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August 1, 2006
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With all the heavy metals, pesticides, plastics and other toxic chemicals now being detected in the bodies of practically everyone (new mothers have rocket fuel chemicals in their milk!), people are beginning to look more seriously at solutions for eliminating those chemicals from their bodies.
August 1, 2006
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BOOKS
For organic farmer Judith Redmond and others like her, Michael Pollan, who wrote "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," is more than a bestselling author. "In our world," she said, "he's a rock star."
That's why the balding, bespectacled Pollan cannot shop at his Berkeley farmers market without being approached by adoring fans who thank him for bringing debates about green living and the "sustainable food movement" into the mainstream.
For organic farmer Judith Redmond and others like her, Michael Pollan, who wrote "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," is more than a bestselling author. "In our world," she said, "he's a rock star."
That's why the balding, bespectacled Pollan cannot shop at his Berkeley farmers market without being approached by adoring fans who thank him for bringing debates about green living and the "sustainable food movement" into the mainstream.
August 1, 2006
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It was an uncomfortable moment.
There they sat -- next to each other.
Dr. Steven Nissen, chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
And Dr. Scott Gottlieb, deputy commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Next to each other they sat.
Fidgeting.
Nervous.
Dr. Nissen and Dr. Gottlieb -- along with four others gathered to discuss the question: "Government Science Panels: Fair and Balanced?"
There they sat -- next to each other.
Dr. Steven Nissen, chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
And Dr. Scott Gottlieb, deputy commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Next to each other they sat.
Fidgeting.
Nervous.
Dr. Nissen and Dr. Gottlieb -- along with four others gathered to discuss the question: "Government Science Panels: Fair and Balanced?"
August 1, 2006
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So many superrich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct, according to a Senate report that provides the most detailed look ever at high-level tax schemes. Among the billionaires cited in the report are the owner of the New York Jets football team, Robert Wood Johnson IV; the producer of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" children's show, Haim Saban; and two Texas businessmen, Charles and Sam Wyly, who the Center for Public Integrity found in 2000 were the ninth-largest contributors to President Bush.
August 1, 2006
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EXCERPT FROM 'ESCAPING THE MATRIX'
To bring us live wires back to the main topic of building a transformational movement, and to provoke discussion, I am posting this long excerpt from Richard Moore's new book, Escaping the Matrix http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-0977098303-0 (ISBN 0977098303), pgs. 84-93. In contains quotations interspersed within the text, beginning with one from Daniel Quinn. --Peter Montague
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To bring us live wires back to the main topic of building a transformational movement, and to provoke discussion, I am posting this long excerpt from Richard Moore's new book, Escaping the Matrix http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-0977098303-0 (ISBN 0977098303), pgs. 84-93. In contains quotations interspersed within the text, beginning with one from Daniel Quinn. --Peter Montague
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August 1, 2006
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In the popular American imagination democracy is primarily a system of government that enables the people to vote every few years for their elected representatives. President Bush and the Congress reaffirmed this core concept of representative government this month when they moved to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for 25 more years. In important ways, however, it was little more than a hollow gesture.
August 1, 2006
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August 1, 2006
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Dag Falck, organic program manager at Nature's Path Foods, discusses what farmers need to do to transition to organic production.
August 1, 2006
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On June 9, The Dairy & Food Market Analyst, reported that Dean Foods, Wal-Mart and Kroger, and possibly others, are on a nationwide search for milk that hasn't been derived from cows treated with the genetically engineered growth hormone, rBGH.
Dean is the largest milk processor in the country and Wal-Mart the largest retailer.
In response to this and a series of actions in the past year of dairies going rBGH-free, Monsanto is now lowering the price of rBGH to try to cling to its dwindling market.
Dean is the largest milk processor in the country and Wal-Mart the largest retailer.
In response to this and a series of actions in the past year of dairies going rBGH-free, Monsanto is now lowering the price of rBGH to try to cling to its dwindling market.
August 1, 2006
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Demand for non-GMO and other specialty or value enhanced corns remains steady while demand for organic corn is growing by 20% per year. A survey finds that GMO contamination is the biggest concern of US specialty corn farmers. These were several key findings of a report released by the US Grains Council.