By Ronald Halweil, MD
Low human populations and oceans that cover 70% of the Earth have always made for strong populations of fish. And fish have been a main source of food for people over our entire history on Earth. Recent archeological findings show that even the Neanderthal were seashore harvesters of shellfish and fin fish, and why wouldn’t they be? Shellfish don’t run away and we all know how tasty they are. Fish trapped in receding tidal pools are an easy catch too if you get them before the sea birds spot them! Read More

October 14 2011 by Kristin Wartman
If you are paying attention to Occupy Wall Street–and by now most people are–the anti-corporate message is coming through loud and clear. Most participants at the events now spreading across the country say they are no longer willing to let powerful corporate interests determine the course of their lives. These Americans realize that a participatory democracy is essential. Read More

Written by Ivo Tomasini
Have you noticed the ingredients list on food packages that are NOT in the food. Lately it seems as though the non-existent ingredients that are listed on food labels is getting longer than the actual ingredients that make up some food products. The non-list seems to be getting a lot more attention these days with such non-ingredients as Non-GMO, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, No Artificial Sugars, No Artificial Colors, No Preservatives, Zero Trans-Fats, rGBH Free, Hormone Free, No Anti-Biotics, and depending on what you’re actually buying the list can go on and on…so what’s all the hype about anyway? Read More

Written by Ronnie Cummins / 05/09/11
Facing the Xtremes

After seven generations of industrial Business as Usual — burning up fossil fuels, waging war on nature and public health, and discharging greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere like there’s no tomorrow — we’ve peaked. Held hostage energy corporations, make-believe terrorist threats, and indentured politicians, we lurch from disaster to disaster. Last year the BP oil spill, this year the Fukushima meltdown. Read More

A yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area. Read More

By Jackie Burrell
Bay Area News Group
It’s official: Quinoa has achieved cult status. The ancient Incan grain has captured the public’s imagination with its mix of nutritional superpowers, delicious flavor and rainbow colors, popping up on trendy restaurant menus and holistic health websites alike. Read More

Last month, we delivered over 10,000 FRESH petition signatures against genetically engineered salmon to the FDA. Our tremendous outcry resulted in an agreement by the FDA to open a public comment period on the LABELING of genetically modified salmon.  Since we didn’t get a chance to voice our opposition to this salmon in the first place, we want to take this opportunity to make ourselves heard! Read More

Everything I want to do is illegal. As if a highly bureaucratic regulatory system was not already in place, 9/11 fueled renewed acceleration to eliminate freedom from the countryside. Every time a letter arrives in the mail from a federal or state agriculture department my heart jumps like I just got sent to the principal’s office.

And it doesn’t stop with agriculture bureaucrats. It includes all sorts of government agencies, from zoning, to taxing, to food inspectors. These agencies are the ultimate extension of a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, frag-mented, linear thought processs. Read More

You’re traveling to a new or familiar place, you see some white tents huddled together, there are people selling and buying some goods, you see lots of smiles, people chatting and engaged, and you get curious, you want to know what’s going on, to participate, to explore and tap into some of that energy. Welcome to the unique flavor of the Sag Harbor Farmer’s Market in the South Fork of Long Island. Read More

In addition to sunscreen, certain foods like cocoa and red wine can help save skin from too much sun.

You may be able to boost your skin’s ability to protect itself from too much sun exposure by what you eat. Research is showing that diet and supplements can help minimize the signs of sun’s damaging rays in combination with a correctly administered sunshine routine.

Some sun each day boosts your mood and is an ideal source of vitamin D. However, too much sun can create free radicals, which damage cells. Antioxidants can help clean up free radicals before they can cause damage. Read More