Category Archives: Off the Grid

New sustainable agricultural technolgy improves growth by 30%

EIDSGoodby to global warming, GM and pesticides

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MIRACLE GROW: Treated water results in larger, healthier crops, says Professor Austin Darragh of Limerick University

The technology – radio wave energised water – massively increases the output of vegetables and fruits by up to 30 per cent.

Not only are the plants much bigger but they are largely disease-resistant, meaning huge savings in expensive fertilisers and harmful pesticides.

Extensively tested in Ireland and several other countries, the inexpensive water treatment technology is now being rolled out across the world.

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Organic infant formula…not so good!

USDA Organic Formula Contains An Ingredient Worse Than GMOs
by Sayer Ji, Founder
Infant mortality in this country is already alarmingly high, which is why so many concerned parents are looking for presumably safer “Organic” products. All the more reason why people need to wake up to the problem with the USDA labeling criteria.  Read Now

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Raw Milk: New Studies Confirm: Raw Milk A Low-Risk Food 6/11/13

Main_RawMilk Washington DC, June 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Three quantitative microbial risk assessments (QMRAs) recently published in the Journal of Food Protection have demonstrated that unpasteurized milk is a low-risk food, contrary to previous, inappropriately-evidenced claims suggesting a high-risk profile.  READ STUDY…

Oregano Oil instead of antibiotics: New York Times Article: Curing Chickens of parasites and bacteria

Off and on over the last three years or so, his chickens have been eating a specially milled diet laced with oregano oil and a touch of cinnamon. Mr. Sechler swears by the concoction as a way to fight off bacterial diseases that plague meat and poultry producers without resorting to antibiotics, which some experts say can be detrimental to the humans who eat the meat. Products at Bell & Evans, based in this town about 30 miles east of Harrisburg, have long been free of antibiotics, contributing to the company’s financial success as consumers have demanded purer foods.

But Mr. Sechler said that nothing he had used as a substitute in the past worked as well as oregano oil. Read more…

Children organizing community around organic gardening

InterGenerate is a non profit organization building  strong local communities on a healthy planet.

Creating environmental and social sustainability around shared concerns for food security, InterGenerate reaches across traditional social boundaries to bring people together to grow our food locally, sharing the work while deepening ties to each other.

InterGenerate has founded vegetable gardens, egg coops and is expanding to bee hives.  Read more…

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