Tag: SunRidge Farms

Want to snack healthier?  Sometimes we just don’t know which items to try.  Check out the reviews in this blog.  With SunRidge Farms products you simply can’t go wrong.

http://eightymphmom.com/2012/09/sunridge-farmss-trail-mixes-review.html

Back in early September, a report circulated on many major news outlets that portrayed that organic foods weren’t any better for you than conventional. It turns out that what was reported wasn’t exactly what the study indicated. From Consumer Reports, here’s a different take – http://news.consumerreports.org/health/2012/09/dont-give-up-on-organic-food-our-experts-urge.html

Thanksgiving is almost upon us and for many people the awareness of GM foods has been recently brought to their attention.  How do we avoid GM foods for the holidays?  Here’s an article from Living Green online magazine to help – http://livinggreenmag.com/2012/11/19/green-business/avoid-genetically-modified-food-on-your-holiday-tables/

Lost in the noise over labeling is a much deeper concern that is directly related to the chemical companies that produce pesticides, as well as the use of GM crops.  CCD, or colony collapse disorder, is being linked to systemic pesticides called neonicotinoids.  These pesticides disrupt the central nervous system of pollinators.  This is acknowledged by the EPA yet the EPA has taken no action to look at or suspend the use of these chemicals.  Hive colonies have lost 30% of their populations due to die off, yet the EPA says ‘bees are fine’.  Since fully a third of ALL POLLINATION is through bees, I would argue that this threatens our food chain and life on this planet.  One of the chemicals, produced by Bayer, is only approved through a loophole and entered service 9 years ago.  The EPA’s review may not be complete until 2018 unless expedited due to congressional pressure.  What??  At what point does our responsibility to the planet and the human race get shunted aside for the sake of one company’s revenue?  Bayer is yet another of just a few chemical companies that are vying for a significant chunk of the food supply chain.  How ironic if their effort to capture more of the food chain actually helps precipitate an end to the food chain.  Read more here – http://gmo-journal.com/2012/09/20/epa-chooses-inaction-while-bee-declines-continue/

Rootworms are becoming resistant to Monsanto corn and that resistance apparently applies to the Syngenta corn strain as well.  What does that mean??  Those crops are not the answer as this means more pesticide must be applied to a plant that was engineered to have it’s own insecticide to deal with rootworms.  And we’re not supposed to be worried about GM crops??  For more, read this – http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121115/BUSINESS08/311150059/Bugs-damaging-Monsanto-corn-may-do-same-Syngenta-crops?odyssey=nav|head

On the heels of a political season that provided an educational opportunity on the food chain and how foods are grown, efforts continue to ensure that this awareness doesn’t fade. Here’s a look at what comes next – http://truth-out.org/news/item/12730-full-speed-ahead-for-food-movement-despite-gmo-labeling-loss

In trying to shop and eat better, finding bulk food grocers is imperative. Your standard grocer may or may not have a bulk food set, or it may be limited. Look closer and you’ll find a myriad of smaller, yet more complete specialized bulk food stores. In the northwest region of Pennsylvania you’ll find almost a dozen. Here’s a look from their regional newspaper – http://www.goerie.com/article/20121014/LIFESTYLES01/310139934/Erie-region-peppered-with-tiny-bulk-food-stores

The time is now! VOTE YES on PROP 37. Here’s a final synopsis that demonstrates the lack of integrity the opponents of Prop 37 have demonstrated. See the facts and let’s not let advertising dollars sway your thoughts. We believe you are smarter than that.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/5-unfounded-fears-about-californias-prop-37-which-would-label-genetically-modified

Many farmers were listed as opponents of the GM labeling effort in California (PROP 37) but if they really understood the contract they’ve signed when they planted Monsanto crops they might have decided differently.  Monsanto is making the farmer sign a contract that makes the farmer liable for everything related to growing, cross contamination, and injury.  Monsanto is trying to hide behind the farmers so that they can disclaim issues arising with their crops so that as more evidence comes in that GM products aren’t safe, it will be the farmers fault.  Read the facts here and if you know a farmer, please forward to them so that they can protect themselves from this.  http://truth-out.org/news/item/59

This is an important point.  Win or lose on this particular legislation (Prop 37), 90% of us still want to know what’s in our foods and we can still force the issue by choosing not to support the companies and the brands they sell that joined in the fight against.  The following article raises these questions – http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/11/will-consumers-punish-prop-37s-antagonists-boycotts/

Let’s not be punitive…simply VOTE YES on PROP 37 next Tuesday!