SEASONAL FOODS
Kathryn Burke
"...the secret to longevity and healthy, happy lives comes down to what we put in our bodies. And 'when' we put it there. Foods are seasonal, just like the weather; if you loosely base your diet on what grows at the time of year you are likely to eat it, you will feel good and have plenty of eneregy. So how does this work in January in the San Juans? With high altitude and low temperatures (really low this year!) you need to burn a lot of energy to stay warm. And you do this how?" Full article, click here.

ORGANIC FOODS
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Organic Foods - Costly or cost effective?
Kathryn Burke
When it comes to the staples of your diet, organics are a worthwhile investment, with payoffs that might surprise you.
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GMO. What is it? Learn the basics about genetically modified foods. This article provides an introduction and links to the issues, players and politics of the GMO controversy. Article.

GMO Genetically Modified Organisms - Wikipedia
Background and explanations CHOCOLATE
Kathryn Burke
Food or drug? Source of viality and wisdom? Libido enhancer? Heat helper, cancer preventer, something that lowers blood pressure and LDL, stabalizes blood sugar and cures depression? What is it? Chocolate, of course, the food of kings, currency of empereors, and favorite of lovers world wide. Click here to find out where it came from and why it works!

NO MORE MISSING MEAT
Allrecipes Staff, allrecipes.com
"A great deal more people have made it a goal to eat less meat, often by cooking one or more meatless dinners every week. Not only can a plant-based diet be beneficial to your health, and create a lower impact on the environment, but cutting out meat can cut your grocery bill way back, too. When you're ready to venture into the realm of meatless meals, we're ready to help! ."
Great article about why more people are choosing to become vegetarians. Full Article, click here .

FOOD CZAR Food Czar & Food "Safety?" Bill. 
What do they both really mean?
Kathryn Burke
The appointment of formr Monsanto lobbyist to oversee our food supply and enforce the new Food Safety Bill raises a slew of  concerns. Full Article, click here

Will Obama's new Food Czar end organic farming?
It would appear so considering the history of his latest appointment of Michael Taylor, as "Food Czar". The former Monsanto Executive worked closely for years with the FDA, passing legislation that restricts organic farming.
Denver Examiner.By Tracey Planinz. Aug. 2009
Full Article, click here.

EXCELLENT ADVICE!
This is your century. Take it and run as if your life depends on it.
Paul Hawken
The Unforgettable Commencement Address to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3rd, 2009. 
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INDUSTRIAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND OBESITY
Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine article. Aug 2009
..."Some Americans are heeding such warnings and working to transform the way the country eats — ranchers and farmers who are raising sustainable food in ways that don't bankrupt the earth. Documentaries like the scathing Food Inc. and the work of investigative journalists like Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan are reprising  Upton Sinclair's landmark novel, "The Jungl," eawakening a sleeping public to the uncomfortable realities of how we eat Good look at what the world eats and the high cost of cheap food vs. sustainable agriculture.

BIG FOOD vs BIG INSURANCE
Michael Pollan, Time Magazine, Sept. 2009
..."Even the most efficient health care system that the administration could hope to devise would still confront a rising tide of chronic disease linked to diet.
That’s why our success in bringing health care costs under control ultimately depends on whether Washington can summon the political will to take on and reform a second, even more powerful industry: the food industry... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three-quarters of health care spending now goes to treat “preventable chronic diseases.” Not all of these diseases are linked to diet — there’s smoking, for instance — but many, if not most, of them are."

STRESS & WEIGHT GAIN
Are stress and adrenal imbalance keeping you from weight loss?
by Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP. Author of  "The Core Diet" advises on ways to reduce stress through what and when you eat, nutritional suppliments and medicinal herbs.
Full article... clickhere.