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GMO Alert: GMO Salmon, Russet Potatoes Approved

Saturday, November 21st, 2015
Frankenfood

Frankenfood

by Catherine Haug, Nov 2015 (Image, right, from Organic Consumers Assoc., used with permission)

The latest GMO foods to be approved by the USDA/FDA include:

  • Russet potato  ‘Innate’ (for baking or deep frying) from J.R. Simplot Co. approved by USDA without mandatory labeling.
  • AquAdvantage farmed Salmon developed by Aqua Bounty Technologies, approved by FDA who recommended, but did not require, labeling of these fish as GMO.

For more information about the GMO salmon and efforts to fight back and mandate GMO labeling on GMO fish, see the Center for Food Safety’s site: centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/309/ge-fish. They are considering suing the FDA over this approval without mandatory labeling.

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Another reason to avoid plastics

Thursday, October 8th, 2015
Garbage Can with Lid

Garbage Can with Lid

By Catherine Haug, Oct 2015 (Photo, right, from US Plastics (1)

It is now well known that we should avoid the plastic BPA or BPS because they can cause cancer. But I have long believed that all plastics are bad for our health – not just as a cause for cancer. Recently, my belief has strong scientific support.

Most plastics are not biodegradable, but they do break down in a different, harmful way. They form micro-particles/fibers that make their way into our waters and eventually to the oceans where their pollution of the water is analogous to pollution of our air by micro-particles. Remember how your lungs, sinuses and throat felt this summer from breathing the micro-particles in smoke from forest fires? (more…)

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Event Notice: Jeffrey Funk’s Annual Cider Press Event, Oct 10, 2015

Monday, October 5th, 2015
Jeffrey & Betsy Funk

Jeffrey & Betsy Funk

By Catherine Haug, October 5, 2015 (Photo, right, by J. Helps, 2010)

Although ESP is no longer holding our annual Tamarack Time! Cider Press event (because we can no longer use Jeffrey’s press), Jeffrey will be holding his own Annual Cider Press Event on Saturday Oct 10, 2015. You are all welcome to participate. Here’s the info:

  • When: Saturday, Oct 10, 2015, 11 AM and on
  • Where: 990 McCaffery Road, Bigfork, Montana, 59911
  • Contact Jeffrey: 406-837-4208 or metafunk (at) cyberport (dot) net [address disguised for security]

Here’s links to our documents about cider:

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Bacterial contamination of produce, including Organic

Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
Friesian-Holsten

Friesian-Holsten

By Catherine Haug, August 21, 2015 (Photo, right, from Wikipedia)

The lifestyle blog, Take Part, featured an article today titled Your Organic Spinach Could Be More Dangerous Than Meat, by Willy Blackmore (1). At issue is contamination of vegetable crops, both Organic and conventional, primarily by contaminated animal waste (primarily from CAFOs – Confinement Animal Feeding Operations) leaching into ground water.

A classic example was a 39-state recall of E. coli-contaminated spinach a few years back, that was caused by animal waste from a nearby CAFO leaching into groundwater regularly used to water the crops. Similar recalls have involved listeria and other pathogens.

Data from the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) indicate food-borne illness is far more likely from produce, than for poultry, seafood, red meat, eggs or dairy (2).

What is the solution to this problem? (more…)

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NYC 4th grader’s video about school lunches

Saturday, June 27th, 2015
Red Apple

Red Apple

by Catherine Haug, June 27, 2015 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons)

I don’t pretend to be an expert on our national school lunch program, nor even what is served at our own local Bigfork Schools today. I do remember what was served when I was in school.

It seems that in New York City, things are much worse than what I experienced in 1950s-60s Bigfork Schools’ lunch room. Check out this entertaining 20 minute video by 4th grader Zachary Maxwell. (more…)

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“Why are we being fed by a poison expert?”

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

By Catherine Haug, June 25, 2015 (The title of this post is a quote from the Food Revolution website (1))

Who might that expert be? And why is that statement true? Watch this video to find out. It’s only 5 minutes and it is “humorous, entertaining, and chillingly accurate”. (1)

If the video doesn’t appear below, you can find it on the Food Revolution (1) and The Guardian (2) websites. Please feel free to share this with others.

And Just say no to GMOs. (more…)

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