http://action.fooddemocracynow.org/sign/declaration_of_farmer_and_citizen_rights/?akid=294.158598.tnUv23&rd=1&t=6
copy and paste and sign the petition to Obama!!!!!
Monday, January 31, 2011
news from organic valley/ URGENT!!!!
Please copy and paste....URGENT!!!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/note.php?note_id=179363872099481&id=20674850824
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf#!/note.php?note_id=179363872099481&id=20674850824
Sunday, January 30, 2011
chemo sick update
I'm on cycle 7 #2 and every time the sickness from the chemo is different...Friday the sickness came on very slowly and then BAM...I was super sick on Friday night...slowly improving but not awesome yet...just now coming around to take a shower and walk around the house...
Had a lot of time to watch and hear what is happening in Egypt...what is happening to the GMO /non-GMO controversy ...feeling a lot of emotion about our decisions...locally and globally...there are consequences to greed and power...of course we all know this...but it doesn't change anything unless we change it within ourselves...it matters...it matters...it matters!
Had a lot of time to watch and hear what is happening in Egypt...what is happening to the GMO /non-GMO controversy ...feeling a lot of emotion about our decisions...locally and globally...there are consequences to greed and power...of course we all know this...but it doesn't change anything unless we change it within ourselves...it matters...it matters...it matters!
Friday, January 28, 2011
a helpful response to the whole foods etc regarding choices
Pamela Melcher also commented on Angelina Elliott's link.
Pamela wrote:
"Customers are demanding organic more and more. We will get it. Customer demand created Whole Foods, and we can create something better. Form follows function.
I live in Portland, Oregon where there is massive support for organics, and I love you all, but it has been apparent up here, in contrast to many stores here which hold a higher standard (New Seasons, Alberta Co-op, Food Front Co-op, Food Fight, People's Co-op, etc.) that there are many ways in which Whole Foods has been co-opted and selling out for many years. They have engaged in monopolistic practices. These other stores in Portland also charge less for the food, have a friendlier, more helpful staff, have better quality food, have a larger percentage of their food organic, and the organics are more local. And they are thriving. Former employees of Whole Foods have many war stories to tell. And these more principled stores are not backing down.
We can do better than Whole Foods. Plus, of course big agra is trying to buy Whole Foods out and intimidate them. All is not lost if Whole Foods caved. They did not have the best interests of their customers, the farmers and the earth at heart in a deep way, or they would not have caved. I am not surprised by this. Saddened, but not surprised. They are now showing their true colors. They have not been the solution for a long time.
The demand is there. We can create new structures. Form follows function. Community Supported Agriculture. Co-ops. Food buying clubs.
One amazing buying club is part of Earth Shift Products. They are an online wholesale buying club. They carry raw, organic, vegan superfoods at 35-70% off the market retail price, which are very high quality. Hemp seeds and some coconut shreds are now on sale. I love these people so much that I became an affiliate. You can get a free year membership by going to http://www.facebook.com/l/ f468f;www.earthshiftproducts. com and entering my affiliate number, E474, in the space provided. Plus there is a free community associated with them where there are many leading edge educational videos about all aspects of heath.
Azure Standard is a supplier of food buying clubs for grains and nuts and beans, etc., etc. http://www.facebook.com/l/ f468f;www.azurestandard.com. They would be happy to expand their business.
In food buying clubs you pay a discounted price or the wholesale price, which is usually 40-50% less than retail. The food buying clubs started the organic movement back in the late 60's and early 70's in people's living rooms and garages, in churches. I was part of it. It is not hard to do. I started one myself. Those buying clubs spawned the food co-ops. Once the co-ops were viable, Whole Foods and others moved in on the market and watered it down. We can grow our own food, which is better because it is fresher. We can forage for wild food, which is usually more nutritious and is free.
I do not have all the answers, but I know that our pure intent can create something better than Whole Foods. Don't let people who do not love you break your heart. You can do better. A lot better. Buying clubs are fun. Very freeing and empowering. In those early days we visited and swapped clothes, books, seeds, plants and ideas and inspiration. I learned how to build a cabin from other members. We laughed cried and and played together. We were friends, and still are. We were a community, and still are. You are not powerless<3<3<3
In my life, everything that ever happened resulted in growth to something better. I can see that faster when I ask myself when something "bad" happens: "If this were happening for my highest good, what would that be?" And I get amazing answers.
I wish the same for you."
To see the comment thread, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/? angelina.elliott%2Fposts% 2F195629507114500&mid= 3ac7a13G4229f861G22acf9eG13& bcode=O8z_J&n_m=theinnerhouse% 40gmail.com
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
Pamela wrote:
"Customers are demanding organic more and more. We will get it. Customer demand created Whole Foods, and we can create something better. Form follows function.
I live in Portland, Oregon where there is massive support for organics, and I love you all, but it has been apparent up here, in contrast to many stores here which hold a higher standard (New Seasons, Alberta Co-op, Food Front Co-op, Food Fight, People's Co-op, etc.) that there are many ways in which Whole Foods has been co-opted and selling out for many years. They have engaged in monopolistic practices. These other stores in Portland also charge less for the food, have a friendlier, more helpful staff, have better quality food, have a larger percentage of their food organic, and the organics are more local. And they are thriving. Former employees of Whole Foods have many war stories to tell. And these more principled stores are not backing down.
We can do better than Whole Foods. Plus, of course big agra is trying to buy Whole Foods out and intimidate them. All is not lost if Whole Foods caved. They did not have the best interests of their customers, the farmers and the earth at heart in a deep way, or they would not have caved. I am not surprised by this. Saddened, but not surprised. They are now showing their true colors. They have not been the solution for a long time.
The demand is there. We can create new structures. Form follows function. Community Supported Agriculture. Co-ops. Food buying clubs.
One amazing buying club is part of Earth Shift Products. They are an online wholesale buying club. They carry raw, organic, vegan superfoods at 35-70% off the market retail price, which are very high quality. Hemp seeds and some coconut shreds are now on sale. I love these people so much that I became an affiliate. You can get a free year membership by going to http://www.facebook.com/l/
Azure Standard is a supplier of food buying clubs for grains and nuts and beans, etc., etc. http://www.facebook.com/l/
In food buying clubs you pay a discounted price or the wholesale price, which is usually 40-50% less than retail. The food buying clubs started the organic movement back in the late 60's and early 70's in people's living rooms and garages, in churches. I was part of it. It is not hard to do. I started one myself. Those buying clubs spawned the food co-ops. Once the co-ops were viable, Whole Foods and others moved in on the market and watered it down. We can grow our own food, which is better because it is fresher. We can forage for wild food, which is usually more nutritious and is free.
I do not have all the answers, but I know that our pure intent can create something better than Whole Foods. Don't let people who do not love you break your heart. You can do better. A lot better. Buying clubs are fun. Very freeing and empowering. In those early days we visited and swapped clothes, books, seeds, plants and ideas and inspiration. I learned how to build a cabin from other members. We laughed cried and and played together. We were friends, and still are. We were a community, and still are. You are not powerless<3<3<3
In my life, everything that ever happened resulted in growth to something better. I can see that faster when I ask myself when something "bad" happens: "If this were happening for my highest good, what would that be?" And I get amazing answers.
I wish the same for you."
To see the comment thread, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
another link to educate yourself about this health catastrophe!!!
http://www.naturalnews.com/031139_GE_alfalfa_deregulation.html
please read and educate yourself !!!
please read and educate yourself !!!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
I won't be going to Whole Foods anymore...
I won't buy from Whole Foods or purchase from organic valley or stoneyfield farms...such a tragedy...http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22449.cfm
see article and decide what's important to you...I'm so sad about this...
see article and decide what's important to you...I'm so sad about this...
some disturbing news ...not about me this time...
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22449.cfm
Click on the above link regarding health news!!!! Important information if you're interested in non-gmo foods...wow!!!
Click on the above link regarding health news!!!! Important information if you're interested in non-gmo foods...wow!!!
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