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The Diet That Cured Multiple Sclerosis

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:16:42 +0000

In 2003 Terry Wahls, M.D., was diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis and soon became dependent upon a tilt-recline wheelchair. After developing and using the Wahls Protocol™, she is now able to walk through the hospital and commute to work by bicycle. She now uses intensive directed nutrition in her primary care and traumatic brain injury clinics. Dr. Wahls is the lead scientist in a clinical trial testing her protocol in others with progressive MS.

Her diet, based on the traditional diets of ancient humans provides her body with the healing ingredients necessary for healthful living.

Here she tells the story of her journey.

Visit Dr. Wahls’ Website: TerryWahls.com

Sustainable Shrimp Farming

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:35:24 +0000

This year, Pace University’s award-winning “Producing the Documentary” class turned its sights on sustainable shrimp farming. Production for the 15-minute film, “Linda Thornton: Seeking Sustainability One Shrimp At A Time”, was aided by NY Times climate writer Andrew Revkin, who’s also the Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies. The doc focuses on how the entrepreneurial Thorton managed to overcome devastating adversity in order to kick start some of the most successful shrimp farms in Belize. She’s now recognized as a leader in ecologically friendly shrimp farming, and continues to guide the industry into ever more sustainable waters. It’s a nice little film, and packs a hell of a wallop during its scant running time. Enjoy. For more information about the student filmmakers behind the documentary, head over to their blog at Sustainable Shrimp.

Source: Treehugger.com

Growing Fish In Greenhouses

admin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:15:44 +0000

At Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisconsin they are raising yellow perch along side lettuces and other veggies. The nutrients in the fish water goes to feed the plants while the plants filter the water. When in doubt, look to nature for an answer.

Backyard Chicken Butchery

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:38:34 +0000

These folks sure do make chicken butchery look easy. It sure helps to have the featherman.net chicken plucker. (Keep in mind these babies go for over $1000)

An 11 Year Old Can Figure It Out

admin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:38:42 +0000

11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food — far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.

The Story of Bottled Water

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:44:05 +0000

The Story of Bottled Water

Food Inc.

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:35:20 +0000

I had the opportunity to watch Food Inc. the new movie from filmmaker Robert Kenner.

Food Inc. lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

The Trailer:

You can watch Food Inc. online for free at PBS.