A staggering 38% of beekeepers’ colonies died between October 1, 2018 and April 1, 2019, according to estimates from the Bee Informed Partnership, a U.S. government supported non-profit. It wasn’t the worst recent year overall for honeybee losses (2012-2013 takes that dishonor), but it did constitute the worst [...]
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Carrol Krause, a former reporter for the Herald-Times of Bloomington, Indiana, had to retire from her journalism career because of an ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2014. Before she passed away in February, she wrote a blog titled ‘Stories by Carrol’ highlighting the best and the worst of her last days. A few [...]
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Each year, the release of the Environmental Working Group’s ‘Clean Fifteen’ and ‘Dirty Dozen’ lists inspire countless health conscious shoppers looking for the best deals on produce as free from toxic pesticides as possible. This year’s list followed a similar pattern, with the exception of two well known [...]
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The demand for natural food has risen sharply in the past decade or so, and with it, the demand for more natural types of salt, like sea salt and Himalayan pink salt. Despite this demand, most restaurants, ranging from diners to middle tier places to fast food restaurants, [...]
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In the summer of 2016, several different organic and natural companies across the country were quietly being eyed by large multi-national corporations, which led to a purchasing spree of epic proportions. Many of the top companies were bought out, and in some cases (as was the case with Silk [...]
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A lot of people don’t realize that the human body was in fact designed to handle stress — it’s just the type of stress most people deal with currently that presents the biggest problem. The stress of surviving an encounter with a predator as our ancestors faced in the jungles [...]
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If we lived in a environmentally cleaner world, fish would be an incredibly healthy meal: packed with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins D and B2, as well as minerals such as calcium, iron, iodine, and potassium. These nutrients protect the heart, slow down the aging process in the brain, help [...]
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The top producer of pork in the United States, the Smithfield Corporation of Smithfield, Virginia, is well known for its line of sausages, roasts, ribs, bacon and more. These types of processed meats are favorites among United States customers, where they are widely consumed with Sunday breakfasts, at diners and [...]
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SIDs or sudden infant death syndrome is a devastating tragedy in the family: a perfectly healthy baby dying unexpectedly; and no scientist has so far being able to find a reason why. There are many theories that are being discussed, immunizations and their associated toxins being one of them, [...]
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It is not uncommon for a pharmaceutical company to create a drug with side effects far out-weighing the potential benefits. After a number of patients get hurt, the company gets sued and is forced to pay damages (while still pocketing a large sum of money) and to remove the [...]
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