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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

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Time Management Randy Pausch 蘭迪·鮑許的時間管理演講 3D

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Achieving Your Childhood Dreams                       Time Management                                                  by Randy Pausch

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Is Your Phone Bad for Your Mental Health? | Bridianne O'Dea | TEDxYouth@Sydney

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For your own sake, don’t log off. In the last two years, we have seen a big social push to disconnect from media, our phones, the internet, as people have started to believe it is digital connectivity that is making us more stressed, anxious and depressed. But is that really the case?

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Is Your Phone Bad for Your Mental Health? | Bridianne O'Dea | TEDxYouth@Sydney

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For your own sake, don't log off. In the last two years, we have seen a big social push to disconnect from media, our phones, the internet, as people have started to believe it is digital connectivity that is making us more stressed, anxious and depressed. But is that really the case?

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Does Staring At Screens Ruin Your Eyes? DNews 

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Does Staring At Screens Ruin Your Eyes? DNews 

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12minYou're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there's a way to avoid making critical mistakes in stressful situations, when your thinking becomes clouded — the pre-mortem. "We all are going to fail now and then," he says. "The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc

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Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net

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Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net

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It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf3zxHuSM2Y

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Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net

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Topics That Green Activists Are Interested

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How to Grow Taller with 9 Simple Ways ?
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How to Grow Taller with 9 Simple Ways ? - For Kids, Men and Women

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Yoga for Kids - Vol 1 (All Standing Postures)

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Yoga For Kids Complete Fitness - The Various Asanas For Kids Complete Fitness

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Hosts Aditi Gowitrikar and Mukul Dev introduce you to an array of activities for physical and mental strength. The Let Go Yoga series has been created by Yogacharya Avneesh Tiwari after a research of 40 years. Tadasna -Stand straight on the groundwith yoru feet apart from each other.

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Live Fast Die Young - the life of a meat chicken
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Compassion in World Farming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbtBgLfl90

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Live Fast Die Young - the life of a meat chicken

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Donate to Compassion in World Farming: http://ciwf.org/donate The story of the intensive meat (broiler) chicken from chick to plate. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.ciwf.org Exposing the welfare problems of chickens bred to grow faster than their bones and heart can cope with.

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Truth about the chicken meat industry.Animals
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Plant Strong - Why you don't need meat for muscles
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Presented by vegetarian weightlifter, Ang Hwee Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCVnOgQxCsA

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Plant Strong - Why you don't need meat for muscles

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Presented by vegetarian weightlifter, Ang Hwee, Plant Strong shows you why you don't need meat for muscles, why factory farming is cruel, and how going veg just once a week can help save the environment. It features interviews with Cardiologist, Dr Ong Hean Yee, Louis Ng (ACRES) and Natalia Angel (Veggie Thursday).

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Plant-strong & healthy living: Rip Esselstyn at TEDxFremont

Rip Esselstyn, a former firefighter and author of The Engine 2 Diet, advocates a plant-strong diet to combat chronic diseases. Esselstyn inspired his fellow firefighting crew at the Austin Engine 2 station to follow a plant-based diet and dramatically heal their health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAkEYcmCCCk

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Foods for Protecting the Body & Mind: Dr. Neal Barnard

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Rebecca Blackburn,
Environmental Scientist, identified in her brilliant book ‘Green Is Good – Smart Ways to Live Well and Help the Planet’,  top 5 simple ways to reduce our environmental impact through the foods we eat.
These are:

1. Eating less meat

2. Choosing organic and free-range products

3. Eating seasonal food

4. Buying our food locally

5. Wasting less food

from "5 WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR FOOD FOOTPRINT"

by Bernadette ( December 2, 2012)
http://www.alittlechange.com.au/2012/12/02/5-ways-to-reduce-your-food-footprint/

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This Is Why We Need To Stop Using Plastic (Infographic)
http://naturalsociety.com/need-stop-using-plastic-infographic/

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How often do you use plastic? It may be a convenient way to drink water throughout the day, but our dependency no plastic water bottles is having detrimental impacts on the environment. In fact, about 32 million tons of plastic waste was generated in 2012. Not only does this pollute our oceans, but it negatively impacts the entire ecosystem as the plastic particles are consumed by animals. The telling infographic below may sway you to use less plastic in 2015.

It was recently revealed that more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic are floating around in the oceans. Much of this pollution is actually in the form of small, 'confetti-sized' particles. These small pollution particles are being consumed by fish and eventually travel up the food chain - causing potentially serious consequences for the health of wildlife and humans alike.

One study published in Nature, Scientific Reports, found:

"We did find that the chemicals do transfer from the plastic to the fish," said lead author Chelea Rochman, "and we saw a greater concentration in the fish that ate the plastic that had been in the ocean than the fish that had eaten the controlled diet or the clean plastic diet."

What's more, both plastic-eating groups had tumor development. Those fed clean plastic had cell alteration while those who ate dirty plastic experienced cell death. One fish on the dirty plastic diet was found to have 25% of its liver taken over by a tumor when it was dissected.
Related: Bottled Water isn't All that Great Anyway - Here's Why
Even more concerning, about one million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic in our oceans.

Thanks to the below infographic by CustomMade, you can easily digest ways to cut back on plastic use. Instead of using plastic, try alternative materials such as reclaimed wood, steel, and glass. These can help gradually reduce our reliance on plastic and pose less of an impact on the Earth. Reducing plastic use can range from short term decisions-swapping plastic sandwich bags for washable canvas or throwaway plastic utensils for metal ones-to more long term changes, such as trading in your plastic picnic tables for reclaimed wood barn tables. Making smart swaps can make a big difference over time.

See below for other tips on how to move away from our plastic dependency.

Post written byMike Barrett:
Mike is the co-founder, editor, and researcher behind Natural Society. Studying the work of top natural health activists, and writing special reports for top 10 alternative health websites, Mike has written hundreds of articles and pages on how to obtain optimum wellness through natural health.

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The Two "Sweet Heart Pie" Cartoons we saw these two weeks

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YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES GREAT FOOD COLORING? BUGS

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by AUTHOR: GWEN PEARSON.

GWEN PEARSON SCIENCE
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 09.10.15.

TIME OF PUBLICATION: 12:57 PM.

THERE ARE BUGS IN your food and makeup. Some of them are there on purpose.

One of the best known is cochineal, a red color additive derived from a scale insect called, appropriately, the cochineal scale (Dactylopius coccus). Cochineal is a naturally occurring compound that’s been used by humans for hundreds of years, and provides an important source of cash for a lot of rural Central and South American people.

Cochineal goes by different names on food and cosmetic labels: cochineal, carmine, carminic acid, Natural Red 4, or E120. You may be surprised where you find it—it provides color to sausage and artificial crab, as well as pink pastries. Many yogurts and juices use cochineal, and it’s common in lipsticks and blushes. It’s remarkably stable during cooking, freezing, or in an acid environment, making it perfect for manufacturing.

Unfortunately, an ‘OMGBUGZ’ reaction from consumers has caused many companies to drop this ingredient. Campari’s beautiful reddish-pink color no longer comes from cochineal; neither does the Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino at Starbucks. Beeswax—a compound secreted by glands in the butt-end of a honey bee—is used by humans for all sorts of lip balms and unguents. And yet, when I explain that some foods contain tiny amounts of cochineal, that freaks people out.

They Aren’t Beetles, and Other Errors

Scale insects are strange, tiny animals, often with no visible legs or antennae. They kind of look like plant pimples. Cochineal scales live on prickly pear, and cover their wee bodies in a white, fluffy wax. Why are these little insects so red under all that fluff? Carminic acid (their red dye) repels ants. Their pigment evolved as a chemical weapon against predation.

News reports like to dwell upon phrases like “smashed up wings and finely ground legs,” but the stuff we call cochineal is a chemical extract from squished female cochineal scales. The insects are crushed and the pigment is extracted. No actual bug “parts” are left in the dye; it’s literally bug juice. (Also, the dye-producing female insects don’t have wings.)

And since I’m being pedantic, there is a common misconception that cochineal is made from beetles. Nope. That’s a huge error, and I don’t just say that because I’m an anal-retentive entomologist who insists that my obscure disciplinary taxonomic rules be recognized by all. (Ok, maybe a little of that. But not only that.)

Beetles and scale insects last shared a common ancestor over 350 million years ago.  More than 350 million years ago, the ancestral animals that eventually became frogs and humans split and evolved away from one another too. If I replaced photos of humans with frogs with the excuse “Eh, it’s all animals with four appendages anyway,” people would notice. And that is why entomologists sigh heavily and roll their eyes when a scale insect is called a beetle.

It’s also not true that Cleopatra used cochineal to make lipstick. Cochineal was unknown outside of South America until the 1500’s. Cleo might have been using a different scale insect native to the Middle East, though: Oak-Kermes scale insects, Kermes vermilio. Like cochineal, these scale insects were harvested and crushed to extract a red pigment.

Is Cochineal Safe?

Cochineal isn’t kosher, and it isn’t vegan. But other than that, it’s pretty benign. A few individuals are allergic to the compounds produced by these insects, and clear labeling is now required. The FDA reached this conclusion in 2009 when it ruled that all products containing cochineal need to say so, rather than just using the vague phrase “natural colors.” From the FDA ruling:

“we identified three adverse events over an approximately 10-year period that involved products containing carmine or cochineal extract in which those color additives did not or probably did not appear on the ingredient list….We applied a reporting rate of 1 percent to this figure to obtain our estimate of 31 adverse events per year.”

Let me restate that: the FDA *estimated* the scope of the problem based on three allergic reactions in 10 years. Cochineal has proved non-toxic in lab tests. For the majority of the population, cochineal is a safe and naturally derived food coloring.

There Are Bugs In Your Food. Deal With It.

There are lots of actual bug parts in your food, and the FDA knows and approves of it. Insects happen. It’s part of living on Earth, and we just can’t get things completely sterile, no matter how much we try.

Here is a giant list of all the bugs in your food allowed by the FDA. Americans live in a world of highly processed foods and products. I happily eat the allowed “up to 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams” of chocolate that is allowed as manufacturing contaminants. Because, CHOCOLATE, y’all.

Nearly all the insect contaminants allowed in your food (coffee: 10 percent infestation of beans allowed) are considered “aesthetic” defects. It’s not unsafe, it just freaks people out. Are convenience, perfection, and sterility really the most important things to think about when choosing foods? What about how it was grown, or how many resources are used to package and ship it? What about the welfare of the people who produced and manufactured it?

Check your labels, but maybe let go of the worry about a tiny amount of bug-derived compounds in your food. I mean, come on. You have mites on your face.

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There are bugs in your food and makeup. Some of them are there on purpose.

One of the best known is cochineal, a red color additive derived from a scale insect called, appropriately, the cochineal scale ( Dactylopius coccus). Cochineal is a naturally occurring compound that's been used by humans for hundreds of years, and provides an important source of cash for a lot of rural Central and South American people.

Cochineal goes by different names on food and cosmetic labels: cochineal, carmine, carminic acid, Natural Red 4, or E120. You may be surprised where you find it-it provides color to sausage and artificial crab, as well as pink pastries. Many yogurts and juices use cochineal, and it's common in lipsticks and blushes. It's remarkably stable during cooking, freezing, or in an acid environment, making it perfect for manufacturing.

Unfortunately, an 'OMGBUGZ' reaction from consumers has caused many companies to drop this ingredient. Campari's beautiful reddish-pink color no longer comes from cochineal; neither does the Strawberries & Creme Frappuccino at Starbucks. Beeswax-a compound secreted by glands in the butt-end of a honey bee-is used by humans for all sorts of lip balms and unguents. And yet, when I explain that some foods contain tiny amounts of cochineal, that freaks people out.

They Aren't Beetles, and Other Errors

Scale insects are strange, tiny animals, often with no visible legs or antennae. They kind of look like plant pimples. Cochineal scales live on prickly pear, and cover their wee bodies in a white, fluffy wax. Why are these little insects so red under all that fluff? Carminic acid (their red dye) repels ants. Their pigment evolved as a chemical weapon against predation.

News reports like to dwell upon phrases like "smashed up wings and finely ground legs," but the stuff we call cochineal is a chemical extract from squished female cochineal scales. The insects are crushed and the pigment is extracted. No actual bug "parts" are left in the dye; it's literally bug juice. (Also, the dye-producing female insects don't have wings.)

And since I'm being pedantic, there is a common misconception that cochineal is made from beetles. Nope. That's a huge error, and I don't just say that because I'm an anal-retentive entomologist who insists that my obscure disciplinary taxonomic rules be recognized by all. (Ok, maybe a little of that. But not only that.)

Beetles and scale insects last shared a common ancestor over 350 million years ago. More than 350 million years ago, the ancestral animals that eventually became frogs and humans split and evolved away from one another too. If I replaced photos of humans with frogs with the excuse "Eh, it's all animals with four appendages anyway," people would notice. And that is why entomologists sigh heavily and roll their eyes when a scale insect is called a beetle.

It's also not true that Cleopatra used cochineal to make lipstick. Cochineal was unknown outside of South America until the 1500's. Cleo might have been using a different scale insect native to the Middle East, though: Oak-Kermes scale insects, Kermes vermilio. Like cochineal, these scale insects were harvested and crushed to extract a red pigment.

Is Cochineal Safe?

Cochineal isn't kosher, and it isn't vegan. But other than that, it's pretty benign. A few individuals are allergic to the compounds produced by these insects, and clear labeling is now required. The FDA reached this conclusion in 2009 when it ruled that all products containing cochineal need to say so, rather than just using the vague phrase "natural colors." From the FDA ruling:

"we identified three adverse events over an approximately 10-year period that involved products containing carmine or cochineal extract in which those color additives did not or probably did not appear on the ingredient list....We applied a reporting rate of 1 percent to this figure to obtain our estimate of 31 adverse events per year."

Let me restate that: the FDA *estimated* the scope of the problem based on three allergic reactions in 10 years. Cochineal has proved non-toxic in lab tests. For the majority of the population, cochineal is a safe and naturally derived food coloring.

There Are Bugs In Your Food. Deal With It.

There are lots of actual bug parts in your food, and the FDA knows and approves of it. Insects happen. It's part of living on Earth, and we just can't get things completely sterile, no matter how much we try.

Here is a giant list of all the bugs in your food allowed by the FDA. Americans live in a world of highly processed foods and products. I happily eat the allowed "up to 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams" of chocolate that is allowed as manufacturing contaminants. Because, CHOCOLATE, y'all.

Nearly all the insect contaminants allowed in your food (coffee: 10 percent infestation of beans allowed) are considered "aesthetic" defects. It's not unsafe, it just freaks people out. Are convenience, perfection, and sterility really the most important things to think about when choosing foods? What about how it was grown, or how many resources are used to package and ship it? What about the welfare of the people who produced and manufactured it?

Check your labels, but maybe let go of the worry about a tiny amount of bug-derived compounds in your food. I mean, come on. You have mites on your face.
Want to know more?

A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire. A great book about the brutal conquest of the Americas and cochineal production.

You can see a travel diary of how the insects are reared, collected, and then turned into dye in Mexico at the Perfect Red site.

If you are in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week, you can still see this show: The Red That Colored The World

(Portions of this post first appeared at membracid.wordpress.com in 2009)

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From http://www.livescience.com/35905-red-dye-no-2-truth.html
The Truth About Red Dye No. 2
By Luke Yoquinto, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor | October 7, 2011 12:28pm ET

If you live in Canada or Europe, there's a good chance you've consumed amaranth, the crimson food dyealso known as Red No. 2. But you won't find Red No. 2 in foods in the U.S.: It's illegal here. Red No. 2 was one of the first food dyes to be declared legal when the U.S. government began to regulate such things in 1906.

A cheap, tasteless substance, only a very small amount of the dye was necessary to lend flaming color to foods and makeup, and until the 1970s, it could be found in a number of comestibles and cosmetics.

In 1971, however, Soviet scientists announced that Red No. 2 caused cancer. Public outcry in the U.S. against the dye quickly gained such fervor that the Mars candy company temporarily stopped producing red M&Ms despite the fact that they had never contained Red No. 2 in the first place. In 1976, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that, in high doses, Red No. 2 could cause cancer in female rats. The FDA declared it an ingredient non grata in the United States because although it had never been shown to pose health risks to humans, no one had been able to prove it safe, either.Elsewhere, Red No. 2 remains legal, and was declared harmless most recently by the European Food Safety Authority in 2010. In the U.S., the food industry could petition for the dye's re-legalization, if it can be proven safe in animals. However, such testing would be expensive, so it's unlikely to be done because Red No. 2's successor, Red No. 40, is legal and readily available in the United States and Canada.But in a twist of fate, the European Food Safety Authority recently recommended limiting children's intake of Red No. 40. As a result, while Red No. 2 is illegal in the U.S. but flows freely in the EU, the near-opposite is true for Red No. 40.

Food Facts explores the weird world of the chemicals and nutrients found in our food, and appears on MyHealthNewsDaily on Fridays.

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Article from Live Science.com By Luke Yoquinto, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor | April 27, 2012 01:51pm ET

THE TRUTH About RED FOOD DYE Made From BUGs

Starbucks will stop using a red food dye made from bugs, its president recently wrote in a blog post.Despite the attention Starbucks has received for using the insect-based dye in some of its products, the coffee purveyor is far from the only user of this additive. Anytime you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or  natural red 4, you can be sure that there's a little powdered bug therein.R

The idea that any business would try to feed insects to a largely bug-averse populace may seem remarkable, but consider the alternatives: if it doesn't come from a bug, it may come from something worse. [No Creepy Crawlies Here: Gallery of the Cutest Bugs]

Cochineal extract is extracted from the cochineal, specifically the female, a species of insect that belongs to the order entomologists refer to as the "true bugs." (Don't trust any account that calls this bug a beetle — it's not).When Europeans descended on South America in the 1500s, they discovered that the Aztecs were producing vibrant, cochineal-dyed fabrics that retained their color for an incredibly long time. Soon, dried cochineal became a major trade good. Today, cochineals are harvested mainly in Peru and the Canary Islands on plantations of prickly pear cacti, the bugs' preferred host. There, the insects are sun-dried, crushed, and dunked in an acidic alcohol solution to produce carminic acid, the pigment that eventually becomes carmine or cochineal extract, depending on processing. About 70,000 insects are needed to produce a pound of dye.Until 2009, cochineal was one of many dyes that fell under the umbrella term "natural color" on ingredients lists. But because cochineal provokes severe allergic reactions in some people, the Food and Drug Administration requires carmine and cochineal extract to be explicitly identified in ingredients lists.Aside from its role as an allergen, cochineal has no known health risks, although those who keep kosher or choose not to eat animal products will want to keep their distance. In addition to food, cochineal is used as a dye in cosmetics products, including lipstick, and at least one person has reported a severe allergic reaction to a cochineal dye used in a pill coating. [9 Weirdest Allergies]Cochineal may be made from bugs, but other synthetic red dyes such asRed No. 2 and Red No. 40, which carry far greater health risks, are derived from either coal or petroleum byproducts. Compared with these sources, bugs might sound positively appetizing.

Pass it on: Unless you're allergic to it, cochineal extract probably isn't a health concern.

Food Facts explores the weird world of the chemicals and nutrients found in our food, and appears on MyHealthNewsDaily on Fridays. Follow MyHealthNewsDaily on Twitter @MyHealth_MHND.

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Starbucks will stop using a red food dye made from bugs, its president recently wrote in a blog post.

Despite the attention Starbucks has received for using the insect-based dye in some of its products, the coffee purveyor is far from the only user of this additive. Anytime you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, you can be sure that there's a little powdered bug therein.

The idea that any business would try to feed insects to a largely bug-averse populace may seem remarkable, but consider the alternatives: if it doesn't come from a bug, it may come from something worse. [ No Creepy Crawlies Here: Gallery of the Cutest Bugs]

Cochineal extract is extracted from the cochineal, specifically the female, a species of insect that belongs to the order entomologists refer to as the "true bugs." (Don't trust any account that calls this bug a beetle - it's not).

When Europeans descended on South America in the 1500s, they discovered that the Aztecs were producing vibrant, cochineal-dyed fabrics that retained their color for an incredibly long time. Soon, dried cochineal became a major trade good.

Today, cochineals are harvested mainly in Peru and the Canary Islands on plantations of prickly pear cacti, the bugs' preferred host. There, the insects are sun-dried, crushed, and dunked in an acidic alcohol solution to produce carminic acid, the pigment that eventually becomes carmine or cochineal extract, depending on processing. About 70,000 insects are needed to produce a pound of dye.

Until 2009, cochineal was one of many dyes that fell under the umbrella term "natural color" on ingredients lists. But because cochineal provokes severe allergic reactions in some people, the Food and Drug Administration requires carmine and cochineal extract to be explicitly identified in ingredients lists.

Aside from its role as an allergen, cochineal has no known health risks, although those who keep kosher or choose not to eat animal products will want to keep their distance. In addition to food, cochineal is used as a dye in cosmetics products, including lipstick, and at least one person has reported a severe allergic reaction to a cochineal dye used in a pill coating. [ 9 Weirdest Allergies]

Cochineal may be made from bugs, but other synthetic red dyes such as Red No. 2 and Red No. 40, which carry far greater health risks, are derived from either coal or petroleum byproducts. Compared with these sources, bugs might sound positively appetizing.

Pass it on: Unless you're allergic to it, cochineal extract probably isn't a health concern.

Food Facts explores the weird world of the chemicals and nutrients found in our food, and appears on MyHealthNewsDaily on Fridays. Follow MyHealthNewsDaily on Twitter @MyHealth_MHND.

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The Truth About Red Food Dye Made from Bugs

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Starbucks will stop using a red food dye made from bugs, its president recently wrote in a blog post. Despite the attention Starbucks has received for using the insect-based dye in some of its products, the coffee purveyor is far from the only user of this additive.

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Published on Aug 20, 2015 The Sad Truth About Today’s World Illustrated By Steve Cutts
Art isn’t all fairytale photoshoots and landscape shots – it can also act as catalyst of change. And Steve Cutts thinks that many things in the world should be different. Work shouldn’t be a grinding, soul-crushing rat race for the almighty dollar. Consumerism shouldn’t hold a vice-like grip on our lives. And social media, well, we need to throw-off the shackles we so eagerly put on ourselves. Wouldn’t life be better then?

Steve Cutts is an illustrator and animator from London. Faced with the choice of working at McDonalds or studying Fine Arts, he chose the latter. He worked at Glueisobar as the main storyboard concept artist before making the leap to freelance work. Cutts makes videos and images that criticize modern life – he states that insanity of humanity is an endless pool of inspiration.

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The Sad Truth About Today's World Illustrated By Steve Cutts Art isn't all fairytale photoshoots and landscape shots - it can also act as catalyst of change. And Steve Cutts thinks that many things in the world should be different. Work shouldn't be a grinding, soul-crushing rat race for the almighty dollar.

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Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at mans relationship with the natural world.

Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.
"Hall of the Mountain King" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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The basics of sustainable waste management in animated form, produced for the Östergötland County Council in Sweden, for the "Waste To Energy" EU project.

Concept, script, design and art direction by Dedicate, animation by Jonas Porsgaard of SAPP
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Motion Graphics/Animations by: Hodja Berlev
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Edited by: Joseph Lombardi
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00:00-3:18  What is happening int the world
03:19-03:32  Slide - in Words of what we can do
03:49             Things that can be recycled

https://youtu.be/yV2EK2bMgwk

MUSIC : TIME - HANS ZIMMER

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4 MINUTE VIDEO THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER ! SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT !

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'Limits' - Formidable Vegetable Sound System

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"Limits" by Formidable Vegetable Sound System.
Animated by Oz J Thomas: http://www.ozjthomas.com

Based on permaculture principle 4: "Apply self-regulation & accept feedback".

Written and performed by Charlie Mgee, Mal Webb & Formidable Vegetable Sound System.

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Nearly three decades have passed since the devastating meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. Yet, all these years later the fallout from the disaster continues to have a detrimental environmental effect.

The deadly 1986 explosion at Chernobyl resulted in a mass evacuation and the relocation of hundreds of thousands of people living in surrounding areas. Radiation spread across the region.

Today, more than 1,000 miles away from the disaster site, residual poisons linger in the quiet pastures of central Norway in an unsuspecting host: radioactive reindeer.

Norwegian scientists point to the reindeer's diet as the reason for their contamination, according to Norway's The Local news site. Gypsy mushrooms, which the reindeer eat, absorb radioactive caesium-137 particles that have drifted north over time and accumulated in Norwegian soil.

This poses a problem for Norway's indigenous Sami people. They brave the country's harsh climate to herd the reindeer as a means of economic survival and cultural tradition, but this has become dangerous. The Sami harvest the animals for meat production, but as a result of the recent rise in radioactivity levels, many are not safe for consumption, which is impacting their livelihood.

In 2014, the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority reported that they detected radioactivity in the reindeer. Radiation levels in meat can be found by analyzing the amount of becquerels -- a unit for measuring radioactivity-- of caesium-137 per kilogram, and the numbers they detected were as high as 8,200 becquerels per kilogram in reindeer, according to The Local.

In comparison, the Japanese Ministry of Health set the safe consumption limit of caesium-137 at 500 becquerels per kilogram following the country's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Take a look at the photos below of the Sami people in Norway's central Snasa village herding the reindeer and testing their radioactivity, which also appear on Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: Correction: Due to an editing error, a previous version of this article stated that the 1986 Chernobyl explosion happened in 1996.

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Stunning Photos Of Norway's Reindeer Hide A Radioactive Secret

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Nearly three decades have passed since the devastating meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine. Yet, all these years later the fallout from the disaster continues to have a detrimental environmental effect. The deadly 1986 explosion at Chernobyl resulted in a mass evacuation and the relocation of hundreds of thousands of people living in surrounding areas.

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I am Arugula- My name starts with an A- I’m a great source of vitamin A,C and K.

I am Broccoli- My name starts with a B- A cruciferous veggie And a anti cancer green

I am Cabbage - My name starts with a C - I am leafy green or purple. And a brain food you eat

I am Daikon - My name starts with a D - I grow underground because I’m a root veggie

I am Endive - My name starts with an E - I am very hard to grow so you may never get to eat me

I am Fennel - My name starts with an F - Your parents can me cook even if they aren’t a chef

I am Garlic - My name starts with a G - I’m a bulb-shaped plant that makes your breathe real stinky

We are the vegetables we hope you like our song
Go eat your vegetables and you will grow real strong

I’m Hamburg Parsley - My name Start with an H - You’ll find me in your soup floating next to the sage

I am Ice Plant- My name starts with an I - If you have a belly ache I’ll make your stomach fine

I am a Jute - My name starts with a J - I’m loaded with fiber. I make rope that doesn’t fray

I am Kale- My name starts with a K - I have more iron in me than the meat that you crave

I am Lettuce - My name starts with an L - I’m loaded with Potassium- Your tables where I dwell

I am Maca - My name starts with an M - I’m a root vegetable with a long brown stem

I'm a Neem Plant - My name starts with and N - I’m a natural pesticide - so you can safely spray your garden

We are the Vegetables we hope you like our song
Go eat your vegetables and you will grow real strong

I’m an Onion - My name starts with an O - I come different colors- Underground is where I grow

I am Parsley - My name starts with a P - I am a herb, spice and a veggie that you’ll love to eat

I am Quinoa - My name starts with a Q - People use me as a grain But I'm a vegetable too

I’m a Radish - My name starts with an R - I am a root veggie-Mostly eaten when I’m raw

I am Spinach - My name starts with an S - I am very high in iron you should eat me I’m the best

I’m a Turnip - My name starts with a T - I am a root vegetable High in vitamin C

I’m Ulluco - My name starts with a U - I look like a potato full of calcium too

We are the Vegetables we hope you like our song
Go eat your vegetables and you will grow real strong

I’m a Vegetable Fern - My name starts with an V - and I taste really yummy- come try me and see

I am a Watercress - W’s my first letter - I am a green veggie - Eat me up and you’ll feel better

I’m Xylitol - my first letter is an X - I’m found in fruits and veggies for my sugary effects

I’m a Yam- My first letter is a Y - some call me sweet potato- when you pick me I am dry

I'm a Zucchini- My first letter is a Z - I am actually a fruit but most think that I’m a veggie

We are the Vegetables we hope you like our song
Go eat your vegetables and you will grow real strong

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Kids Learning Tube

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Peter, Paul and Mary
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Peter, Paul and Mary
https://youtu.be/EKt2GHp6AHw

Martie Reynolds along with the children of Saint Matthews Nursery School of Maple Glen, PA. It was recorded by Barry Coulton
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"Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975.

The song has been recorded by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Pete Seeger, Fred Penner, David LaMotte, Makem and Clancy, and Arlo Guthrie, as well as the Muppets.[1][2] The version of "Garden Song" covered by John Denver made the national charts.[3] The song also inspired a book called Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni in 1995.

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'You Are What You Eat' - Formidable Vegetable Sound System

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'You Are What You Eat' - Formidable Vegetable Sound System

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New single 'You Are What You Eat' out Jan 22 from: http://music.formidablevegetable.com.au
Written by Formidable Vegetable Sound System in celebration of the UN's International Year of Soils.
Animated by Bigfish: http://www.bigfish.tv

Song written by Charlie Mgee, Mal Webb & Kylie Morrigan
Recorded by Michael Barker at Twisty Pole Studios - Rotorua, New Zealand.
Produced, mixed & mastered by Spoonbill.
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Feeding Nine Billion Video 5: Local Food Systems by Dr. Evan Fraser    5min

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Brought to you by http://www.feedingninebillion.com
By 2050 there will be 9 billion people on the planet - but will there be enough food for everyone? Food security expert Dr Evan Fraser guides you through a whiteboard presentation of his solution to the Global Food Crisis focusing in this video on the role of the local food system.

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Short animations aimed at educating a primary audience about local food. Created by the young people of Worth Valley Young Farmers as ITV Fixers. www.worthvalley.org.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS1SKiypHME

Field to Fork - Episode 1 "Where does food comes from?" 1min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRdS48yuf0

Field to Fork - Episode 2 "Food miles"

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Do you know where your food comes from? - Eat Real. Eat Local. (Canada)  3min

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Do you know where your food comes from? - Eat Real. Eat Local. (Canada)  3min

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Published on Jun 3, 2009

The Canadian food system is in trouble. This short film explains what's happening to Canada's local food system and why we should all care. Watch to find out more, and join The Real Food Movement.

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Do you know where your food comes from? - Eat Real. Eat Local.

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Where does Food come from? Facts | Mocomi Kids   2min

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Where does Food come from? Facts and Fiction - Science for Kids | Educational Videos by Mocomi

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http://gmo.mercola.com/?x_cid=youtube Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are detrimental to your overall health. Discover why these genetically modified foods are NOT safe to consume.

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Published on May 5, 2012

http://www.TheRawfoodfamily.com

I can imagine that you do not like this information, because it is uncomfortable.
But, hey:
Didn't say that it would be easy to be in charge of all the food you eat.
But at least is it possible!

As I have quite some distrust for labels on the food, I want to know FOR SURE that my food is GMO free and organic.
All companies who want to sell their products can be accidentally or even consciously mistaken by labeling their food as "GMO-Free" or "organic".
This video is giving some real good tips on how to identify REAL GMO-Free food without having to trust the labels on packages.

I love how we can take the power back using the simple tips I am giving here in this video.
We do NOT have to buy GMO foods, but can make our own decisions getting the GMO-free foods on our table.
This is so important, as most of the "designed" or "hybrid" foods are trained to have less seeds and much sugar, which does decrease the natural force and nutrient content.
And I am not even talking about pesticides or hormones here.
Just the simple quality and nutrient content is much lower in GMO produced food.
This is why it is so important to have the wild foods and the old types of our raw foods on our table.
Did you know that ancient apples just had the size of cherries and were really sour?
Those apples did contain 50 times more nutrients than our modern-timers.
We need the old, wild sorts.
Those are the foods that also have more life force and are better prepared to survive in nature without our protection.
it is almost ironic, that most of the raw foods today wouldnt even be able to survive by themselves.
they need us to protect, shelter and nurture them.
We get so much more life force and nutrients out of the wild , old types of foods that are GMO-free.

I hope you find some good tips in the video, and remain with all my wild food love
Love KA

Website: http://www.TheRawfoodfamily.com

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How To Identify GMO-Free Food NOT Looking At Labels (by Sundance Family) 7min

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Truth About Genetically Modified Foods & Label GMO Psychetruth Nutrition

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How To Identify GMO-Free Food NOT Looking At Labels

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Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) - Myths and Truths   6min

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Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) - Myths and Truths   6min

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What is a GMO? Let us quickly explain... by honeymashblog

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based in mid March 2016 Maggic 2 months agoMaybe, those brilliant scientist, probably men, should've asked why was there an increased in those insects that transmitted the papaya virus? Fix the origin first and not the consewuences.Reply2

intigfx 1 month ago+Maggic And if the virus is already there, what do you suggest they do? Just cross their arms?Reply2

Carlo Delos Santos 1 day ago+Maggic when did sexism come to this?Reply1

just L. 1 month ago (edited)GMO never was the problem, artificial pesticide and artificial fertilizers are. insects generate resistance to pesticides and chemicals gets inside our food.resistant insects can kill big portion of our farm which will cause massive famine for years. until scientist find better pesticide to kill those insects too. then again insects will adapt to that chemicals and those chemicals are getting in our food.Show lessReply2

Pete Floyd 3 months agoI do not know much about this. If GMO's technology is not deployed to the world's food supply would we have enough food to feed everyone. Has anyone done the math? Also, do GMO benefits out weigh the risks of not having them? Thanks to anyone who can answer.Reply

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How are GMOs Made? The Genetically Modified Hawaiian Papaya Case Study

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Companies That Use Monsanto GMO Products 

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Companies That Use Monsanto GMO Products 

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Published on Apr 5, 2013

This is a list of the VILE and EVIL corporations that use Monsanto products.

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Companies That Use Monsanto GMO Products MONSANTO GMO IS OPEN GENOCIDE!

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Oscar-nominated director, Robert Kenner joins us to talk about the film and food industries and his film's runaway success.
Showcasing clips from the movie, we go into the inspiration behind the production, as well as the process of shooting and how the film's success has spring-boarded Robert into a new realm of being an activist.

GUEST BIO:
Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., is one of the top grossing theatrical documentaries of all time, selling nearly 500,000 DVDs. Food Inc. received widespread critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination, and has influenced current food policy decisions. An esteemed collaborator with PBS American Experience, he received a Peabody and an Emmy for Two Days in October, in addition to directing The Road To Memphis for the Martin Scorsese series, The Blues.

Mr. Kenner continues to work in film and social media action to transform the food system.

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The way we live our life

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2:40 If you know, you may not want to eat it anymore.

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A film by Robert Kenner

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The mistakes that our earlier generation has made, the choices that have led us to a unhealthy path, are not for you, young ones to burden yourselves with. However, you can choose wisely, step by step, now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4P7CchHo1g
Could you face the reality of where your food comes from? *GRAPHIC*  9min

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLSa-WF07hE
meet the meat  13min

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based in mid March 2016 Raven Spies 1 month agoorganic= no pesticides or herbicides sprayed while the plant grows. GMO is in the DNA of seed and can be grow both organically or inorganically. Organic does NOT equal non-gmo! Beware!Reply4

Stacy Elam 3 weeks ago+Raven Spies In California they put stickers on the produce that contain a set of 4 or 5 numbers.  If a sticker starts with a 9 XXXX it is organic.  If it starts with a 4 XXXX it is conventionally grown using pesticides, etc., If it starts with an 8XXXX it is GMO from a GMO seed.   So, there is a way to check but that doesn't mean all growers are honest conscientious people who are incapable of telling the truth, however.Show lessReply

Flames Burn 3 weeks ago+Stacy Elam ...if that's true, ill be keeping my eyes open on those label x'sReply1

Stacy Elam 3 weeks ago+Flames Burn Also, I don't know if you are aware of the "Non-GMO Certified" and "USDA Organic" labels.  The first one is a green label and the second one is a black label.  Both labels are about the size of nickel and appear on the pkg. of the item.  These labels are reputed to be accurate in whether a product is using GMO.Reply

Flames Burn 3 weeks ago+Stacy Elam .. yes I am, I just wasnt aware of the # code of 8 referring to GMO product... thanks.Reply1

saladlamp 3 weeks agoUnfortunately, that's not true. Contrary to what most people believe, "organic" does not automatically mean "pesticide-free" or "chemical-free".  In fact, under the laws of most states, organic farmers are allowed to use a wide variety of chemical sprays and powders on their crops. But they are limited as to which ones they can use and still claim their product is organic.

Google "organic food and pesticides".

Organic does mean non-GMO though.Show lessReply

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Dr. Edward Group talks with Anthony Gucciardi on how to detox GMOs from your body naturally.

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Dr. Edward Group and Anthony Gucciardi discuss the top 10 GMO food list to avoid when shopping or otherwise. http://monsantovideorevolt.com/

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based  in  mid March 2016 Fenniche Imene 8 months agoThe food industry has interests in the pharmaceutical industry. They may sell us fast food cheaper but they make us pay later on medication.Reply41

analisa quiroz 7 months ago+Fenniche Imene Exactly! Very well made connection, these corps & industries definitely synergize off one another. That is why it is so difficult to differentiate the truth from liesReply5

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based  in  mid March 2016 Vickie Novak 2 months agoYou can do something...buy ORGANIC food, stop eating meat, and stop voting for politicians who are in bed with the FDA and Monsanto. Hillary Clinton is and has been a lawyer for Monsanto for years. Take the power back...plant a garden!!!Reply28

Hector Lalalala 3 weeks agoOrganic is very expensiveReply1

Vickie Novak 3 weeks agoIf you just buy 1 item organic each time you shop it would make a huge difference to farmers bottom line and THAT will begin to bring down the prices. But we ALL need to start by buying that one item...then 2!Reply1

Hector Lalalala 3 weeks agoi live in a big city now, and im trying to move to a small town in Colorado. I wish I could grow my own veggies Reply

Vickie Novak 3 weeks agocheck out "growing your own food" ideas on Pinterest. You can do vertical bottle planters In windows or a plastic tub planter or grow spinach or lettuce in flower pots on balcony or window seals. Just an idea....Reply

trentnorman22 2 weeks agowatch the first 2 minutes again. people can't afford buying even one item.Reply

Kap pa 2 weeks agoPeople who say organic is better makes me laugh.  Companies know so many loop holes that even if it says organic or free range the only difference between is the price/ label.  I've worked on a farm for 5 years and yea only difference between the common stuff and the 'organic' is that we picked the 'organic' stuff by hand.Reply2

rudy markel 2 weeks ago+Vickie Novak OOO yeah...all Organic labeled food is really just that huh....and never genetically modified previously before becoming "organic" and they have special ORGANIC only trucks and storage bins so that NO pesticides or food treated ever comes in contact with NONORGANIC food or chemicals huh... and no animal dung has ever had a hormone or other chemicals near or around the animals that provide the "natural" fertilizerRead moreReply1

Dillon Spellman 6 days agodo you eat kale, broccoli, or cauliflower?Reply1

KILLKING110 2 days ago+Vickie Novak you stop eating meat you lose out on key muscle building proteins so buy locally raised meat that has no GMO's, hormone free, etcReply

Vickie Novak 2 days agoThere are plenty of greens like spinach, and kale among others that have plenty of protein to keep up your muscles. Rice and black beans are a complete protein. "Jake Mace the Vegan athlete" is a Kung fu master....he has been vegan for years and grows his own food in his yard..check out his youtube channel.Reply

Peter Kennedy. Irish to a Fault. 2 days ago (edited)+Vickie Novak There is a method of growing potatoes that can produce a huge amount in a very small space, it was used in Britain during the second world war in a very dark time when the U boats were being very successful in the North Atlantic, sinking supply ships sending a lot of food to the bottom of the ocean.
The grow method used was called 'a barrel of spuds' literally using large bottomless barrels placed over the sprouting potato plant and covering the sprout with fresh soil every time it shows through, until the plant reaches the top of the barrel where it will flower and in time die off, at that time the barrel is harvested, this method can produce a lot of organic spuds, and it doesn't have to be an actual barrel, any tubular device could be used. also there are hundreds if not thousands of fine healthful potato varieties out there even though most people have only ever seen the commercial Russet and the Eyefull red variety, in Ireland practically every townland or parish has its own different variety of the spud, so check out Heritage seed sites for really great food seeds.
On the Potato, it is a fact that up until the Irish Potato Famine 1840 - 1850 millions of Irish peasants survived on potatoes alone with a little butter and salt, that was their entire diet, and they thrived, I just cannot see that happening eating the modern Russet.Read moreReply

Vickie Novak 1 day agowow, Peter Kennedy. Thanks for sharing. I have seen similar potato growing methods here on you tube and Pinterest. I will have to give it a try and see what happens. I always say something is better then nothing...we all need to take our health in our own hands and not rely on pills to fix our problems...they are part of the problem! have a great day!Read moreReply

Peter Kennedy. Irish to a Fault. 1 day ago+Vickie Novak  Thanx for the reply Vickie, you're a Star.

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Food Inc. Director Robert Kenner talks about the consequences and hazards of the US food industry

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Do you like this lifestyle?           Do you like this choice we/"we" have made?                                     Are you going to choose what the modern society has offered you?                                                Are you thinking that change is needed?

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Attached article in Today's Modern Food: It's not what you think - Part 1 of 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhhnHA8c_Y0
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The Miami Herald wrote on June 23rd 2011, chemically treated produce, highly processed foods, and refined ingredients like white flour and sugar cause sickness and disease as well as a host of minor ailments such as digestive issues and lack of energy.

The Herald Sun wrote on June 24th 2011, The New England Journal of Medicine published research that advised weight-watchers to cut out sugar-sweetened drinks, potatoes and refined grain foods such as white bread, white rice and low-fibre cereals. They urged people to eat more "natural" foods, such as

On June 19, 1999 The Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA) to prohibit the use of potassium bromate, which is used to strengthen bread dough. They charged that the FDA has known for years that bromate causes cancers in laboratory animals, but has failed to ban it.

The most common pesticide found in flour, 49% of all flour tested, is Malathion, believed to be a possible carcinogen, Neurotoxin and Hormone disruptor.

On January 28th, 2009 the Washington Post reported, "Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury." The articles reports that "Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies. "

On July 27th, 1989 the Los Angeles Times reported, "FDA allows Genetically-Modified rBGH to Endanger Milk: FDA Ignores Evidence on Cancer Risks"

On December 7th, 2006 the Harvard University Gazette reported, "Hormones in milk can be dangerous." The article states, "The milk we drink today is quite unlike the milk our ancestors were drinking" without apparent harm for 2,000 years, she said. "The milk we drink today may not be nature's perfect food. Butter, meat, eggs, milk, and cheese are implicated in higher rates of hormone-dependent cancers in general, she said. Breast cancer has been linked particularly to consumption of milk and cheese."

On Feb 11th, 2009, CBS News reported, "Link Eyed Between Beef And Cancer." In feed lots across the country, beef cattle are given growth hormones to make them fatter faster, to save money. Now questions are being raised about one of the most widely-used hormones, Zeranol, a synthetic estrogen implanted in cattle. A series of tests done for the Pentagon show a possible link between breast cancer and Zeranol.

On March 30th, 2011 Discovery News reported, "Food Packaging Harbors Harmful Chemicals" Plastic wrappers, food cans and storage tubs deposit at least two potentially harmful chemicals into our food, confirmed a new study. By cutting out containers, people can dramatically reduce their exposures to these toxins. The chemicals -- bisphenol A, or BPA, and a phthalate called DEHP -- are known to disrupt hormonal systems in the bodies of both animals and people, leading to developmental and reproductive problems, as well as cancers, heart disease and brain disorders. And both appear in a wide variety of food packaging materials.

Because the manufacturers and the government ignore our concerns, it is going to be up to us to take charge of our nutrition and well-being.There are a few alternatives to the chemically laden foods available at your local supermarket. You can buy organic, which unfortunately because of the current economics of food production, is more expense. Or you can grow and raise your own food, which is time consuming and hard work. But you have to ask yourself, "Is it worth improving the health of my family?"

If your diet and health is important to you, you will want to these eye-opening and heart-stopping documentaries on the truth about the foods we buy and eat every day.

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Can you face the reality            Today's Modern Food: It's not what you think - Part 1 of 2 (by Jeff Benner )

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Today's Modern Food: It's not what you think - Part 1 of 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhhnHA8c_Y0
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Today's Modern Food: It's not what you think - Part 2 of 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R1ixshimfM
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This video examines the truth about our Nation's food supply. The food we buy today is the product of a business who's more concerned about their own profits than their customers health and the government regulators are looking out for the interests of the businesses rather than the American people's well being. The complete script for this video, as well as all the links to the articles, websites and videos in this presentation are available here: http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/jeffben...

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This video examines the truth about our Nation's food supply. The food we buy today is the product of a business who's more concerned about their own profits than their customers health and the government regulators are looking out for the interests of the businesses rather than the American people's well being.