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179 Reasons to Eat Grass Fed Beef

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The Washington Post writes that everyone should see Food, Inc. I liked it so much, I bought it. Basically, Food, Inc. does for the supermarket what the movie Jaws did for the beach. Here’s the compelling story. Food, Inc. lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing how our food supply is now controlled […]

Dale Peterson

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This week’s lifesaver is a patriotic American who I want you to know. Dale Peterson, running for Agriculture & Industry Commissioner of Alabama.

Grass Fed to Finish

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This is the first in a series on U.S. meat production and your family’s health and welfare. I hope that you will join me in spreading the word about the meat industry’s not-so-savory truths to friends, family, and esteemed associates of all stripes. As a loyal and dedicated member of the American Grassfed Association, I […]

The County Sheriff Speaks

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Your sheriff is the most powerful law enforcement officer in your county. One of America’s most prominent former sheriffs is former Graham County sheriff Richard Mack. In The County Sheriff: America’s Last Hope, sheriff Mack wrote the following: “Our American republic has been replaced by a corrupt system of political correctness. The founders of America […]

The Brady Campaign Seeks to Destroy Americans’ Constitutional Rights

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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence assigns grades to individual states based on their compliance with Brady Campaign thinking on various gun rights issues. California scores the highest grade for having the most gun controls, even though its murder and violent crime rates are higher than those of the rest of the country. Utah […]

Milk. Friend or foe for your children and grandchildren?

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I’ve found Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon with Mary G. Enig, PhD, to be a helpful book on many food fronts, especially on the subject of milk. Here’s a short summary of my recent reading in Nourishing Traditions. Certified raw milk, from grass-fed, unconfined Jersey or Guernsey cows, is an excellent but hard-to-find source of […]

Animal Factories

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Does your family eat meat from animals raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)? Do you know about David Kirby’s Animal Factory? In her comments on David Kirby’s book Animal Factory, Alice Waters says, “Nature did not intend for animals to live and die in a factory assembly line.” CAFOs confine thousands of pigs, dairy […]

CT Scan Cancer Risk

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Laura Landro, at The Wall Street Journal, writes in an article entitled “Radiation Risks Prompt Push to Curb CT Scans” that CT scans may elevate the risk of cancer. According to the article, a third or more of scans may be unnecessary. A sidebar to the article lists exposure levels from various procedures in millirems […]

Reverse the Effects of Diabetes

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David Wolfe, founder of Sunfood Nutrition and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, labels Gabriel Cousens, MD, the world’s leading medical authority on diabetes. Dr. Cousens’s Tree of Life program is proven to completely reverse type 2 diabetes and markedly improve the condition of those suffering from type 1 diabetes. Dr. Daniel Nuchovich, MD, director of […]