11/4/09 Latest episode of “Organic Transitions” with Meria and co-hosted with Alexis Baden-Mayer, political director for Organic Consumers. Health care and organics; American diet and obesity =health care; food safety nutrition; 15,000 chemicals in our food; decrease in family farms, increase in factory farms; micro-farming;restoration of soil and water thru organic farming; make your own soil; mental balance of a garden,food co’s own pharma co’s; milk and cancer; alternatives; GMO’s and pesticides; what we feed the animals; Michele’s garden vs. Crop Life; Obama picks Mr. Bio-Tech Tom Vilsack; vaccine in corn; hemps history in the U.S.; hemp vs. trees; need reforesting; soil’s capacity to absorb carbon; organic agriculture can feed the planet; Ronnie in Mexico “Via Organica” Nov 15-22.
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