Insect protein is a much-discussed alternative to meat, dairy and eggs because it can be raised cheaply and sustainably. Raising insects will ultimately slow the environmental degradation process. Crickets, for example, are so much more sustainable as a protein than beef. A single cow can produce up to 132 pounds of methane a day which is roughly equivalent to a car. A cricket, however, produces 80 times less methane than a cow. Still not … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
How are you planning to give thanks? … [Read more...]
Urgent Relief Efforts Needed To Help The Typhoon Haiyan Survivors
No one can fail to have been moved by the utter devastation that has hit the Philippines. Flattened cities, parents cradling the bodies of their children, survivors’ reports of loved ones washed away from their grasp – our natural human response is empathy. The people who survive devastating events such as typhoon Haiyan need assistance. Relief agencies that provide it deserve public support. Typhoon Haiyan affected a total of 9.5 million people … [Read more...]
Make a Difference This Halloween
Every year when Halloween rolls around do you find yourself torn in two. On the one hand there are many aspects of Halloween that are really fun. Who wouldn’t enjoy a celebration where you get to dress up and get candy? On the other hand do you feel increasingly uncomfortable about how greed driven the event seems to be. So is there a way to keep the fun and turn Halloween around? As a family why not have fun making Halloween treats to … [Read more...]
Hormone-Altering Chemicals Inducing To Obesity
Everyone knows that obesity is a rampant problem in North America, but new research is showing that it is not just a simple matter of eating too much and moving too little. Certain hormone-altering chemicals found in water, air, and soil can induce obesity, too. By disrupting or altering hormones, which are the body’s chemical messengers released by certain glands to affect cells all throughout the body, these invasive chemicals can disrupt … [Read more...]
Monsanto’s Poison…
Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have reported on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina: BASAVILBASO, Argentina (AP) — Argentine farmworker Fabian Tomasi was never trained to handle pesticides. His job was to keep the crop-dusters flying by filling their tanks as quickly as possible, although it often meant getting drenched in poison. Now, at 47, … [Read more...]
Project Peanut Butter
Most of us have it as a breakfast staple every day and don't give it a second thought. But the humble peanut butter has the potential to save millions of lives every year. Sound like a far fetched pipedream? Then consider the possibility that malnourished children could be saved from death just by eating a food source that was easily accessible and cheap. Enter Project Peanut Butter, which is aiming to save two million children by 2015. … [Read more...]
Do you ever use herbs as medicinal aids?
Food For Thought…
How Good Are Your Survival Skills?
If you knew you were going to be stranded in the wilds of Alaska, what 5 items would you want with you to ensure your survival? … [Read more...]
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