Throughout history food has been used as a means to control and manipulate people, it is no surprise to find these tactics being used by large industry and corporations today. As this story shows, the USDA is no longer protecting our health
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Greg Marley gives a personal account of his mushroom walks, favorite ways to cook and store each mushroom, time of year, the sort of weather they like as well as which environment they prefer or which trees they grow in symbiosis with.
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A book review of Cancer: Cause and Cure by Percy Weston. Discusses the difference in cattle when using grass fertilized with superphospates and the development of Percy's Powders.
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Selected favorite books on the topics of food, economy, agriculture, nature, medicine, history, spices, debt, bananas and divination tools.
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This weekend I finally fulfilled a long-time dream and re-read The Cook by Harry Kressing. For anyone who loves cooking or who is interested in psychology and sinister plots, I highly recommend this book. For anyone who has worked in the service industry, catering for the excessively rich and snobby, this book is a delightful [...]
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A review and favorite quotes from the book On Guerrilla Gardening by Richard Reynolds. This gives a history of guerilla gardening from the Diggers to Guantanamo to Peoples Park to Bougainville.
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After reading Anna’s positive experiences with the GAPs diet I ordered the book and have just finished reading it, I have tried a lot of diets over the years especially after living in a moldy apartment in Wellington, NZ which has resulted in problems with my digestive tract ever since. November last year was a [...]
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Chinese philosophy holds that life force, or qi, comes from breath and food. I recently came across a very special book called The Feng Shui Cookbook: Creating Health and Harmony in Your Kitchen by Elizabeth Miles. Although this book is small and easy to overlook it is a very different breed than the glossy-food-porn-coffee-table cookbooks [...]
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Food Security & Sustainability: For The Times Ahead by Harvest McCampbell, published by Bio Diverse Press in May 2008 arrived just in time. This book is a level headed and comprehensive look at what is coming our way. Without fear-mongering and trying to get rich off of your fears, Harvest McCampbell provides a wealth of [...]
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A review of Nourishing Traditions, the wonderful cookbook and information source by Sally Fallon Morell.
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