Environmental Toxins

also known as environmental toxicants

GMOs on X

GMOs on X

This is a different type of blog/article.  My news stems mostly from X.  I grew weary from censorship and factchecking and thought X might be the safe news haven.  For the most part, I believe that to be true, unless I am criticizing Dr. Makary and the FDA position on Covid vaccines or the missing link, GMOs, from the MAHA Commission Report recently released. But a recent post graced my feed and I thought I must share an anonymous tweet in response to someone stating that “…Developing GMO food...

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Synthetic Milk and Our Children: A Pediatrician’s Cautionary Tale

Synthetic Milk and Our Children: A Pediatrician’s Cautionary Tale

Article 7 in the Got REAL Milk Series Why Synthetic Milks May Be a Bad Idea for Children:A Pediatrician’s Perspective A summary for busy parents: Synthetic milks lack key bioavailable nutrients found in organic dairy, including healthy fats, essential amino acids, and fat-soluble vitamins which are necessary for brain development and immune function. These products are new to the market and have no long-term safety data in children whose developing systems may be more vulnerable to novel...

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Transforming the Food System

Transforming the Food System

Many Factors Fuel Demand for Transformation of Our Food System   by Melissa Diane Smith   At-A-Glance   A convergence of factors is fueling increasing demand for regenerative  change in our food system. There is recognition and acceptance that we have a problem with...

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Virtual Children to Help Combat Overpopulation

Virtual Children to Help Combat Overpopulation

Story at-a-glance Artificial intelligence expert Catriona Campbell predicts virtual children will be commonplace within the next 50 years, which can help combat overpopulation The virtual children would only exist within the metaverse, and parents would interact with...

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What’s Making our Children Sick?

What’s Making our Children Sick?

Regenerating Our Health and Food So many ill children reveal the ways we have outgrown our medical model and our predominant food production systems.  The problems our kids suffer from most persistently today are complex, arising from a multisystem dysfunctional...

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Can we talk about Regenerative Agriculture?

As an organisation, we’ve always had a complicated relationship with regenerative agriculture; this is probably no surprise to anyone who has followed our work for any length of time. But in some ways, we’ve shied away from really diving into the conversation, partly...

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Big Farms, Empty Food, Chronic Disease

Modern agriculture has made food plentiful and abundant—but not healthy. Half of the American population have chronic diseases, utilizing 86 percent of health care dollars. Oftentimes the blame is placed on those who are ill for their lifestyle choices. But the...

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Farming Nature’s Way

Highlights •Noni trees are a medicinal fruit tree that is native to a large area across Asia and Australia. •Noni was popular among the ancient Polynesians for its many beneficial phytochemicals and its ability to ease pain topically. •Steve and Richele Frailey have...

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