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In Defense of (Raw) Milk

In Defense of (Raw) Milk

Eleni Roumeliotou, Green Med Info
Waking Times

There is plenty of clinical and nutritional evidence that milk, this hailed “natural” drink, is the source of numerous immunological, gastrointestinal and perhaps neurological disorders. While it is important to acknowledge these facts, it is equally necessary to remember that the milk we More

May 24, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
China Destroys 3 US Shipments of GM Corn

China Destroys 3 US Shipments of GM Corn

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info
Waking Times

Could the global tide in support of GMOs be turning? A new report reveals that the formerly pro-GMO Chinese government, one of the largest consumers of GMO food crops in the world, is beginning to crack down on GM corn shipments from the More

May 23, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Monsanto Planting New GM Soybeans in 20 Locations Despite Recent Activism

Monsanto Planting New GM Soybeans in 20 Locations Despite Recent Activism

Alex Pietrowski, Staff
Waking Times

The imperative nature of marching this Saturday, May 25th, in the March Against Monsanto couldn’t ever be more stressed than now, with recent news that Monsanto keeps forging ahead with its repugnant plans to poison us all by planting more altered seeds – … More

May 20, 2013 | By | Reply More
Will You Be At The International March Against Monsanto?

Will You Be At The International March Against Monsanto?

Heather Callaghan
Waking Times

Nick Bernabe, Emilie Rensick, and Tami Monroe Canal’s organizational and social media directing gifts have been pivotal in garnering support for one of the largest worldwide peaceful protests to date. Initiative from hundreds of activist organizers online, activist media writers and tens of thousands are sharing … More

May 18, 2013 | By | Reply More
Try This Health Care Plan: Soil Health is the Root of Health

Try This Health Care Plan: Soil Health is the Root of Health

Brook Le Van, Guest
Waking Times

None of us easily comprehends how much a trillion dollars is, or a trillion anything, for that matter, but as taxpayers we are investing more than 2.3 trillion dollars into our current health care industry.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us … More

May 17, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
From Mexico to India: Monsanto is Killing More Than Just Biodiversity

From Mexico to India: Monsanto is Killing More Than Just Biodiversity

Jen Wilton & Liam Barrington-Bush, Guests
Waking Times

In late April, world renowned Indian ‘seed activist’ Vandana Shiva travelled to the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca to join a gathering of Mexican farmers, indigenous leaders and environmentalists, fighting to protect Mexico’s native corn crops against the imposition of genetically modified … More

May 16, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Colony Collapse Disorder Is a Fraud: Pesticides Cause Bee Die-Offs

Colony Collapse Disorder Is a Fraud: Pesticides Cause Bee Die-Offs

Heidi Stevenson, Green Med Info
Waking Times

Years ago, Gaia Health informed that bee dieoffs are a direct result of pesticide nerve agents called neonicotinoids. The term, Colony Collapse Disorder, is fraudulent, designed to direct attention from the known cause. Agribusiness, the poison manufacturers making death-producing pesticides, is the other More

May 16, 2013 | By | 5 Replies More
Hemp Could Free Us From Oil, Prevent Deforestation, Cure Cancer and It’s Environmentally Friendly – So Why Is It Illegal?

Hemp Could Free Us From Oil, Prevent Deforestation, Cure Cancer and It’s Environmentally Friendly – So Why Is It Illegal?

Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

Hemp is a tall, beautiful and gracious looking annual plant that can reach heights over twelve feet. Although hemp (cannabis sativa) and marijuana (cannabis sativa var. indica) come from a similar species of plant, they are very different and confusion … More

May 14, 2013 | By | 27 Replies More
Community Gardening: The Plot Against Hunger

Community Gardening: The Plot Against Hunger

Christina Sarich, Contributor
Waking Times 

What if you could grow more than 3 tons of organic produce, flowers and herbs annually for an entire community on less than an acre of land? Sound impossible? There are community gardens all over the country doing just that. Often called the ‘new’ green … More

May 13, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
A Brief Introduction to Aquaponic Gardening

A Brief Introduction to Aquaponic Gardening

Jonathan Parker, Guest
Waking Times

Aquaponics is an amazing permaculture method that may have been practiced as far back in history as the Aztec civilization. There are records of the Aztec people raising fish alongside of crops that were alien to the growing environment, using the nitrite and ammonia rich … More

May 13, 2013 | By | 5 Replies More
Civil Disobedience or Death by Design

Civil Disobedience or Death by Design

Julian Rose, Contributor
Waking Times

Friends. How much time do we have left?

By my clock it’s five minutes past midnight. We are into unchartered territory. Territory where only bravery and vision can hope to cut through the torpor and stupor which is bringing about the designed obsolescence of the More

May 11, 2013 | By | 4 Replies More
Worldwide ‘March Against Monsanto’ Protests Planned for May 25th

Worldwide ‘March Against Monsanto’ Protests Planned for May 25th

Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society
Waking Times

Countless individuals will soon assemble in small and large groups around the nation and the globe alike in protest against Monsanto’s genetic manipulation of the food supply. Organized under the May 25th movement known as the ‘March on Monsanto’, the massive new rally … More

May 10, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Why We Must Fight To Label GMOs

Why We Must Fight To Label GMOs

Peggy Gannon, Green Med Info
Waking Times

Since 1994 there’s been an unnatural new player on our grocery store shelves. GMO is short for “genetically modified organism.” It describes foods grown from seeds that have been altered through biotechnology to express certain desirable traits, such as pest resistance. Increasing concerns … More

May 10, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
How the Media Prevents Meaningful Discussion About the Condition of Our Environment

How the Media Prevents Meaningful Discussion About the Condition of Our Environment

Alex Pietrowski, Staff
Waking Times

For a normal human being who understands the value of having clean air and water to consume, clean soil to grow food in, and of living in a habitat that can support life, it is frustrating to watch one environmental calamity occur, after another without … More

May 9, 2013 | By | 16 Replies More
Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food

Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food

Thierry Vrain, Prevent Disease
Waking Times

I retired 10 years ago after a long career as a research scientist for Agriculture Canada. When I was on the payroll, I was the designated scientist of my institute to address public groups and reassure them that genetically engineered crops and foods were … More

May 6, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
Palm Oil Health Craze May Push Animals to Extinction While Destroying the Environment

Palm Oil Health Craze May Push Animals to Extinction While Destroying the Environment

Carolanne Wright, Natural News
Waking Times

Red palm oil has burst onto the health scene as a miracle food, helping to heal everything from cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer’s to cancer. However, as it becomes more popular worldwide, a dark secret has come to light. Due to its lucrative value, rainforests … More

May 3, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More
GE Trees May Be Even More Damaging to the Environment than GE Foods

GE Trees May Be Even More Damaging to the Environment than GE Foods

Dr. Mercola
Waking Times

Genetic engineering (GE) of our food supply amounts to a massive science experiment being performed on mankind, without consent or full disclosure. Although the biotech industry continues to claim GE products are safe, the truth is that no one knows what the long-term effects will be, … More

April 30, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Filming a Slaughterhouse From the Street

First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Filming a Slaughterhouse From the Street

Will Potter, Green Is The New Red
Waking Times

Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking Company in Draper City, Utah, and from the side of the road she could … More

April 29, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Lethality of Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ Extends Beyond Plants To Humans, Study Suggests

Lethality of Roundup ‘Weedkiller’ Extends Beyond Plants To Humans, Study Suggests

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info
Waking Times

A shocking new study finds that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, “…may be the most biologically disruptive chemical in our environment,” capable of contributing to a wide range of fatal human diseases.

A new report published in the journal Entropy links … More

April 26, 2013 | By | Reply More
Can Large-Scale Environmental Devastation Really Be Reversed?

Can Large-Scale Environmental Devastation Really Be Reversed?

Dr. Mercola
Waking Times

Throughout centuries of farming, animal grazing and deforestation, the earth’s natural resources have been exhausted. Deserts are encroaching into previous lush areas and water is becoming alarmingly scarce.

Our soil is depleting 13% faster than it can be replaced, and we’ve lost 75% of the world’s … More

April 24, 2013 | By | 1 Reply More