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The legalized killing of every person on earth (with pesticides)

3/8/2012 - Can you imagine making a profit by killing or maiming millions of innocent men, women and children - everyday? Companies like, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont and Monsanto produce some of the deadliest pesticides on the planet. These pesticides are slowly killing people (everyday) and damaging our...

Non-profit cooperative sets up shareholder program to serve up raw milk to Coloradans

2/29/2012 - Though the explicit sale of raw milk is prohibited in Colorado, state law specifically provisions that individuals can purchase shares in cows, goats, and other milk-producing animals for the purpose of obtaining milk from them, an arrangement that is growing in popularity all across the country. And...

Bill Gates, Monsanto, and eugenics: How one of the world's wealthiest men is actively promoting a corporate takeover of global agriculture

2/29/2012 - After it was exposed that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the philanthropic brainchild of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, purchased 500,000 shares in Monsanto back in 2010 valued at more than $23 million, it became abundantly clear that this so-called benevolent charity is up to something other than...

Whole Fraud: Exposing the myth of so-called 'natural' foods

2/14/2012 - On Jan. 31, organic and natural foods giant Whole Foods Market (WFM) once again attacked http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com Organic Consumers Association, the nation's leading watchdog on organic standards, as being too "hard-line" for insisting that retailers like WFM stop selling, or at least start...

How To Take Down A Giant Part 6 (Opinion)

12/3/2011 - As this movie's plot begins to unfold more and more, Hawaii's Attorney General appears to be pushing back into a corner more and more. I am confident that before long that corner will be so tight that they will have no where to go. So, I received a reply to my last letter. It was dated November 15th....

How to take down a giant - part 5 (opinion)

10/31/2011 - Frustration must be my middle name. Failing to get our Hawaii genetically modified politicians to do something about GMOs and Roundup, I figured that our Attorney General would do something. So, I wrote him a letter and sent him all sorts of stuff. In keeping with the adage that "one picture is worth...

The dehumanization of agriculture: New robotic farming devices eliminate need for human farmers

9/27/2011 - Despite a renewed interest in small-scale, organic, and urban farms, most conventional crops continue to be cultivated on ever-expanding, mega-sized industrial farms composed of thousands of acres. And according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), modern agriculture has become so dehumanized...

How bad is the drought in Texas, really?

9/4/2011 - As I've been living in Austin, Texas, for a while, I thought I would report on the Texas drought situation first hand. How bad is the drought situation here? It's critically bad, actually. Even the wildlife are facing starvation and dying of thirst. I saw some wild pigs the other night (they're quite...

NaturalNews exclusive: FDA wages secret war on raw milk farmers using KGB-style spying and infiltration techniques

8/25/2011 - After weeks of investigation, NaturalNews can now reveal that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is waging a clandestine war on raw milk dairy farmers through a network of government spies who are coached on infiltration and social engineering techniques. Resembling the Stasi East German police or...

The Obama administration love affair with GMOs is selling America down the river to agricultural ruin

8/21/2011 - The freedom to grow one's own food is a foundational pillar of civilization, and one that absolutely must persist if humanity itself is to exist. But this freedom is rapidly disintegrating in the US, as multinational corporations like Monsanto seize control of the American food supply through the widespread...

Farmers speak out: GMOs are a trap that Monsanto is using to take over agriculture

8/19/2011 - Most Americans have no idea just how pervasive genetically-modified organisms (GMO) have become throughout the food supply. Predatory marketing practices have lured many farmers into converting over to GMOs, and craftily-designed, proprietary growing systems have kept them there. Meanwhile, multinational...

Timeline of FDA raids on raw milk farmers, dietary supplement makers and natural medicine practitioners

8/10/2011 - The US Food and Drug Administration has a long history of conducting armed, SWAT-style raids on farmers, cancer treatment pioneers and dietary supplement manufacturers. This list, compiled by the editors of NaturalNews, reveals only some of the hundreds of armed FDA raids that have been conducted in...

Consolidation of seed companies leading to corporate domination of world food supply

7/27/2011 - Throughout the history of agriculture across the globe, farming has always been a diversified sector of the economy. Small, self-sustaining, family farms were the order of the day in most cultures. Even as small farms grew larger and more specialized over time, many of them still saved seeds or purchased...

Prominent agriculture figure says GMOs do not belong in Africa, organic biodiversity is the way

7/26/2011 - Genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) do not belong anywhere on the continent of Africa, and the only groups pushing for their implementation are multinational biotechnology companies like Monsanto whose insatiable lust for new "frankencrop" markets is never satisfied. These are essentially the words...

Record heat, drought, and flooding sweeps US; food supply to take a hit

7/14/2011 - The year 2011 is shaping up to be one of the most treacherous years in recent history, at least as far as the nation's weather patterns are concerned. While much of the Midwestern US continues to get drenched by record rainfall and torrential flooding, the Southern US is experiencing tremendous heat...

Chief scientists continue to ignore science by promoting GMOs

6/15/2011 - U.K. authorities recently released a report entitled Global Food and Farming Futures which recommends that "new technologies" in agriculture not be excluded merely on ethical or moral grounds. But Britain's Chief Scientist took this language and perverted it into an endorsement for genetically-modified...

Let's Round Up the RoundUp (Opinion)

6/12/2011 - We all know that RoundUp is Monsanto's cash crop. What all of us may not know is that ALL GMOs are designed to withstand enormous quantities of RoundUp. Why? So Monsanto can spray the heck out of all GMOs, killing all weeds and subsequently sickening and poisoning the "tricks" (us) thereby greatly benefitting...

Organic Trade Association "Modified" By GMO Interests

6/10/2011 - Organic Spies made news by releasing information on the financial interests and campaign contributions of the companies that are represented on the OTA board, but the underlying story of Food Inc.'s efforts to co-opt and water down organic, while protecting their interest in industrial agriculture's...

Drastic changes to US agriculture policy necessary for future of food, say scientists

5/19/2011 - The perpetuity of viable agriculture is dependent on a transformational shift in current agricultural practices, say researchers in a report recently published in the journal Science. Organic farming, grass-fed animal raising, and biodiverse growing methods are crucial for the long-term sustainability...

Indian farmers commit suicide due to devastation caused by GM crops

5/17/2011 - Foundational changes that have taken place in the agriculture sector of India have led to a epidemic of farmer suicides over the past 16 years, according to a new report. Released by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University's (NYU) Law School, the report explains that, on...

EU agriculture chief slams GMOs, expresses strong support for natural agriculture

5/17/2011 - In a bold move that goes against the mainstream flow, European Union (EU) Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos recently denounced genetically-modified (GM) food crops, citing the fact that they fail to meet various "quality and diversity criteria" that consumers have come to expect, and their inherent...

San Francisco votes to allow small-scale commercial farming in residential areas, no conditional use permit needed

4/25/2011 - The passage of an urban farming amendment in San Francisco has sparked a wave of joy among backyard farmers from across the Bay Area. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted to amend the city's zoning code in such a way that now allows backyard growers to freely cultivate produce and sell...

Biointensive agriculture could save the planet

3/18/2011 - Not more than a month or two passes by that people don't hear about an impending global food crisis. Many fear that a global food crisis is just around the corner, and that fear is not unfounded. In addition to a soaring world population and topsoil erosion, water sources are also dwindling, leading...

The high cost of cheap meat

3/15/2011 - When interviewed, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore responded to a question about whether every American was entitled to healthcare. His reply was, "We have to decide what kind of people we are." He was referring to our national character. Who are we? What kind of society do we want to become? Are...

Twelve unsustainable things that will soon come to a disastrous end on our planet

3/11/2011 - If you look around what's really happening in our world today, there's an inescapable pattern that curiously emerges: Much of what's going on is simply unsustainable. It can't go on for much longer, in other words. And it must collapse due to the laws of economics or physics. Here, I've put together...

America's breadbasket aquifer running dry; massive agriculture collapse inevitable

3/10/2011 - It's the largest underground freshwater supply in the world, stretching from South Dakota all the way to Texas. It's underneath most of Nebraska's farmlands, and it provides crucial water resources for farming in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and even New Mexico. It's called the Ogallala Aquifer, and it...

EU successfully undermines Ireland as a GMO-free zone

3/8/2011 - Weston A Price Foundation, a nutrition education non-profit, highly recommends butter as a healthy food, particularly grass fed, raw butter, which is hard to come by in America. Because of the lack of availability of locally produced artisan butter, many of our members (and those they have influenced)...

Cloned milk, meat may soon hit UK store shelves

2/28/2011 - Recent statements made by U.K. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Jim Paice seem to suggest that Britons may soon be eating cloned milk and meat -- and they most likely will not even be aware of it. If Paice's suggestion that "there should be no restrictions on the use of offspring of cloned...

Conventional agriculture using up global supply of phosphorus, causing widespread pollution

2/27/2011 - Modern agriculture is heavily reliant on the use of phosphorus, a mineral necessary for proper plant and crop growth. But conventional growing methods have all but depleted this natural mineral from certain areas of farmland, which has resulted in the widespread mining of phosphorus to replace it. This...

NY Times asks: Why aren't GMO foods labeled?

2/21/2011 - It is a question that more people should be asking, and one that even some in the mainstream media have begun to entertain: why are genetically-modified (GM) foods, which are patently (no pun intended) different from conventional and organic foods, not required to be properly labeled on food packaging?...

Now USDA Has Deregulated Genetically Engineered Bio-Fuel Corn

2/21/2011 - This threat to edible corn comes on top of GE alfalfa (a major, major threat to organic agriculture) and GE sugarbeets. Please take action on this vital issue. Last Friday, the US Department of Agriculture announced it would deregulate a type of industrial corn genetically engineered to produce an...

Join OCA in grassroots fight to stop GMO takeover

2/20/2011 - The Obama Administration's landmark decision last month to overrule the ban on genetically-modified (GM) alfalfa will likely go down in the books as one of the administration's biggest betrayals of the natural health community. But a grassroots campaign currently underway by the Organic Consumers Association...

Why you should get your selenium and zinc from foods, not synthetic vitamins

2/18/2011 - I first met the MegaFood company at a natural products expo two years ago. We sat down and had a conversation about "food-based nutrients" versus isolated or synthetic nutrients, and it turned into a fascinating hour that left me thinking we should be doing something with the MegaFood company at some...

GM cotton has not improved yields, but it has ruined sustainable agriculture

2/9/2011 - Remember the promises made by Monsanto that genetically-modified (GM) crops would bring higher yields and a better quality of life to the world? A recent study put forth by anthropologists from Washington University (WU) in St. Louis has revealed that Bt cotton, a type of GM cotton that produces its...

Monsanto connected to at least 200,000 suicides in India throughout past decade

1/4/2011 - When India's seed economy was forced by the World Bank to become globalized in the late 1990s, economic conditions within the nation's agricultural sector almost immediately took a nosedive for the worst. Much of the common Indian seed stock turned from saveable heirloom varieties to patented, genetically-modified...

Better marketing helps urban agriculture programs keep kids off the streets

12/12/2010 - Urban market gardens are a great way for inner-city neighborhoods to unite around a common cause and improve the social fabric of their local community -- all while reaping a delicious harvest in the process. And a new study published in the Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education has...

Obama's Evergreen Revolution a ploy to push GMOs

12/11/2010 - The Obama Administration is working towards a second "Green Revolution" in agriculture known as the "Evergreen Revolution". This sequel to prior agriculture industrialization efforts in India in the mid-20th century is being heralded by some as the next step in sustainable food production for the populations...

Urgent: Vote NO against GMOs in this significant online survey

11/11/2010 - A poll currently underway over at The Economist is asking people whether or not they believe biotechnology -- which refers to the use of genetic engineering in agriculture -- is compatible with sustainable agriculture. To cut to the chase, NaturalNews is petitioning all readers to drum up a resounding...

Monsanto candidates win election

11/8/2010 - Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of political lobbyists whose primary goal is to sway politicians to do their bidding. Multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto is one such lobbyist with a Political Action Committee (PAC) that spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to buy off candidates to...

Indian protestors take it to the streets in defiance of GM crops

11/2/2010 - Many Indian farmers and concerned citizens are taking the offensive against the attempted takeover of their agriculture system by multinational biotechnology giants like Monsanto. A group known as Kisan Swaraj Yatra (KSY) has been mobilizing and gathering support from farmers, and touring the country...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture race pivotal for national food and farm freedom

10/28/2010 - If you don't live in Iowa, the name Francis Thicke may not mean much to you. But the candidate for Iowa's Secretary of Agriculture has a lot in store for reforming industrial agriculture in the "Food Capital of the World" if he's elected. And whatever happens in the Midwestern state's seemingly-localized...

'Good' food movement expands as outbreaks, recalls prove dangers of industrial agriculture

10/17/2010 - Fears over the safety of store-bought food are growing, and for good reason, considering the frequency with which contamination outbreaks occur these days. But the good news is that a "good" food movement is also growing, centered around local, organic growing methods that trade corporate food dominance...

USDA says antibiotic use in livestock is negatively affecting humans

8/2/2010 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently testified before a House committee that antibiotic use in animal agriculture causes humans who eat such meat to develop antimicrobial and antibiotic resistance. Conventional cattle farmers often use antibiotics to speed the growth of their...

Monsanto: The world's poster child for corporate manipulation and deceit

7/30/2010 - At a biotech industry conference in January 1999, a representative from Arthur Anderson, LLP explained how they had helped Monsanto design their strategic plan. First, his team asked Monsanto executives what their ideal future looked like in 15 to 20 years. The executives described a world with 100...

Haitian Farmers Reject Monsanto Earthquake Relief Donation and Burn GMO Seeds

7/19/2010 - In what many believe to be an attempt to backdoor its products into a new market, Monsanto has donated hundreds of tons of patented hybrid seeds, fertilizers and pesticides to earthquake stricken Haiti. Initially, Monsanto planned to donate GMO "Roundup ready" seeds, but that offer was rejected by Haiti's...

Total sellout: Leading agricultural scientist says "organic" farmers should plant GM crops

6/10/2010 - A former British agricultural government advisor has said that organic farming should embrace genetically modified (GM) crops as a way to make large-scale agriculture more environmentally sustainable. Gordon Conway, a professor of international development at Imperial College London, told the Times...

U.S. government continues its war on raw milk

4/21/2010 - Growing awareness among the American populace about the health benefits of wholesome, raw milk has been steadily increasing over the past decade, putting many state and federal officials into a frenzy. The harsh crackdown tactics used in the past to deter farmers from selling, and consumers from buying,...

Falling Potash: Stop Our Pending Agricultural Collapse

4/1/2010 - Of the three big fertilizers used in agriculture (nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus), two are minerals that must be mined. Potassium ("potash") is a mineral that is mined, processed, and then spread on fields as fertilizer in most modern, industrial farming. Potash is of paramount importance to the cereal...

Three-Pronged System Enables GMO Takeover of American Agriculture

3/29/2010 - Genetically modified organisms (GMO) or genetically modified crops (GM Foods) are fast becoming the only type of staple crops grown in the United States. Over 90% of soybeans, over 70% of corn, and more are all grown from GM seeds. The number one producer of GM seeds is Monsanto and that company has...

Tax Our Way to Healthy Eating and Subsidize Our Way to Disease

3/23/2010 - A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine1 has studied food prices over 20 years' time and compared those to average caloric intake to find an association between food prices, dietary intake, and weight assessments. The study concluded that adding a tax to increase the price...

Dairy: Beware of the Great White Hype (Opinion)

10/24/2009 - Milk, it is said, is "the" source of calcium that helps kids grow up big and strong. Milk is alleged to contain vital nutrients and to help prevent osteoporosis. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, through its food dietary guidelines, says that everyone should get 2-3 servings of dairy every day. Milk is...

Timeline: World History of Viral Pandemics: 412BC to 2009

5/1/2009 - When observing the swine flu outbreak happening today, it's helpful to have some historical context. Viral pandemics are not unusual, and talking about one isn't "alarmist." Pandemics are a regular feature of life on earth, and they occur with surprising regularity throughout world history. Wherever...

The Colorado Organic Scene: An Interview with Andy Grant of Grant Family Organic Farms, Part II

3/21/2009 - [This is part two of a two-part interview with Andy Grant of Grant Family Farms, which was the first farm certified organic by the state of Colorado. Today, they farm 3,000 acres in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about an hour north of Denver.] JIM: Kind of a related question: There are a lot...

Famed Social Sciences Author Jared Diamond Predicts 49 Percent Chance of Civilization Collapse

2/18/2009 - Jared Diamond is no doom-and-gloomer; he's a Pulitzer Prize winning author of thoughtful, carefully researched books about the rise and fall of societies. Diamond is best known for Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (http://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Societies-Choose-Fail-Succeed/dp/0143036556/wsdm-20)...

Buying Organic is Well Worth the Cost even When Times are Tough

2/10/2009 - Organic food is now the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture. In 2007, the value of retail sales from organic food was estimated at more than $20 billion. According to the Food Marketing Institute, more than half of Americans now buy some organic food product at least once a month. The industry...

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Supports Genetic Engineering and Corporate Farming

1/26/2009 - Agriculture Secretary Nominee Tom Vilsack is a two-term Iowa governor (1999-2007) and a trial lawyer. He sailed through his confirmation hearing last week for the position of Agriculture Secretary, but he does not enjoy the same popularity with growers and consumers of organic foods. On the same day...

Bringing the Culture Back in Agriculture

12/2/2008 - After the turn of the previous century there was a lot of experimentation with mono cultures. By that is meant growing only one field crop, e.g. corn or wheat. This is a principle that goes against nature, which works with ecosystems based on synergy and complex wholes, whereby plants work together...

Sea Water Applications for Drinking, Gardening, and Growing Crops

11/1/2008 - This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Renegade Water Secrets, which can be found at (http://www.renegadewatersecrets.com) . In this excerpt, John Hartman shares on conventional solutions and studies that support sea water solutions. Renegade Water Secrets with John Hartman, CEO of OceanGrown...

Crisis Looms as Corporations Seize Control of Commodities

8/2/2008 - The global food crisis won't go away any time soon. Capitalism has the average consumer by the belly. Amid growing signs of famine and outrage, the entire chain of commodities and resources of the world are now being cornered by giant corporations. Farmland, water, fertilizer, seed, energy, and most...

Using Seawater in Agriculture and Its Significance for Human Survival

7/25/2008 - The general public is slowly becoming aware of some of the health benefits of antioxidants. Health-conscious individuals have known about their many benefits, which include the ability to fight cancer and heart disease, for a long time now. The good news is that according to a new study by a group of...

Using Sea Minerals in Agriculture – a Tutorial

7/10/2008 - Based on my other two articles on sea minerals here on NaturalNews, (http://www.naturalnews.com/022278.html) and (http://www.naturalnews.com/022309.html) , I have received a lot of questions from readers on how to make a Sole and how to ocean-farm. In this article I attempt to teach you in plain English...

Investors Behind Doomsday Seed Vault May Provide Clues to Its Purpose (Part 2)

3/13/2008 - It's got all the exciting elements of a science fiction novel. A seed bank as strong as a fortress built into the side of a mountain in the remote arctic wilderness built for the purpose of preserving food sources in the event of a disaster. Among the specifications for the bank are dual blast-proof...

Governor Schwarzenegger Backed Immoral Sex Pheromone Spraying Continues...

2/8/2008 - Sometimes bad dreams do come true. My bad dream was that the government issued quarantine, and forced everybody to be vaccinated for some fake disease. In my dream, I took my family, and fled to the hills to avoid being vaccinated. Now, nine months later, this dream has come true. In an emergency,...

Thousands Exposed to Poison by Government's Aerial Spraying

12/31/2007 - Sometimes bad dreams do come true. My bad dream was that the government issued quarantine, and forced everybody to be vaccinated for some fake disease. In my dream, I took my family, and fled to the hills to avoid being vaccinated. Now, nine months later, this dream has come true. In an emergency,...

The Many Benefits and Uses of Sea Minerals

11/29/2007 - We humans are designed to take in trace elements. How does it work? Plants feed off of minerals in the soil. They will take up only those minerals they need for their growth and development. The plants digest these minerals by adding a carbon atom. When we consume these plants we eat whatever mineral...

Global wheat supply shortage spikes prices, worries importers

8/28/2007 - An anticipated shortage in worldwide wheat supply led to panic buying on August 23 and caused prices of the grain to skyrocket. This has led to fears that worldwide food prices may rise, with devastating consequences for the poor. The panic began when Canada announced an anticipated wheat harvest...

Common crop herbicide Atrazine linked to reproductive mutations in amphibians

8/27/2007 - Pollutants such as pesticides and toxins damage the ecosystem and cause a variety of damaging ailments in humans. One particular herbicide, Atrazine, has now been found to turn male frogs into hermaphrodites, rendering them impotent by causing their gonads to produce eggs. A subject of great scientific...

Review: The Future of Food, a must-see documentary that exposes the biotech threat to life on our planet

5/3/2007 - There is a cabal of power-hungry corporations that are systematically destroying humanity's future. These companies have taken over the food supply, injected pesticides, viruses and invading genes into staple crops, engineered "terminator" genes that make crop seeds unviable, destroyed the livelihood...

Interview: Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummins tells the truth about organic milk that isn't

4/2/2007 - With consumer demand for organic products continuing to grow, more large corporations are entering the organic market. To maximize profits, some of these companies don't follow organic standards but still label products as organic. For example, Horizon Organic and Aurora Organic, sold by Wal-Mart and...

Chili peppers found to have been domesticated more than 6000 years ago

3/30/2007 - According to new research, the chili pepper has been found to be the oldest spice in use in the Americas, and one of the oldest in the world. Described in a February 2006 report in the journal Science, the research findings provide details about early plant cultivation and the use of chili peppers...

Mysterious collapse of honeybee populations threatens national food supply

3/21/2007 - The honeybee population in the United States is currently suffering a devastating collapse. Honeybees are flying off in search of pollen and nectar and simply never returning to their colonies. Have they all been kidnapped by mad beekeepers, or is something more frightening occurring with the pollinators...

The future of food: Why GM crops threaten the sustainability of the human race (opinion)

2/23/2007 - Corporations like Monsanto are playing God with the food supply. Did you ever wonder what happens when all the genetically modified, pesticide-compatible, gene-terminated, laboratory-concocted Frankenfoods end up genetically contaminating the natural crops we depend on for a sustainable food future?...

Livestock ranching a leading contributor to CO2 emissions, global warming

2/13/2007 - According to a United Nations report published last month, raising animals for food is one of the single biggest causes of global warming, in addition to land degradation and pollution of air and water. "The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to...

Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummings discusses corporate greed and organic milk

11/28/2006 - Mike: I am here today talking with Ronnie Cummings, National Director of the Organic Consumers Association. That is at www.OrganicConsumers.org. We are going to talk today about organic milk. So what is the overview of this situation, Ronnie? Ronnie: Well, the good news is, there is such a huge demand...

Report: Global deforestation finally being reversed in some countries

11/16/2006 - An analysis of the world's forests -- published in the Tuesday edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- has shown that an increasing number of countries are reversing the trend toward deforestation. "From the new data, it seems possible that we could reverse a global trend...

Global grain supplies plummet to 25-year low due to severe drought

10/13/2006 - On Thursday, the USDA lowered the amount it forecasted for global wheat and corn production due in part to a severe drought in Australia, which will put levels of world wheat stockpiles at their lowest in more than 25 years. According to the USDA report on global grain markets, global wheat production...

When Wind Power Meets Organic Agriculture (press release)

6/22/2006 - Big Sandy, MT (June 22, 2006) -- When Bob Quinn decided to research his family roots in Germany, little did he know he would find not only a cousin, but a kindred spirit. Today, Quinn, his cousin and another German partner can take pride with the fact that they initiated Montana's first and largest...

U.S. Agriculture Department lacks realistic bird flu detection plan, says inspector general

6/21/2006 - During an audit conducted yesterday by the Agriculture Department's inspector general's office, reports emerged indicating the agency does not have an ample plan for detecting bird flu in poultry and wild birds. As it stands, the Agriculture Department relies heavily on state agriculture department...

Bird flu timeline: A history of influenza from 412 BC – AD 2006

2/6/2006 - 412 BC – Major epidemic of a disease (which, although not called influenza, probably was influenza) recorded by Hippocrates. 1357 AD – The term, “influenza,” from the Italian word meaning "influence," was coined. Popular belief at that time blamed the development of flu on the influence of the stars....

An inside look at spirulina production: an exclusive interview with Dr. Gerry Cysewski, CEO of Cyanotech Corporation

10/25/2004 - Mike: For our readers who may not be familiar with microalgae and spirulina, can you give a brief overview of what we're talking about, and about what role your company plays in the industry? Gerry: Okay, well first of all, I'd like to point out that Cyanotech, the name comes from cyanobacteria or...

Spirulina research shows treatment of breast cancer tumors, HIV virus, and other viruses

10/25/2004 - Gerry: Spirulina contains some anti-viral and immune stimulating compounds that we're just learning about. Mike: Can you talk more about that? Do you have some clinical trials on that yet, or what's the science behind that so far? Gerry: We don't have any specific clinical trials. There's been...

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This downloadable ebooks reveals how to easily and permanently break the soft drink habit for good. This guide will show you, in clear understandable terms, how to recognize each of the five addictive elements of soft drinks -- and then beat them with a clever strategy that's already worked for thousands.
How to Beat the Bird Flu: how to protect yourself from the coming bird flu pandemic

This downloadable ebook arms you with the information you need to protect you and your family from the possible bird flu pandemic the World Health Organization is warning about.
The Seven Laws of Nutrition

Learn how to transform your health, reverse chronic disease and free yourself from pharmaceuticals by mastering the fundamental laws of nutrition.
The Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D: an exclusive interview with Dr. Michael Holick

In this interview, Dr. Holick reveals fascinating facts on how vitamin D is created and used in the human body to ward off chronic diseases like cancer, osteoporosis, mental disorders and more.
The Healing Power of Water: an exclusive interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj

This exclusive interview with Dr. B reveals how Dr. B. discovered the healing ability of water and pioneered the emerging field of hydro-health. This is a must read report that will forever change the way you think about H2O.
Grocery Warning

How to recognize and avoid the common foods (and food ingredients) that cause disease. Names all the exact ingredients that directly cause heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, high blood pressure, ADHD, behavioral disorders, mood swings and many more.
The Food Timing Diet

Revealed: The Mike Adams secret to shedding body fat, experiencing phenomenal mental and physical energy and eliminating blood sugar swings -- all while eating enormous quantities of health-enhancing (and delicious!) food. Learn why it's not WHAT you eat as much as WHEN you eat!
The Weiss Method For Better Heart Health

Radically improve your heart health in just eight weeks! Discover the natural way to prevent and reverse heart disease with Decker Weiss, NMD, a leading authority on non-invasive heart disease treatments that combine the best of conventional and natural treatments.
The Real Safety Guide to Disease Prevention

More than 80% of all chronic disease is preventable, but only if you know how. Learn the proven, yet simple prevention strategies for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer's and many other degenerative health conditions.
The Real Safety Guide to Beating Cybercrime

Learn how to protect yourself, your children and your finances from cybercime in this sought-after safety guide that covers phishing, online identity theft, auction fraud, spyware, cyberstalking and much more.
The Real Safety Guide to Protecting Your Environment

Teaches you 120 practical, Earth-saving tips and strategies for energy conservation, detoxifying your home and work environments, clean air, clean water, recycling and much more. Instant download and hardcopy editions available. 50% of revenues donated to pro-environment non-profits.
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