Agriculture

What Do Natural, Organic, and Non-GMO Actually Mean?

July 26, 2015 by Leah Edwards
Last updated on: July 26, 2015

Food package labels don’t always mean what we think they mean. What is natural or all natural? Is organic 100% organic? What about GMO-free? The All Natural and Natural Label The terms “all natural” and “natural” are misleading. A Consumer… [read]

H.R. 1599, the “DARK” Act, Sets Out to Put the Final Nail in the Organic Industry’s Coffin

July 25, 2015 by The Free Thought Project
Last updated on: July 25, 2015

(The Free Though Project.com) Washington, D.C. – Congress is considering a bill that would make it illegal for states to require GMO labeling. It would negate the ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to create a national GMO… [read]

GMO Facts and Arguments

June 28, 2015 by Joel Edwards
Last updated on: January 28, 2016

There has been a debate raging about GMOs for a long time now. On one side of the debate is the idea that genetic engineering is progress for humanity, a natural extension of more traditional breeding techniques. The other side… [read]

Unique Soil Based Organisms Improve Your Health

May 18, 2015 by David Jockers DC, MS, CSCS
Last updated on: February 9, 2017

For most of the history of mankind, we lived in close contact with the Earth. The majority of our diet consisted of foods and water that had soil clinging to it. This soil was not an inert substance; it was… [read]

Pasture-Raised Eggs Are a Nutritional Powerhouse

May 12, 2015 by David Jockers DC, MS, CSCS
Last updated on: June 5, 2015

Eggs are among the most nutritious foods on the planet. A whole egg contains all the nutrients required to turn a single cell into a baby chicken. Pasture-raised eggs are one of the richest sources of bioactive nutrients that enhance… [read]

Understanding and Detoxifying Genetically Modified Foods

April 20, 2015 by Joel Edwards
Last updated on: January 1, 2016

GMO foods are very common in American and Canadian diets. Not because people choose to eat GMOs, but because they are unaware of how pervasive GMO ingredients have become in processed foods. Biotech companies have been very successful in lobbying… [read]

Occupy the Farm – Occupy 2.0

April 11, 2015 by Allene Edwards
Last updated on: June 5, 2015

There is a purpose to activism. It is a means to educate, to communicate grievances, and to effect social change. But the activism of late seems to fall short of lofty goals. What did Occupy Wallstreet and its knockoff occupy… [read]