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Bolivian man claims to have lived for 123 years thanks to quinoa and coca leaves

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“Bolivian indigenous farmer Carmelo Flores, who could be the oldest person to have ever lived, attributes his longevity to quinoa grains, riverside mushrooms and around-the-clock chewing of coca leaves. Speaking in the 4,000-metre (13,123-feet) high hamlet where he lives in a straw-roofed hut, Flores says the traditional Andean diet has kept him alive for 123 years.  Flores is still strong enough to take daily walks in shoes made of recycled tires. Flores said he fought in the brutal 1932-35 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay, and had to hunt skunks to nourish himself.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/18/bolivian-man-claims-to-have-lived-for-123-years-thanks-to-quinoa-and-coca-leaves/

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French revolutionary rule keeps Paris bakers baking

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“The presence of bread – which holds an almost mythical importance for the French – has been guaranteed in the capital since the chaotic and starving days of the French Revolution. And to avoid the possibility of another revolution, the state has since ensured that modern Parisians have no need to rise up for lack of a fresh baguette. City bakers now have strictly regulated summer holidays and are expressly forbidden to abandon the capital en masse and leave behind a potentially dangerous bread vacuum. The rules go back to the Revolution, when in October 1798 baker Denis François was lynched by an angry mob for not opening his shop.”

http://www.france24.com/en/20130815-french-revolutionary-rule-keeps-bakers-paris

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Scientists emerge after 4 months of space-cooking for simulated Mars mission

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“The team lived in a mock-up of a Mars vehicle that was positioned on the side of a Hawaiian volcano, where they experimented with different instant foods and other provisions. For 118 days, Vermeulen and his five team members experimented with a variety of non-perishable ingredients and kept detailed journals of their health, well-being, weight and body mass to determine what foods would be best for a manned Mars mission. NASA recently awarded a $125,000 grant to a researcher who is exploring the possibilities of 3-D printing as a means of producing nutritious, non-perishable foods.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/14/scientists-emerge-after-4-months-of-space-cooking-for-simulated-mars-mission/

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Detroit’s Amazing Pop-Up Anarchy

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“Detroit pop-ups are not your conventional, temporary businesses such as those unsightly suburban fireworks stores, or the usual Christmas or Halloween retailers. Instead, the city has attracted art galleries, food and beverage cafes, coffee shops, clothing boutiques, tea houses, vegan restaurants, yoga workshops, antique stores, bike stores, and mercantile-type retailers. Pop-ups are a temporary arrangement, often with a defined start and end time for business operations. Detroit is the perfect place for these temporary pop-up businesses.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/detroits-amazing-pop-up-anarchy-2/

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Brewer says his just-add-water beer mix tastes ‘just as good’ as the original

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“Enjoying the great outdoors has spawned an entire market catering for campers who want to enjoy a hearty meal without overloading their rucksack. Camping shops now sell a whole range of dried, lightweight foods – from all day breakfasts to chicken tikka masalas. But now a new – and some might say revolutionary – addition to their food shelf has been added: Dried beer.  A U.S. brewer has managed to create a concentrate that simply requires water being added and carbonated shortly before it is drunk. Pat’s Backcountry Beverages has managed to create a near waterless formulation that claims to offer all the taste, aroma and alcohol of the traditional beverage.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2391292/Just-add-water-beer-concentrate-SACHETS-mix-tastes-just-good-original-thing.html

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Don’t Eat These, Ever: What’s in Your Condiments?

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“Condiments are usually given a free ride because, well, it’s only a spoonful. They’re typically overlooked, or brushed off as “harmless,” or eaten in such small quantities that their effects seem negligible. Condiments can make bland foods taste better and good foods taste great. But they can also turn an otherwise nutritious meal into a metabolic nightmare, one tablespoon at a time. Small, frequent doses of potentially harmful ingredients can be far from benign, having a cumulative biological effect. In fact, there is scientific evidence that more significant health effects may occur at low doses than high, especially for hormone-disrupting chemicals.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/joseph-mercola/dont-eat-these-ever/

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Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Roundup; kills remaining queens [2012]

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Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Roundup; kills remaining queens [2012]

“The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram, without providing him with a search warrant and before the court hearing on the matter. Behind the obvious violations of his Constitutional rights is Monsanto. Ingram was researching Roundup’s effects on bees, which he’s raised for 58 years.  ‘They ruined 15 years of my research,’ he told Prairie Advocate, by stealing most of his stock. Of note, Illinois beekeepers are going underground after Ingram’s experience and refuse to register their hives, in case the state tries to steal their private property on phony claims.”

http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/05/22/illinois-illegally-seizes-bees-resistant-to-roundup-kills-remaining-queens/

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The Fox (Monsanto) Buys the Chicken Coop (Beeologics)

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“Why would one of the largest purveyors of pesticides, genetically engineered seeds and agrochemicals want to buy a company which has been seeking solutions to the escalating threats to the world bee population?  The root of the problem, however, may not be the virus targeted by Remembee, but the herbicides and insecticides that agro-chemical giants like Monsanto, Dow and Bayer have themselves been hawking to farmers around the world. This is the conclusion of three recent studies which implicate a class of pesticides known as ‘neonics’ which coat a massive 142 million acres of corn, wheat, soy and cotton seeds in the U.S. alone.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-schiffman/the-fox-monsanto-buys-the_b_1470878.html

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‘Safe’ sugar levels in humans are toxic to mice

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“Sugar is toxic for mice in dosages that in humans would equal a ‘safe’ diet that includes three cans of soda per day, scientists said Tuesday. Mice fed a diet in which sugar contributed a quarter of their daily calories did not become obese or ill, yet died younger and had fewer babies than animals on a healthy diet, said the team — raising red flags about ‘added sugar’ levels some consider safe for humans. ‘Added sugar’ is a term used for the refined stuff that is added to sweet drinks, baked goods and candy rather than the natural sugars found in fruit, vegetables and milk products. Sugar consumption in the American diet had increased by 50 percent since the 1970s.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/13/safe-sugar-levels-in-humans-are-toxic-to-mice/

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Foodies Fight to Save Detroit With Job Hopes Pinned on Arugula

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“For Greg Willerer, Detroit’s new urban frontier is a lot like the Wild West: ‘For all intents and purposes, there is no government here,’ said Willerer, 43, checking the greens and other crops he is growing on an acre off Rosa Parks Boulevard, across from an abandoned house with broken windows. ‘If something were to happen we have to handle that ourselves.’  In New York, the city has invested $600,000 in expanding Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farming business that’s planning to open a business incubator. Seattle is breaking ground on a ‘food forest,’ planting seven acres of fresh produce open to the public.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/foodies-fight-to-save-detroit-with-job-hopes-pinned-on-arugula.html

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