Introduced to Congress on Feb 4 2009, the HR 875 (the “Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009″) was proposed to: “To establish the Food Safety Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the public health by preventing food-borne illness, ensuring the safety of food, improving research on contaminants leading to food-borne [...]
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Update: My “Green” Business Cards Are IN!
March 12, 2009 – 11:41 am
THANK YOU GreenerPrinter.com — I LOVE my new “GREEN” business cards, and I loved doing business with you. Last week I drove to GreenerPrinter’s Berkeley office to pick up my business cards — even though delivery is available, I was in the area and figured I could reduce my ‘carbon footprint’ that much more by [...]
We Are What We Eat
March 1, 2009 – 12:19 pm
We Are What We Eat Questions asked and answered about how our food is and can be grown “Healthy nutritious food should not be an elitist privilege; it should be an inalienable right.” – Aaron Lucich Thank you, Aaron Lucich, for taking the time to make a documentary about the ills of industrialized agriculture — [...]
Connecting Water Usage to Soil Health
February 26, 2009 – 6:21 pm
Connecting Water Usage to Soil Health In addition to increasing economic woes, California is also currently facing “water woes” as it enters its 3rd year of “one of the worst droughts on record, with reservoirs holding as little as 22% of capacity” [WSJ, Shrinking Water Supplies Imperil Farmers, 2/10/09]. Drought, compounded by court-ordered environmental regulation [...]
“Control The Food, and You Control The People”
February 26, 2009 – 3:23 pm
NY Times: Biotechnology Seed Companies Thwarting Research Many thanks to ANDREW POLLACK and the New York Times for publishing this article (see below) that addresses the control that a few companies (Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont) have asserted over our food. Here are just a few reasons why we need to “vote with our forks” and only [...]
Going Green, One Business Card or Brochure At a Time
February 19, 2009 – 3:11 pm
Seeing as we recently “re-launched” our web site, I figured new business cards were in order. Seeing as we are a start-up, a penny saved is a penny earned, and what better a place to start looking for affordable/high-quality business cards than my entrepreneur pals! A few people suggested OvernightPrints.com, so I checked them out. [...]