And the cost of the ticket will get you into the event and provide access to the entire exhibitor floor, all panel and speaker discussions and film presentations. The event is returning to Los Angeles this year and will be held from April 15th-17th at the Convention Center. and author Eric Corey Freed. We’ll be there, will you? MORE >>

We strolled amazing vendor booths and sampled lots of goodies.  One in particular is The Willow Store , making reusable clothes, diapers, and yes, feminine products.  The first keynote speaker was Robyn O’Brien presenting The Unhealthy Truth About Our Food. Turns out it wasn’t.  That is right up my alley!  It may not be for all.  MORE >>

'Two workshops have been added to the third annual Chautauqua in June learning festival – Hops Production in the Lake Erie Region and Fungi, Foraging and Feasting. Home and micro brewers and crop farmers will be especially interested in this new hops production workshop. The foraging workshop is appropriate for all ages. MORE >>

Brazil exports 25% of the world raw cane and refined sugar, is the world leader in soybean production, and produces 80% of the worlds orange juice market.  am presenting this grim picture because I was very shocked by the destruction which parallels the destruction in my own country but only in a much, much, much larger scale. MORE >>

Strom reports that those who support the bill to label GMO products include Whole Foods, Nature’s Path (a Canadian company) Organic Valley, Cliff Bar and Amy’s Kitchen. Could it simply be a concern that they may lose some customers who do not wish to consume GE products but who are unwittingly doing so now? Normal. false. false. false. MORE >>