By Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth The blocking of the Suez Canal in March by a megaship named Ever Given delayed over 200 vessels laden with thousands of containers, serving as a reminder of the scale of the shipping industry and the global repercussions when…
By Aye Chan Paing, Glasgow Caledonian University and Sebastien Chastin, Glasgow Caledonian University Many people spend large portions of their day sitting, which can cause a range of health problems. But many may not realise that sitting too much can also worsen certain health conditions,…
By Kirstin Beatty (with Patricia Burke) Kirstin’s Story; My Daughter, My Advocate The best part of my life is my daughter — from her birth to who she is. No one is perfect, but spending time with her is often perfect. When I realized wireless…
By Tess Pennington Have you ever been searching through Pinterest and found a project you know you wanted to do? Of course, you have! Last fall I was looking for ways to expand my garden, and I came across an article on pallet gardens. I…
By Rosanne Lindsay, Naturopath For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. – Newton’s Third Law For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. – Bo Bennet For every variant there is a vaccine….
By Patricia Burke Back in the day, cigarettes were smart too. When I was living in Northern California from 2008-2010, I was one of the individuals who became immediately impaired as the result of wireless utility meter deployment. Epidemiologist Dr. Sam Milham spoke of sudden-onset…
By Ice Age Farmer We are staring down the barrel of a confluence of several scenarios — each of which individually is a significant, life-changing event — which are together conspiring into a dangerous and incendiary situation: food shortages, inflation, and a breakdown of the…
By Patricia Burke See Part 1 here. Thea Fournier and Julie Riccardi: Healthy Humans Need Healthy Food, Healthy Homes, and Healthy Communities At around the same time as Peggy and Diana were working in Wayland, nutritionist and mother Thea Fournier and mom floral designer Julie…
By Daisy Luther We’ve talked a lot on this website about transport, droughts, and other things that are detrimental to our food supply chain. Really, unless you want to be at the mercy of a whole lot of other people, including politicians and giant corporations,…
By Neenah Payne Dr. Simone Gold is a board-certified emergency physician, Stanford University educated attorney, a mom, and author of the best-selling book I Do Not Consent: My Fight Against Medical Cancel Culture. She will be speaking on the tour about “The Religion of Public Health and The…
By Matt Agorist The number of individuals who die of a disease among all infected individuals both symptomatic and asymptomatic is known as the Infection Fatality Ratio (IFR). For COVID-19, it is widely known that age plays a massive factor in fatalities. According to the…
By Indiana Lee There’s no question. Our environment is under more pressure than ever before. Recent projections expect the global population to exceed 8 billion by 2025. However, the amount of land used for sustainable farming will remain at current levels. It is perhaps little wonder,…
By Natural Blaze Although the U.S. FDA has attempted in the past to create a spice scare, the history of cinnamon use spans thousands of years among disparate cultures, rendering FDA claims as nothing more than a ham-fisted desire to assert severe regulatory control over…
By Patricia Burke “Proud mothers, please forgive us if we too feel something of the pride of a new parent… For new Philip Morris, today’s Philip Morris, is delighting smokers everywhere. Enjoy the gentle pleasure, the fresh unfiltered flavor, of this new cigarette, born gentle,…
By Amanda Froelich Some people gain calmness and relaxation through Yoga. For some, it’s through baking their favorite pies, cakes, or cookies. Whipping up treats and pastries in the kitchen won’t just give you delicious comfort desserts but some therapeutic and relaxing feeling. Like Yoga,…
By Patricia Burke Switzerland: “Waves Make Me Ill”: Testimony of Electrohypersensitivity An article published in Switzerland in 2014, by Jennifer Keller, Femina, chronicled the story of then-new mother Godeliève: Original article in French (electronic version: pp. 34-35): Insomnia, dizziness, pain. Godeliève, 37, from Les Ponts-de-Martel,…
By Neenah Payne America talks a lot about “Homeland Security” — but ignores the key role food plays in national security. Food is a national security issue in two ways that are not immediately obvious but which now threaten our survival as a nation in…
By Tess Pennington When I was young and naïve, I believed that people who complained about allergies were just over-exaggerating. Each spring I watched my friend, Lisa, sneeze and search through her purse for a Kleenex, Zyrtec, and an inhaler. I listened to my father…
By Joanna Miller I love gardening. It’s fun, it’s rewarding, and it saves money. However, it’s only useful for prepping purposes in the long term if you focus primarily on a self-sufficient garden. If you rely on bags of fertilizer, soil, and seeds every year,…
By Patricia Burke We are transitioning from our series of articles regarding the difference between May Day and MayDay, to articles recognizing Mother’s Day. As a reminder, MayDay is an international distress signal, and May Day is an observation of one of the cross-quarters found…
