Author: Erin Elizabeth

Hemp is one of the most desirable, industrial plants on the planet.  From its tensile strength, to its hardiness, the plant can grow almost anywhere and requires half the water that wheat would require.  Its seeds are an incredibly healthy food and the herb, itself, is used as one of the greatest medicines on the planet. Before the media-manipulated hemp prohibition of 1937, 30% of Americans were farming and US hemp was among the best in the world.  It was a hugely popular export and the backbone of much of the agricultural economy of the time.  80 years of...

Costa Rican officials have recently announced their plan to close the country’s public zoos (next year) in an effort to protect wildlife. Rene Castro, Environment Minister, says his country is going in a new direction: “No cages.” From the article: “One day, we took the parrot out to the patio, and a flock of wild parrots passed, and the parrot went with them,” he told La Nacion. “It made a big impression on me because I thought that we were taking good care of her. We fed her with food and affection. … all these things that we as humans...

Written by our friends at Organic Consumers Association You (Gary Hirsberg from Stonyfield Farm and Just Label It) and the other Organic Traitors (Organic Trade Association, UNFI, Whole Foods, Environmental Working Group, Organic Valley) need to issue a joint press statement denouncing the anti-consumer, anti-states’ rights Roberts/Stabenow bill and telling Congress to step back and let the Vermont law do its work, forcing companies, including your bosses at Danone, to label or reformulate their GMO and pesticide-tainted foods. – Email from Ronnie Cummins to Gary Hirshberg and the Organic Elite on June 30, 2016 Organic brands owned by large...