By Heather Callaghan, Editor Tyson Foods – the largest U.S. chicken producer – has pleaded guilty in a chemical incident that led to the deaths of over 100,000 fish. The Arkansas-based poultry giant has claimed “full responsibility” for accidentally releasing an acidic chemical used in chicken feed…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Big news! Research led the environment secretary to overturn the government’s previous opposition, meaning a total EU ban is highly probable. Environment secretary, Michael Grove, revealed last week that the UK will back a complete ban bee-harming pesticides (exempting greenhouses) across Europe. The…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor After much anticipation, consternation and hype – the GMO Arctic Apples, genetically engineered not to brown are on their way to supermarkets across America. Arctic Apples, made by Okanagan Specialty Fruits were specifically altered to not turn brown when exposed to the air….
By Heather Callaghan, Editor I stand with Michael Schmidt. I love him, a mass food freedom community loves him and I’m pretty sure our hundreds of thousands of readers love him. If you’ve seen his face before it was probably alongside a wine glass filled to the…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor A review bemoans the federal classification of cannabis as illicit drugs, because of its potential anti-cancer benefits When cannabinoids such as those found in marijuana and hemp activate signaling pathways in cancer cells, they can stimulate a cell death, called apoptosis. This can…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Great news! A peer-reviewed survey showed that digestive problems, obesity, allergies and fatigue cleared up for a bulk of the people who switched to non-GMO food. When you’re the world’s most recognized GMO expert but mainstream science still fawns over GE crops –…
By Natural Blaze There is a clear effect of art therapy on severe depression, University of Gothenburg reports. Previous studies have shown a direct effect that art has on stress – any skill level included! Another study takes a look at how art centers us….
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Have you ever had to go away, but worried about your garden? Now you can take it on the run! Heck, this mobile greenhouse allows you to live on the run, too. Meet Elsa – that’s the name of this tiny home you…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Hanna Sillitoe is an interior designer who had one major bane in her life – 20 years of the worst kind of plaque psoriasis. Anyone who has any kind of psoriasis truly suffers – it is like having a burning, weeping poison ivy…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor People with anxiety, PTSD, depression, schizophrenia (or even ADHD) may be plagued with memories, imagery and negative thoughts they’d rather not relive over and over again. There is a key chemical in the “memory” region of the brain that actually allows us to suppress…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Researchers have found two simple ways to stave off an early death – and one of them is surprising! Indeed, the daily accomplishment of basic house cleaning (or gardening) can do far more for you than you ever imagined. It can do more…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor This is your best bet of getting the pesticides off your fruit…(Hint: it’s not tap water). Recently, we published a shocking report that many items in the produce section carry residues of one or more pesticides. This means that consumers are literally consuming…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor A Scottish sculptor has harnessed both nature and art in a majestic and bittersweet collision. Andy Goldsworthy creates transitory works of “land art” by carefully arranging leaves, sticks, stones and other offerings from nature. It’s not often that you see someone willing to…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Some of us face depression like it’s a daily fact of life. For some it’s a vague, but undiscriminating heaviness that comes and goes like a dark cloud. Some use metaphors to describe their feelings like a black hole – for others it’s…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor A class of new, transparent tech can allow us to harvest massive amounts of energy from glass surfaces like building and car windows, cell phones and other translucent surfaces. GNN reports: Scientists at Michigan State University detailed in a paper in the journal Nature Energy how…
By Natural Blaze Daydreaming is good. It means you’re smart Brain study suggests mind wandering at work and home may not be as bad as you might think Daydreamers are made to feel their behavior is “deficient” and a sign of “laziness or craziness” but…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor No matter what happens in life, we are guaranteed some consistent beauty in this world. A blue sky unless it’s cloudy or artificially shrouded. And lush greenery, for the most part. The world is bursting with vibrant color and the greens in particular…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor When you think of Einstein you automatically know that E=MC2. But what was his equation for happiness? Back in 1922, the German-born physicist was touring in Tokyo during the time he had just been informed that he won the Nobel Prize for Physics….
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Try an experiment – eat your typical breakfast one day. Whether it has meat or is plant-based doesn’t matter. Note how you feel. On the next day, displace some of your regular ingredients with mushrooms. Now see if you feel fuller for longer….
By Heather Callaghan, Editor America has been relentlessly barraged with tragic stories of Puerto Rico’s devastation following recent hurricanes. The situation has left the world in a precarious situation where we look on helplessly wondering what we can do. Enter: Pure Foundation. We don’t know much about…
