After California, Oregon Will Try for GMO Legislation

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After California voters shot down their proposition last fall to require GMO labeling,  many of us who support the right to know what’s in our food thought it was pretty much over, that the big money global food processors had won.  But don’t be so quick to throw up your hands in despair because now Oregon has entered the fight.  And Oregon is doing it with numbers – at least a dozen bills – aiming at everything from requiring labeling for genetically engineered food to prohibiting crops grown with the microorganisms.

Let’s hope that at least one of these pieces makes it through the big bucks propaganda machine.

Read more here:  Bills target genetic engineering | capitalpress.com.

Related link: Biotech in Your Kitchen | The Practical Vegetarian

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Nature’s Sweetener | The Practical Vegetarian

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The blue agave plant and bottle of agave nectar.

If you’re looking for a replacement for refined sugar, agave nectar may be just the right alternative for you.  Agave nectar, which comes from the blue agave plant (the same plant used in making tequila), is natural and tastes good.  You can cook and bake with it too.  Concerns about side effects from artificial sweeteners and dangers of too much refined sugar doesn’t mean you have go without anything sweet in your tea or coffee.  Read more…Nature’s Sweetener | The Practical Vegetarian.

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NIH: An Apple A Day Is True

Red Apple. Used white paper behind apple and above apple and bounced SB-600 at 1/4th power. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the old adage “an apple a day” is proven true.  Eating raw apples that include the skin can keep disease, including cancer, away.  In addition to apples, “Fall favorites like pumpkin, squash, and sweet potatoes are all packed with a cancer-fighting nutrient called carotenoid, while cranberries contain benzoic acid, which has been shown to inhibit the growth of lung cancer, colon cancer, and some forms of leukemia,” according to the NIH article.  There is a short video included with this brief article linked here:  MedlinePlus: Trusted Health Information for You.

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Milk plays key role in a healthy vegetarian diet

This article from DairyHerd Network highlights the need to include milk in your vegetarian dietary:  Milk plays key role in a healthy vegetarian diet.

Apple Butter

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I never really fully appreciated apples until I lived on the east coast. You can definitely grow good apples in California, but they aren't our very best fruit offering. When I moved to the east coast after college, my eyes were opened to all that apples could be. There were apple-picking excursions in upstate new york, and new apple varieties that were crisper than anything I'd had on the west coast.

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Autumn is the perfect time for fresh apples. This apple butter recipe will definitely warm your spirits on cool days.

Your Savings Account May Not Be Safe

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Savings (Photo credit: 401(K) 2012)

If you have a personal savings account in a traditional commercial bank, such as Wells Fargo, you might want to consider getting your money out of that account now.

Why?

Because these banks can, at any time, strip all or most of your hard-earned money – and it can happen in an instant at the request of anyone out there for any reason who presents them with an “order to withhold.”

Essentially, you can go to bed one night comfortable with the fact that you have a small nest egg and wake up the next morning to pennies or zero in your account.  And once it happens, there is nothing you can do about it except kiss your money goodbye.

Your bank will act without notifying you, their customer.  But they instead will comply with debt collectors – whether the debt is bogus or not.  They will strip you of your money for alleged debts going back 19 years or older – beyond the statute of limitations and beyond when you usually retain your records.  They will act claiming an old state tax debt even from states you have never worked in.

Where is your money really going?  Who knows – anyone from hackers to criminals or whatever.  But some are claiming that savings accounts are being stripped to help bail out bankrupt states.  (Read They Stole His Money, Her Money & Mine Too | Strike-The-Root: A Journal Of Liberty.)

The reason your commercial bank, like Wells Fargo, can do this is because the personal savings account is considered “disposable income” and is not lien-free.  For those who only have a savings account and no checking – from which you pay your rent or mortgage and bills, you are in constant jeopardy of being wiped out overnight unless you make some changes.  If you have a checking account, move your money over to it now – evidently laws prevent these banks from wiping out your checking account because it is considered the “working” account.  But also call your bank and make sure that your checking is “lien free” meaning that no one can impose an “order to withhold” without your notice.  If you don’t have a checking account, get a lien-free checking account now and move your money out of your savings.

In the old days, we thought that a savings account was a safe place to put your money.  Of course, that was also when banks actually paid interest on your deposits that was more than one or two cents.

Knowing now that your savings money will not go to your future goals and dreams but instead will go to bail out welfare-overburdened states, that combined with earning no interest, should be motivation to move your out of the account – perhaps even putting under the proverbial mattress.

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The Practical Vegetarian By Mary Curtis

All you need to know to make your own vegetarian meals at home, easily, inexpensively, and quickly.  An Amazon Reviewer writes:  “”The basics are covered…not overly complicated as some vegetarian books can be.”  Check it out at The Practical Vegetarian by Mary Curtis.  – Also available on Kindle.

What’s In Your Grain? The Debate Over Genetically Engineered Food

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (Photo credit: live w mcs)

That soy beverage you drink every day because you’re a vegetarian may actually be cross-bred with bacteria.  The “natural” corn flakes you eat every morning may not be so natural after all – the corn in those flakes may have been genetically engineered with other species.  The question over how much of our food in the U.S. has been genetically modified is now going mainstream and could be on the ballot in your state this November.

According to a front-page article in the New York Times today (Dispute Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food – NYTimes.com.), grass roots efforts are urging ballot measures to force food manufacturers to label foods that contain GMO’s or Genetically Modified Organisms.  GMO’s are more than just “the selective breeding process used in nearly all crops,” according the NY Times, GMO crops “contain DNA derived from bacteria.”

Although experts tell the rest of us that GMO’s pose no harm, the controversy is not going away.  Rather, it is our right to know what we’re ingesting in our foods that’s critical.  GMO’s are already required to be labeled in Europe.  But commercial farmers and biotech companies are fighting labeling here because labeling “might lead consumers to reject genetically modified food…without understanding” it, according to the NY Times article.

In California, a labeling initiative will most likely be on the ballot in November having “cleared a crucial hurdle this month,” the NY Times says.

For a list of foods that contain GMO’s go here:  List of GMO foods.

For a list of non-GMO foods go here:  Center For FOOD SAFETY – you can also download a free Food Shopper’s Guide and an iPhone app.

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"I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching me" New Firefox/Chrome add on tells you exactly who it is.

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As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a…

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Good post. Thank you for this information.

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