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Pop Quiz: For Breast Cancer Prevention, Collards, Carrots, or KFC?
| Health & WellnessOver the last month, while the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign was in full swing, some have questioned the effectiveness of what they call “pink washing,” or slapping everything from lipstick to a Ford Mustang with a pink ribbon and selling it in the name of breast cancer advocacy.
Tips to Prevent Breast Cancer
| Healthy EatingOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so I thought I'd share some great tips for breast cancer prevention from an article by Dr. Alan Gaby.
What the FDA Isn’t Telling You About GE Salmon
| GMOsJeffrey Smith, whose work we’ve been featuring for the past week, has posted a petition at the website of the Institute for Responsible Technology that I urge you to read and sign here. Instead of being addressed to a government agency, as many petitions are, this one is addressed to members of the food service industry.
Was Dr. Pusztai's GMO Safety Study Flawed? To Find the Truth, Follow the Money Trail
| GMOsEvery human being has an innate desire to know the truth, and we use different methods to seek out truth at different times. Sometimes we seek it through prayer or intuition, other times through hearing from authorities and other times through our own observation.
With GMOs, Knowledge is Power
| GMOsOctober is Non-GMO Month at Down to Earth, and in addition to our sale on Sunday 10.10.10, we’ll be featuring a series of posts on the work and writing of Jeffrey Smith, director of the
Celebrity Testimony Highlights the Problems of Industrial Agriculture
| Industry LegislationComedian Stephen Colbert made news when he testified last Friday before a Congressional subcommittee in support of migrant farm workers rights.
Kanu Hawaii Announces Eat Local Week
| Local LivingMark your calendars; Saturday, September 25th through October 2nd is Eat Local Week! Kanu Hawaii is organizing a grassroots effort to educate the community about the benefits of eating locally grown food.
Help Local Farmer's Succeed!
| Local LivingWhen I ask Chuck Boerner of Ono Organic Farms how long he’s been selling produce to Down to Earth, he pauses, bemused, and says, “Geez, I don’t know.” After consulting with his wife, Lilly, he settles on “twenty, maybe thirty years.