Green leafy foods can be dangerous
What else can't we eat? Who is watching the store? Why can't the FDA manage what goes on our store shelves? What next?" Green leafy foods can be dangerous In a 6 October 2009 article, the Huffington Post...
How to build a garden Wicking Bed for your veggies
"The wicking worm bed is a highly productive growing system which not only produces more food from limited water, but also recycles waste organic material to provide plant nutrient and capture carbon. The essence is to form an underground reservoir of water or pond...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 39 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Urban Farmers Gain from Waste Water
The global food crisis continues to fuel food price inflation and send many into hunger and despair. Around the world, solutions are being sought to the urgent need for more food and cheaper food. U.N. Secretary...
G20 leaders get a 'Best of British' dinner at 10 Downing Street
Jamie Oliver cooked up a 'Best of British' feast for the G20 leaders tonight in Downing Street, ahead of the Summit meeting tomorrow morning. Oliver, along with young chefs from his 'Fifteen' restaurant, used produce from all over the country, and started with organic salmon...
Potassium Bicarbonate: Lowers Blood Pressure- Greater Muscle Mass
Necessity is considered to be the Mother of Invention. And whether you liked Frank Zappa's music or not ( there is a joke for Boomers in there somewhere..), the best solutions seem to come from the most...
Did You Hear The One About.......
Did you hear about the Bed and Breakfast clients who wouldn't eat any of the fresh fruit provided because they had to peel it? Or the eggs from real hens they could see and talk to because they weren't in...
Stately Homes become 'grow your own' allotments
The National Trust is to turn over area of land within the grounds of Stately Homes to become grow your own allotments. They will make 140 new allotments available to the public to use as allotments and grow...
Michelle Obama could plant a White House garden
Michelle Obama spoke to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday and she spoke very highly of the community gardening program. Last week the USDA launched the program to develop gardens at...
Boycott the fruits of apartheid
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside the main UK warehouse of Israeli company Carmel Agrexco in Hayes, Middlesex, close to Heathrow on Saturday 7 Feb, 2009, claiming its exports of flowers and fruit from...
Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmland
It's no great surprise of course, but the scale of the destruction is emerging. Blockaded Gaza will need even more aid."Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmlandOfficials warn of 'destruction of all means of life' after the three-week conflict leaves... Tinned soup hidden salt cancer risk
Next week is Salt Awareness Week and the aim is to kick start a campaign to make people more aware of the 'hidden salt' content of everyday processed foods in a bid to help people avoid increasing the risk of...
PETA Super Bowl ad too sexy for NBC
Super Bowl executives at NBC have pulled the plug on a PETA commercial that shows sexy, scantily clad models getting intimate with vegetables, as they say that is shows a level of sexuality that exceeds out...
Nuts can cut heart problems
Just 30g of nuts a day on top of a Mediterranean style diet can cut heart problems. Scientists believe the nuts contain compounds that stop damage caused by insulin.A Mediterranean diet in itself has been shown to...
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