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Archive for July, 2008
Frankenfood: Genetically Modified Cuisine - Bailey & Lappé
Frankenfood: Genetically Modified Cuisine - Bailey & Lappé
Britt Bailey & Marc Lappé While cloned sheep and biomedical applications of DNA technology make headlines world-wide - the genetic modification and corporate takeover of our food supply is a quiet revolution. In the US - genetically altered foods are exempted from normal FDA and EPA testing of their effects on human health and the environment. Complete labeling is not required. You may know the calorie and fat content of that strawberry you’re eating - but does it produce its own pesticides? Does it contain the genetic material of a fish? Around the world - scientists and activists are raising concerns about the threat to our health & the environment this technology may pose. In an independent investigation - Bailey & Lappé concluded that corporate profits are considered before public health - freedom of choice or ecological stability. (audio cassette - 60 minutes - 1999) Marc Lappé & Britt Bailey currently work at the Center for Ethics and Toxics (CETOS ). Their co-written book is Against the Grain: Biotechnology & the Corporate Takeover of Your Food.
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Sage Smudge Set of Four
This pack of desert sage contains 4 individual baby smudges - burn them to produce smoke that will purify your body - home - office - or spiritual space. This smudge bundle is 100% natural aromatic botanicals and was gathered in an ecologically sound and respectful way. The plants are not harmed and nothing is wasted. These bundles are made as tools for empowerment. Enjoy! (Each bundle measures 3.5?.) More about smudges: Smudge bundles are all-natural ceremonial incense traditionally burned in Native American rituals such as sweat lodges. Increasingly - doctors - therapists - and body workers are discovering the beneficial aspects of these herbs. Smudge bundles are one of the means by which people around the globe are reconnecting with the power of Mother Nature. The use of plant and resin smoke possibly evolved out of the primordial campfires from distant caves. The ceremony of cleansing people - places - and objects through smoke is continued today. Not only good for keeping pesky flying insects away - certain plant smokes (smudges) could preserve food and hides. Some smudges could also impart protection from unseen spirits and thoughts. To apply the protective cleansing power of a smudge - a leaf or resin was heated to make smoke that was brushed over the person or object often with a feather fan. Some plant smokes had specific healing properties while others had more generic powers. The smudge smoke is made either by spreading dry herbs on hot coals or hot rocks or igniting dry hers in a clay bowl or shell.