Taking down the corporate food system is simple
Alternet - 6/20/2009.By Joel Salatin – Perhaps the most empowering concept in any paradigm-challenging movement is simply opting out. The opt-out strategy can humble the mightiest forces because it declares to one and all, "You do not control me." |
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Are pesticides causing Parkinson’s Disease?
Alternet - 6/19/2009.By Robin Marantz Henig, OnEarth Magazine – Jackie Christensen was 32 when her body began to betray her. She had just returned to work after the birth of her second son and when she tried to type, two fingers on her left hand refused to cooperate. "They wouldn't go where I would want them to on the keyboard," says Christensen, who at the time – it was 1997 – was co-director of the food and health program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, a Minneapolis think tank. |
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More evidence links pesticides to Parkinson’s
Reuters - 6/19/2009.By Amy Norton, Reuter’s Health Information – A new study confirms the link between on-the-job pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease, and suggests that certain insecticides may be particularly risky. |
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Closing the farm to plate knowledge gap
Common Dreams - 6/19/2009.By Rob Smart – In the battle for the hearts and minds (and pocket books) of everyday Americans, the large corporate players in today's industrial food system must be pleased. Consumer advocates for sustainable, healthy food are fighting with farmers, not because either picked a fight with the other, but because the knowledge gap between them has grown so expansive that misunderstandings rule the day. |
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