An editorial http://www.startribune.com/561/story/651382.html published in Saturday's Minneapolis Star-Tribune stated that, "You hear it everywhere these days: Americans are fat. Obesity is a public health crisis that affects millions and costs billions. As the pounds mount, so do the medical bills. Something to contemplate as you head for the State Fair? No, we're not that cruel. Enjoy your annual pigout on a stick, then reflect on the fatness issue and especially its linkage to poverty.
"This week, a Trust for Read more
"This week, a Trust for Read more
News
Organic Consumers Association
Dear Organic Consumer,
Today the OCA is sending you an important announcement--about a soon-to-be-released book that can help you personally, help all of us in general, but that certain politicians and big businesses hope will NEVER hit the New York Times bestseller list.
This major new book by world-renowned physician and dietary expert Dr. Joseph Mercola is called The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About the 'Next Big Pandemic,' and believe me, it covers SO MUCH MORE than just the bird flu.
Of course, protecting yourself and Read more
Today the OCA is sending you an important announcement--about a soon-to-be-released book that can help you personally, help all of us in general, but that certain politicians and big businesses hope will NEVER hit the New York Times bestseller list.
This major new book by world-renowned physician and dietary expert Dr. Joseph Mercola is called The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About the 'Next Big Pandemic,' and believe me, it covers SO MUCH MORE than just the bird flu.
Of course, protecting yourself and Read more
News
September 1, 2006
Dear Readers,
Has a Big Pharma commercial ever encouraged you to "take control of your health" with their latest wonder pill?
Check out the latest Counterthink cartoon at NewsTarget, and find out what they really mean. BUT, please be warned: This cartoon is quite graphic!
http://www.newstarget.com/020279.html
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RUTH'S HEMP FOODS
Also today, read all about the healing power of hemp, and how you can benefit from this superfood, as Mike talks with Ruth of Ruth' Read more
Has a Big Pharma commercial ever encouraged you to "take control of your health" with their latest wonder pill?
Check out the latest Counterthink cartoon at NewsTarget, and find out what they really mean. BUT, please be warned: This cartoon is quite graphic!
http://www.newstarget.com/020279.html
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RUTH'S HEMP FOODS
Also today, read all about the healing power of hemp, and how you can benefit from this superfood, as Mike talks with Ruth of Ruth' Read more
News
September 5, 2006
A bill awaiting approval by the governor would make growing hemp
plants legal in the state. The plant is used to make a variety of
everyday products, including soap, clothes and even car interiors.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has less than 30 days to sign
legislation that would allow industrial hemp to be grown in
California.
Charles Meyer says he's ready to grow the plant commonly associated
with Marijuana on over 1200 acres of his farm.
Meyer grows cotton and wheat on 2500 acres of land, but he says the
wheat isn't turning Read more
plants legal in the state. The plant is used to make a variety of
everyday products, including soap, clothes and even car interiors.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has less than 30 days to sign
legislation that would allow industrial hemp to be grown in
California.
Charles Meyer says he's ready to grow the plant commonly associated
with Marijuana on over 1200 acres of his farm.
Meyer grows cotton and wheat on 2500 acres of land, but he says the
wheat isn't turning Read more
News
September 3, 2009
Sitting in his office on the sixth floor of the North Dakota Capitol just after 6pm on Aug. 25, state Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson (right) signed off on the final version of a proposed state rule that would allow farmers there to obtain state approval to grow industrial hemp. Although Johnson's signing of the documents (which will now make their way down to the Capitol's first floor, for review by the state attorney general) was decidedly low-key, the significance of his signature is monumental. Indeed, when the rule takes effect this fall, North Dakota will be
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August 31, 2006
Dear Readers,
Do you suffer from chronic pain? In today's feature article, you'll learn about an ancient Chinese remedy that can help treat pain without drugs or surgery:
http://www.newstarget.com/020253.html
GOOD NEWS ABOUT NUTRITION:
Whole fruit and vegetable juices do more than meds for Alzheimer's
http://www.newstarget.com/020270.html
Find out what you can do to protect your access to nutritional supplements
Read more
Do you suffer from chronic pain? In today's feature article, you'll learn about an ancient Chinese remedy that can help treat pain without drugs or surgery:
http://www.newstarget.com/020253.html
GOOD NEWS ABOUT NUTRITION:
Whole fruit and vegetable juices do more than meds for Alzheimer's
http://www.newstarget.com/020270.html
Find out what you can do to protect your access to nutritional supplements
Read more
News
August 30, 2006
(CBS 13) SACRAMENTO Hemp is a crop that could be a real California
contender. Right now a bill that would allow California farmers to
grow hemp legally is waiting for the governor's signature.
You can find hemp products at any natural foods store but we all know
it doesn't come cheap. A bag of hemp seeds goes for $15, but a bill
that's waiting for the Governor's approval could bring the price on
these hemp products down.
Hemp is one of the most diverse crops but it gets a bad rap because
of its illegal counterpart, marijuana.
"I'm Read more
contender. Right now a bill that would allow California farmers to
grow hemp legally is waiting for the governor's signature.
You can find hemp products at any natural foods store but we all know
it doesn't come cheap. A bag of hemp seeds goes for $15, but a bill
that's waiting for the Governor's approval could bring the price on
these hemp products down.
Hemp is one of the most diverse crops but it gets a bad rap because
of its illegal counterpart, marijuana.
"I'm Read more
News
August 30, 2006
Dear readers,
Know anybody who has been diagnosed with ADHD? If you want the real story on this so-called "disease," read today's interview with Dr. Fred Baughman, a neurologist. It reveals the truth about the ADHD fraud and Big Pharma's attempt to turn our nation's children into chemically-managed profit centers.
Read it at:
http://www.newstarget.com/020227.html
SUNSCREEN MYTH SMASHED:
Did you know that sunscreen contains chemicals that CAUSE skin cancer?
Read this:
Read more
Know anybody who has been diagnosed with ADHD? If you want the real story on this so-called "disease," read today's interview with Dr. Fred Baughman, a neurologist. It reveals the truth about the ADHD fraud and Big Pharma's attempt to turn our nation's children into chemically-managed profit centers.
Read it at:
http://www.newstarget.com/020227.html
SUNSCREEN MYTH SMASHED:
Did you know that sunscreen contains chemicals that CAUSE skin cancer?
Read this:
Read more
Scientific Study
August 30, 2006
Despite efforts at federal and state levels to combat America's growing
obesity problem, over the past twelve months obesity has continued to
rise in 31 states, according to a report, called 'F as in Fat, 2006',
from the Trust for America's Health. The trust suggests US authorities
continue to fail to provide effective solutions.
Mississippi tops the obesity league of US states - 29.5% of its adults are obese. Alabama is second and West Virginia is third. Colorado is the nimblest state, where 16.9% of its people are obese. Washington D.C. and 18 other states saw their obesity Read more
Mississippi tops the obesity league of US states - 29.5% of its adults are obese. Alabama is second and West Virginia is third. Colorado is the nimblest state, where 16.9% of its people are obese. Washington D.C. and 18 other states saw their obesity Read more
News
August 28, 2006
STRATFORD, Calif. — Charles Meyer’s politics are as steady and unswerving as the rows of pima cotton on his Central Valley farm. With his work-shirt blue eyes and flinty Clint Eastwood demeanor, he is staunchly in favor of the war in Iraq, against gun control and believes people unwilling to recite the Pledge of Allegiance should be kicked out of America, and fast.
But what gets him excited is the crop he sees as a potential windfall for California farmers: industrial hemp, or Cannabis sativa. The rapidly growing plant with a seemingly infinite variety of uses is against federal Read more
But what gets him excited is the crop he sees as a potential windfall for California farmers: industrial hemp, or Cannabis sativa. The rapidly growing plant with a seemingly infinite variety of uses is against federal Read more
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