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Small farmers say new federal regulations could halt local food trend

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“As the local food movement gains steam, northern New England farmers are steaming mad about proposed regulations they fear will leave them unable to meet growing consumer demand for their produce. Andre Cantelmo of Heron Pond Farm in South Hampton helps run Eastman’s Corner, a foundation dedicated to making local farms an economically and environmentally sustainable, integral part of the community. The group is preparing to break ground on a large food distribution and preservation center, but uncertainty over looming food safety rules could halt that progress, he said.”

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130826-NEWS-308260321

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State Threatens to Take Baby Over Homemade Goat Milk Formula

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“Alorah Gellerson of Brooklin, Maine made the mistake of telling her doctor about the homemade goat milk formula she proudly and carefully makes for her healthy, happy, three-month old son Carson.  The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) quickly responded when the doctor reported Alorah and that’s when things got messy. The state came in and threatened to take Carson away and put him in foster care unless Alorah followed DHHS orders to go and have the baby examined by a doctor.  Unbelievably, DHHS also mandated an overnight hospital stay and a switch back to store bought GMO commercial formula.”

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/state-threatens-to-take-baby-over-homemade-goat-milk-formula/

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At least one million cockroaches escape from farm in China

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“At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine after an ‘unknown perpetrator’ destroyed the plastic greenhouse where they were raised. Farm owner Wang Pengsheng invested more than 100,000 yuan ($16,000) in 102 kilograms of Periplaneta americana eggs after spending six months developing a business plan, the report Friday said. The cockroach is generally considered a pest, but believers in traditional Chinese medicine — which uses both plants and animals, including endangered species — say extracts from it can treat diseases including cancer, reduce inflammation and improve immunity.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/25/at-least-one-million-cockroaches-escape-from-farm-in-china/

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Plants use underground fungus network to send ‘distress signals’ to each other

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“The scientists isolated the plants from each other above ground, covering them with bags and thereby preventing airborne chemicals (one form of plant communication) from traveling from one plant to the other. Then, the team introduced the aphids. In the plants that were connected by fungi, when a single plant was infected with aphids, the other two plants began to mount their chemical defenses, secreting aphid-repelling substances that also attract the wasps that feed on aphid larvae. The plants that were not connected by mycorrhizae were apparently not warned of the attack on the single plant in their group because they secreted no defensive chemicals.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/10/plants-use-underground-fungus-network-send-distress-signals-to-each-other/

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Scientists: Plants communicate with one another through ‘nanomechanical vibrations’

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“A study reveals that plants are able to communicate with each other even when light, scent and touch have been removed from the equation, leading scientists to speculate that there’s a wholly different mechanism they use to encourage each other’s growth. It’s long been known that planting basil near other species can tend to encourage its neighbor’s growth, and it’s not new that plants communicate with each other through shade, chemical smells, root structures and other forms of touch.  By planting chili pepper next to basil, then separating them from all known methods of plant interaction, the chili plant still grew as if it knew the basil was there.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/08/scientists-plants-communicate-with-one-another-through-microscopic-sound-waves/

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Vermont Completely Nullifies Federal Hemp Ban

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“Vermont has become the most recent state to take a stand against the federal government and nullify the federal ban on hemp cultivation. Governor Shumlin signed the new bill into law in June.  Vermont is actually the 9th state to lift the ban on hemp, and 20 states have introduced industrial hemp legislation for the 2013 legislative season. However, what makes Vermont unique is that the new law does not hold a stipulation or amendment requiring the federal government to first lift the ban on hemp cultivation. Much like Colorado, Vermont will proceed regardless of the federal law banning hemp cultivation.”

http://benswann.com/vermont-completely-nullifies-federal-hemp-ban/

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Report Finds “Probably Carcinogenic” Chemicals in All Municipal Water Samples Tested

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“Chlorine and other water treatment chemicals, in addition to being somewhat toxic in and of themselves, react with ordinary organic particles in the water ( manure from livestock, dead animals, fallen leaves, etc.) to create hundreds of extremely toxic byproducts, which aren’t monitored or regulated at all. These toxic byproducts have been labeled ‘disinfection byproducts,’ or ‘DBPs,’ and there are 600 we know about and probably hundreds more that we don’t.  Shockingly, raising concerns about the quality of your local drinking water without verifiable evidence of your claims may now be considered ‘an act of terrorism.'”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/joseph-mercola/is-your-tap-water-killing-you/

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Farming Experts Predict Food Safety Laws Will Destroy Local Foods Trend

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“The most wonderful aspect of going local with your diet, is the opportunity to meet pioneers of organic, sustainable agriculture. There is tremendous work being done by farmers like Mike Tabor. Yet, a gross lack of understanding by public interest groups on what really constitutes food safety has led to increasing federal control over our food supply. Now, the FDA is dictating farming practices, packaging and sterilization steps that threaten to choke out small producers. Here is what two farmers have to say about these food safety laws and this ominous regulatory trend.”

http://hartkeisonline.com/2013/08/19/farming-experts-predict-food-safety-laws-will-destroy-local-foods-trend/

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Argentinian vet designs $3 IUD device to boost beef production

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“Turin, 47, began experimenting with home-made bovine IUDs 20 years ago. Today he has a small factory built next to his home in Pergamino — 245 kilometers (152 miles) north of Buenos Aires in Argentina’s livestock and agricultural heartland — to produce the $3.00 devices. The cheap and simple items have been a success: some 2.5 million bovine IUDs have been exported to places like Brazil — a world beef-producing giant — and Spain. Spanish officials have even approved one of Turin’s models for use in sows, especially since the castration of boars was recently banned due to animal welfare concerns.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/18/argentina-to-boost-beef-production-with-iud-that-prevents-pregnant-cows-from-reaching-the-slaughterhouse/

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Human Intelligence is Slowly Declining: Genetics Or Food?

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“Researchers from Harvard have found that a substance rampant in the nation’s water supply, fluoride, is lowering IQ and dumbing down the population.  One study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that pesticides, which are rampant among the food supply, are creating lasting changes in overall brain structure — changes that have been linked to lower intelligence levels and decreased cognitive function. UCLA researchers found that HFCS may be damaging the brain functions of consumers worldwide, sabotaging learning and memory. In fact, the official release goes as far to say that high-fructose corn syrup can make you ‘stupid’.”

http://naturalsociety.com/leading-geneticist-human-intelligence-slowly-declining/

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