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  • Ending GMO’s…we are just getting started.

    michelle November 12, 2012     No Comment     Activism, Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture

      California just came very close to passing the first statewide initiative in America that would have mandated the labeling of food if genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) were an ingredient. Prop 37 was known as the “The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.” If Proposition 37 had been approved, it would have: Required labeling

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  • The BP oil spill, Fukushima, GMO’s….

    michelle victoria April 22, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture

    We have watched the oil spilling, no gushing is more accurate from the exploded deepwater drilling rig. We cannot see what is spewing from Fukushima, but we know that it is dangerous and potentially deadly. We see these events in the news yet there is something else potentially equally dangerous, and maybe even worse, and that

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  • Confused About GMO’s?

    michelle victoria April 14, 2011     1 Comment     Changing Habits, Climate Change, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices, Sustainable Agriculture, Video Clips

    If you are wondering what all of the fuss is about GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) in our food then this video will tell you much of what you need to know to learn about what they are and how dangerous they are. Watch live streaming video from deepakhomebase at livestream.com You can learn more at

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  • Millions Against Monsanto-What’s the problem with Monsanto?

    michelle victoria March 25, 2011     1 Comment     Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information

    I am in the process of organizing a last minute rally in Santa Fe, NM to participate in the Millions Against Monsanto -Rally for Our Right To Know. This is an event to bring attention to the widespread use (and rapidly growing) of genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) in our food supply. These are the “Rally

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  • Not all Organics Are Alike

    michelle victoria March 4, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, GMO-GE Information, Industrial food practices

    For many who have recently transitioned to eating organic food (and even for many who have been eating organic for years), it can seem like an easy change…just buy products that are labeled “Organic”. Sad to say but today not all organics are really what many of us, myself included, would consider organic in the

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  • More Surprises in Fast Food

    michelle victoria February 21, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, Industrial food practices, Restaurants

    There has been much written about the frightening aspects of fast food meat, from how the animals are raised to massive amount of antibiotics and hormones these animals are given, not too mention the massive amounts of polluting waste coming from these large factory farms, also known as CAFO’s (concentrated animal feeding operations). Did you

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  • More Greenwashing?

    michelle victoria January 15, 2011     No Comment     Body Care Products, Changing Habits

    I recently decided to once again take a look at the products that I have in my house just to be sure that I had eliminated all of the ones with toxins. I really had thought that I had done a thorough job of this but I was shocked to find parabens, sodium laureth sulfate

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  • Sustainable Eating-for you and the planet…

    michelle January 3, 2011     No Comment     Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Recipes, Sustainable Agriculture

    One way to start the new year is by eating better. January is probably the month when more people vow to eat better, lose weight and start working out, than any other month of the year. Eating better is also one way to take a big step in living more sustainably. Conveniently, doing better for your

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  • Joining Together to Save Our Food Choices

    michelle victoria December 15, 2010     No Comment     Body Care Products, Changing Habits, Farmers Markets, Gardens and Farms, GMO-GE Information, Sustainable Agriculture

    I doubt that there are many of us who do not recognize the increasing influence of big business that has been creeping into the political process over the last decades. The most recent election was a free for all when it came to campaign contributions, and for many of these contributions we the public are

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  • Delicious Chocolate For You and Your Holiday Shopping…

    michelle victoria December 11, 2010     No Comment     Changing Habits

    I have been meaning to post this story for some time now about some incredible organic, vegan chocolates that I was lucky to discover, but now I realize that I never got to it so that now I could give you a holiday shopping suggestion that anyone would love. Nicobella Vegan Organic Chocolates are the

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