Category Archives: Environment

Worried Parents Turning To Organic Food

Posted on November 4, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Worried Parents Turning to Organic Food

by Libby Quaid, CommonDreams.org

Erin O'Neal has two daughters and a fridge stocked with organic cheese, milk, fruits and vegetables in her Annapolis, Md., home. She is among the increasing number of parents who buy organic to keep their children's diets free of food grown with pesticides, hormones, antibiotics or genetic engineering.

“The pesticide issue just scares me — it wigs me out to think about the amount of chemicals that might be going into my kid,” said O'Neal, 36.

Since last year, sales of organic baby food have jumped nearly 18 percent, double the overall growth of organic food sales, according to the marketing information company ACNielsen.

As demand has risen, organic food for children has popped up at more than just natural food stores.

For example, Earth's Best baby food, a mainstay in Whole Foods and Wild Oats markets, just reached a national distribution deal with Toys R Us and Babies R Us. Gerber is selling organic baby food under its Tender Harvest label. Stonyfield Farm's YoBaby yogurt can be found in supermarkets everywhere.

The concern about children is that they are more vulnerable to toxins in their diets, said Alan Greene, a pediatrician in northern California. As children grow rapidly, their brains and organs are forming and they eat more for their size than do grown-ups, Greene said.

“Pound for pound, they get higher concentrations of pesticides than adults do,” said Greene, who promotes organic food in his books and on his Web site, http://www.drgreene.com
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Unexpected Change At Leopold Center?

Posted on November 2, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Unexpected Change At Leopold Center? Something rather disturbing crossed my e-mail inbox this morning. I don't have a supporting link – but will try to provide one if the story hits one of the local papers. (Take that as a … Continue reading →

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Exxon Mobil Posts Highest Profit In Company History

Posted on October 27, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Exxon Mobil Posts Highest Profit In Company History Good Grief. Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday said quarterly profit surged 75 percent to nearly $10 billion, raking in a bonanza from record oil prices. … Continue reading →

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HOGS, HOGS, HOGS AGAIN

Posted on October 23, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

Hogs, Hogs, Hogs Again A public health emergency needs to be issued for the state of Iowa. Industrial-strength hog lot confinements are getting a strangle hold on our air. If you live in one of the medium to large cities … Continue reading →

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Iowa Native ALDO LEOPOLD’S Legacy to be Honored

Posted on October 16, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

Iowa Native ALDO LEOPOLD'S Legacy to be Honored Members of a newly-formed heritage group from ALDO LEOPOLD'S hometown of Burlington are bringing a noted Leopold scholar to their community as part of a season-long celebration of their native son's legacy. … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Funding Accountability

Posted on October 14, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

Nuclear Funding Accountability Excerpts from nirs.org At a time when Congress is threatening to cut off hundreds of thousands of individuals from their life-lines by making drastic cuts to Medicaid in order to reduce the deficit, here is an opportunity … Continue reading →

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HOGS, HOGS, HOGS ON THE RADIO

Posted on October 9, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

HOGS, HOGS, HOGS ON THE RADIO Normally an IOWA-based radio program about hogs mentions the words commodity, pork bellies, or futures at least once. The one this morning on 1270 AM-WKBF did not. The program “Conversation With Cathy And Karl” … Continue reading →

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A Flood of Fraud

Posted on October 4, 2005 by bfiacarolinevernon

A FLOOD OF FRAUD By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate CrimeReporter, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com. Robert Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational Monitor, http://www.multinationalmonitor.org, and on the steering committee of the Center … Continue reading →

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MORE HOGS, HOGS, HOGS

Posted on October 2, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

HOG CONFINEMENT PUBLIC DISCUSSION IN REYNOLDS, ILLINOIS Monday, September 26th, 2005 saw more than 150 people gather at 6:30pm in the Reynolds, IL American Legion hall to gather information about HOG CONFINEMENTS. For those unfamiliar, a CONENTRATED ANIMAL CONFINEMENT OPERATION … Continue reading →

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WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN HURT YOU

Posted on September 25, 2005 by bfiamollyreagan

“WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU” This is the title of a flyer being distributed by a group of people who live close to Reynolds, Illinois. Seems there is someone who wants to build a HOG CONFINEMENT near their … Continue reading →

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