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Feature Index Arts & Entertainment................................34-35 Astrology.......................................... Will Return Awareness..................................................24-28 Compassion Flower Resource Guide....... 38-40 Dining Delights............................................... 37 Essential Living Guide ........................ 14,15,24 Fitness & Sports............................................. 13

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Healthy Appearance........................................ 29 Healthy Planet............................................. 30-32 Diversity............................................Will Return Martial Arts....................................................... 16 Massage / Bodywork....................................... 14 Movies.............................................................. 35 Music ............................................................... 35 Parenting, Kids & Education.....................18-19 Pet / Animal Health........................................... 23 Letters................................................................ 36 The Shift Theme .......................................... 20-23 Spirit...................................................................33 Travel & Fun.....................................  Will Return Wonderful Women.............................Will Return Yoga............................................................13 &15 Information in this publication is provided for informational purposes only. This information is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. Do not use the information in this publication for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or homeopathic supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem, contact your health care provider promptly. Do not disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking professional advice because of something you have read in this publication. Information provided in this publication and the use of any products or services purchased from our publication by you DOES NOT create a doctor-patient relationship between you and any of the physicians affiliated with our publication. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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“Prop 37 – Right to Know; Label GMO Campaign” Did It Win or Did It Lose?

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ditor’s NOTE: THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VALIANT VOLUNTEERS THAT EDUCATED PEOPLE ABOUT GMOs and OUR RIGHT TO HAVE OUR FOOD LABELED SO WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES! THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!!!

Did Prop 37 fail or win? Please tellsupport us some perts in how conventional medicine meets Though at theabout ballot your practice box wasbackground: 43% pro PROP 37 and 57% and natural medicine. We are truly an integrative against Thrive Prop 37, Natural that ‘otherMedicine side of is a holistic practice. crooks, lying liars and 1%’ did not healing ownedeven by two GMOs cannot be considered How is a visit with you different than a visit really win. center WHY? Because if naturopathic doctorsIrene Valencia their productsDr. are not clearly labeled and Dr. Juli with other health care practitioners . . . ? safe until there are valid, nonasMazi. to having GMOs, wewe now know Currently, have four NaturopathAll of our practitioners offer a free 15 propriatary, long-term studies WHO they are!. ic Doctors, two Acupuncturists, two Rolfminute consultation, first. This can happen of their effects on humans and We hope you have saved our ers, a massage therapist, Connection Magazine from lastenergy worker, in person or over the phone, it’s just a chance the environment! month’s October 2012 as the aesthetician, life Issue coach and according to the California Secretary • Larabar and more. Cover has a chart from the Cornu- of State ballot measures results. The In many ways, the “YES on 37 nutrition coach. We have copia Institute on it to spell out who GMO labeling ballot measure, which Campaign” was a huge victory for isan whoincredible (that is alsoteam onlineofonholisour would have required food companies awareness. The campaign organized website). And, with all ofaim the Articles tic healers, who to help to label the GM content of foods, was over 10,000 volunteers in California that people have readbest. in various defeated with the use of over $45 mil- alone and succeeded in achieving a people feel their magazines/newspapers, and all of the lion in fraudulent advertising and dirty massive social media presence. Do you have a particular educating the marvelous Volunteers tricks funded by The “YES on 37 Campaign” focus have doneintoyour informpractice? us, etc.—let us also forced Monsanto and the bio• Monsanto, know who greedy corporations tech giants to spend $45 million to • PepsiCo, Ourthe practitioners speare (and with ulterior motives—we defeat the measure. That’s a record • Coca-Cola, cialize in naturopathic mediare ‘in the KNOW’ ??!!. Below, expenditure by the world’s largest • Kellogg, cine, nutrition, B12 shots, you’ll see a number of the greedy toxic pesticide companies to try to • General Mills, corporations. people know!! nutritionalNOW, IV therapy, rolfprevent consumers from knowing • DuPont, Read and you’ll out about what they’re buying. Remember: • Bayer and ing on(R), rolfndmovement the lies. We encourage one and all GMOs are the only products that • other food and therapy, acupuncture, to BOYCOTTholisthe consumers accidentally purchase • pesticide companies. tic skin and care, corporations Over the last month, this cabal without knowing what they’re their light GMO-poitherapy, of deceptive companies has funneled buying. soned products. What’s clear from all this is that coldP.S.laser and money into a campaign of criminal If any- fraud which, among other crimes, GMO labeling has a foothold in the physical theraone says there is fabricated a fake FDA quote and sent minds of American consumers, and not enoughmind/ sci- out mailers that fraudulently used the this effort to label GMOs is going to py, many • Naturopathic Medicine • Facials ence out there FDA seal. A criminal complaint has be repeated state after state, year after body therapies, to show us the already been led with the FBI. year, until victory is achieved. • Acupuncture • Physical Therapy and a variety ramifications of The biotech industry can no The “No on 37” campaign also Dr. front Irene Valencia and Dr. Mazi GMOs, read the of options for used fabricated • Rolfing & Rolf Movement • Emotional Freedom Technique keepJuli its dirty little secret: groups and longer center featureWe of are There’s poison in your food, impersonated a police organization bodywork. passionate to get acquainted and also get clear onfolks, what • Massage Therapy • Aromatherapy the THEME in (among others) to send out yet more and the big food producers absoabout helping our patients the health concerns and health goals are, our October Is- fake mailers to voters, claiming that lutely do not want you to know thatso • IV Therapy • Hypnotherapy and Itclients realize a vibrant sue. states the everyone can get prepared you’re eating it. for working tothe police oppose GMO labeling. • Energy Work • Transformational Therapy science. it That fraudulent of course, is The GMO labeling battle has only state ofCheck well-being utilizingclaim, gether. out. NOW, this entirely false. just begun the best in natural therapies. • Family Medicine • Photon Therapy Whatofare any of your future plans that you is a national/in- Huge victory in terms Monsanto and other companies GMO Have you found any conwould like to share with ternational issue. • Polarity • Herbal Medicine wonReaders? this showdown in awareness and grass roots support appear to haveour Now, onward! ditions to be especially but they are going to lose The grassroots effortTo to celebrate pass California, our anniversary, every year Thank you theannual war of deception against consum37 was supported by the an prevalent in theProposition Santa Cruz Thrive offers Detox Party, which is b e l o v e d Vo l - efforts of millions of activists, plus ers. As awareness of GMOs continues CALL OR GO ONLINE TODAY TO SCHEDULE area? for the financial donations afrom chance for people in people the community to exunteers to spread, will demand honest Mercola, see such a wide va-Amy’s, ‘rightWe to know’ A FREE 15-MINUTE CONSULTATION perience multiple miniin healing labeling increasingsessions numbers. with Nature’s Path, Dr. Bronner everywhere and and other companies. The huge burst of awareness on Natural News practitioners riety of patients/clients. In the incredible here. 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Fool’s Journey through Tarot’s Major nterview with artist Arcana, US Games Systems, Inc.; A Melanie Gendron Journal for Cat Lovers and The Godand Pattie Mills of dess Remembered, a Spiritual Journal, Connection Magazine Crossing Press; A Goddess Journal PM: What inspired you and Making the Connection, River to become an artist? Sanctuary Publishing. MG: I’ve always loved PM: What artists have influenced creative expression. I knew your work? I was an artist early on, but MG: I’ve been influenced by so was not sure which medium many, often by the students I taught, to pursue. I had aspirations to especially my talented daughter, Casbecome an artist, writer, poet, sandra. Here are a few of my favorites, fashion designer, sculptor, not necessarily in order of preference: dancer, actress, teacher, etc. Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Bosch, I’ve loved the spiritual high Melanie Gendron Bruegal, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, the that expressing creatively brings. Happily, I’ve been able to to live creatively as a multimedia, Pre-Raphaelites, Georgia O’Keefe, multi-tasking, professional artist. I Alex Gray, Clayton Anderson, Frida experience all of these expressions. PM: From where do you derive have served a variety of clients as: Kahlo and many more. PM: Why do you do what you do? art director, animator, author, fashion your inspiration? MG: Living artfully, with integMG: Everywhere. I meditate designer, graphic designer, illustrator, and visions come; I walk in the park poet, painter, book designer, portraitist, rity, guides my life. I seek to express Truth in personal viand visions come; I sion, to communicate experience aliveness honestly with considand become the visioneration, and be commitary. Then I pray for the ted to excellence in all energy to bring it forth endeavor. Considering into tangible material, that most of the time either touchable or viron any project precedes tual. achievement, ‘getting At my best, I am a there’ is at least half the cocreator with Creative fun, and the becoming Intelligence, a servant is in itself an end. of Divine Expression. I seek to express PM: Please tell us realms beyond surface about your professional perception, to provide background. a bridge between what MG: It’s varied. is seen and unseen. Art I attended the School breathes through the of the Museum of Fine symbiotic relationship Arts, Boston with maof artist and observer, jors in sculpture and through awareness painting. I then became shared. I explore ina fashion designer, conNURTURING FOREST, ©1976, Melanie Gendron visible subtleties inhersidering it was reverse sculpture. I established Melanie De- teacher, metaphysician, intuitive coun- ent in physical manifestation, drawn signs after training as head designer for selor, etc. — whatever skill applies to by the infinite source of creation to the Hammond Kroll Design Workshop give my best. I currently run Gendron express Itself. PM: How do you work? Studios in the Santa Cruz Mountains. in Cambridge, MA. MG: I’m very focused, so I go Some of the clients I have enAs a designer, I put on fashion shows in Boston and Martha’s Vine- joyed serving are Fujitsu; Plantronics; into the zone, can be oblivious to disyard in which I also modeled and Connection Magazine; U.S. Games traction, like someone asking a quesSystems, Inc.; Crossing Press; Harper tion and I don’t hear them. I am very encouraged my models to dance. After graduation, husband, Collins Publishers; Blue Light Press; attentive to the task at hand. Media dictates how long I can daughter and I moved to Philadelphia River Sanctuary Publishing; Mother where I immersed into the visual Tongue; and more. As well as serving keep at the task. I stay longer at the arts—painting, print making and pho- businesses, I have done many commis- computer these days than at the easel, mainly due to back injury. Sitting at the tography. I exhibited, took prizes and sions for private clients. Among my publications are the computer is easier on my back. served as an exhibition director and PM: What are you currently juror for the Wallingford Arts Center. internationally published Gendron A divorce brought me to Santa Tarot deck and book, (published working on? A couple of months before my Cruz, CA where I have continued U.S.A., Europe, China) and This

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daughter passed from leukemia, she asked to have images and statues of goddesses as she wanted to explore her divine feminine. Inspired by her desire and feeling close to her in spirit, I began more goddess artwork, some based on photos taken of Cassandra in 2002. They are to be part of a book I have underway titled The Elemental Goddess, with a projected publishing date in Spring, 2017. I continue to serve my clients, both with my art services and Tarot consulting. PM: What’s your favorite art work? MG: The one I’ve yet to finish! Actually, it is on my easel waiting for me, working title: “When Agatha Rose”; it is about the ascension of my mentor, Rev. Agatha. PM: Professionally, what’s your goal? MG: I choose to keep living fully; life is too short to waste.

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For Melanie Gendron’s art and Tarot services and products, call (831) 335-9064, email gentarot@comcast. net, visit melaniegendron.com.

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by Jon Rappoport I’ll repeat myself a bit here, in case you missed my last article. Then I’ll get into something else, something dangerous that a Federal Judge knows nothing about… Federal Judge Dana Sabraw is overseeing a lawsuit against mandatory vaccination in California. So far, Sabraw has denied a petition to suspend mandatory vaccination for school children while the case moves forward. He believes tradition and history are on the side of forced vaccinations. That’s because he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Or he’s just making it up out of thin air. As the LA Times reports: “U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego wrote that state Legislatures have ‘a long history of requiring children to be vaccinated as a condition to school enrollment, and for as many years, both state and federal courts have upheld those requirements against constitutional challenge’.”

I don’t see how Judge Sabraw’s opinion could be more ridiculous. Why? Because ‘the long history’ he refers to is quite different.

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Judge Sabraw: here’s something you didn’t know about the DPT shot… The states have always upheld exemptions from vaccination on several grounds: medical waiver, religious objection, philosophical objection. Hello? THAT’S the tradition. SB277, the new CA law, goes against the tradition, to say the very least. SB277 breaks new ground in allowing the state to operate as a medical fascist

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DTP shot—diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough). Let’s give Judge Sabraw a history lesson. You know: actual history. Buckle up. “Assistant Secretary of Health Edward Brandt, Jr., MD, testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, rounded… figures off to 9,000 cases of convulsions, 9,000 cases of collapse, and 17,000 cases of high-pitched screaming for a total of 35,000 acute neurological reactions occurring within forty-eight hours of a DPT shot among America’s children every year.” (DPT: A Shot in the Dark, by Harris L. Coulter and Barbara Loe Fischer, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) “… Based on the only U.S. findings on adverse DPT reactions, an FDA-financed study at the University of California, Los Angeles, one out of every 350 children will have a convulsion; one in 180 children will experience high-pitched screaming; and one in 66 will have a fever of 105 degrees or more [all signs of acute and very serious neurological reaction].” (Jennifer Hyman, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, special supplement on DPT, dated April, 1987) “A study undertaken in 1979 at the University of California, Los Angeles, under the sponsorship of the Food and Drug Administration, and which has been confirmed by other studies, indicates that in the U.S.A. approximately 1,000 infants die annually as a direct result of DPT vaccinations, and these are classified

depending on which statistics are used).” (Leon Chaitow, Vaccination and Immunization, CW Daniel Company Limited, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, 1987) “…in 1970/71, there were more than 33,000 cases of pertussis with 41 fatal cases among the very well immunized British child population; whereas in 1974/75, with a declining rate of vaccination, a pertussis epidemic caused only 25,000 cases with 25 fatalities.” (Wolfgang Ehrengut, Lancet, Feb. 18, 1978, p. 370) “… Barker and Pichichero, in a prospective study of 1232 children in Denver, Colorado, found after DTP that only 7% of those vaccinated were free from untoward reactions, which included pyrexia (53%), acute behavioral changes (82%), prolonged screaming (13%), and listlessness, anorexia and vomiting. 71% of those receiving second injections of DTP experienced two or more of the reactions monitored.” (Lancet, May 28, 1983, p. 1217) “Publications by the World Health Organization show that diphtheria is steadily declining in most European countries, including those in which there has been no immunization. The decline began long before vaccination was developed. There is certainly no guarantee that vaccination will protect a child against the disease; in fact, over 30,000 cases of diphtheria have been recorded in the United Kingdom in fully immunized children.” (Leon Chaitow, Vaccination and Immunization, p. 58) “Pertussis (whooping

cough) immunization is controversial, as the side effects have received a great deal of publicity. The counter claim is that the effectiveness and protection offered by the procedure far outweigh the possible ill effects… annual deaths, per million children, from this disease over the period from 1900 to the mid-nineteen seventies, shows that from a high point of just under 900 deaths per million children (under age 15) in 1905, the decline has been consistent and dramatic. There had been a lowering of mortality rates of approximately 80% by the time immunization was introduced on a mass scale, in the mid-nineteen fifties. The decline has continued, albeit at a slower rate, ever since. No credit can be given to vaccination for the major part of the decline since it was not in use.” (Chaitow, Vaccination and Immunization, p. 63) Again, the DPT shot will be required and mandatory in California for school children. It helps to know history, especially since major media refuse to touch the truth with a ten-foot pole. Shoot your child up with the DPT vaccine? Go along to get along? Bury your head in the sand? About Jon Rappoport: The author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews. com or OutsideTheRealityMachine (To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.).

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Martial Spirit: To Go Deeper, Go Deeper S by Ted Mancuso ome people call it “rooting.� Some call it “centering.� Others just “sinking.� In almost every martial art, we have the concept of dropping, centering and sinking. A good martial artist must “have legs.� People sense that there is a personal component to this search for stability. For instance, when they join our studio, hoping to learn some secrets of the practice, in response to the question, “What are you seeking?� they often will answer, “grounding,� pertaining to their whole life, believing that martial studies is a form of therapy. There is something to this goal, but it is not approached in just one manner. There are many ways to practice, and each martial art displays its own unique flavor. In Tai Chi, we stand like a post, promoting a general relaxation, as we turn our listening inward. Another approach found in Baji practices “bear� steps, a heavy shambling of weight from one side to the other, going right through your legs and into the ground. A martial approach such as this may start as an exercise, but it is common for it to develop into a personal exploration. For instance, among the many things we learn is that sinking requires relaxation. Oh, I know, you’ve worked out, been to your trainer, re-

laxed with a latte; but when you stand, you are all by yourself, just you and your tensions. You surprise yourself with all the hidden hot spots. This is a meditation with a feedback loop. As you feel everything sinking

Ted Mancuso in your body, you also feel whatever resistance your body is mustering. You realize that there is an “internal� aspect to even the most physical exercise, and only your inward glance rectifies the rebellion. A martial game called Push Hands raises a new face of rooting practice, something like a tea party version of Sumo wrestling where two people engage, trying to uproot the opponent from his or her spot. The point is not so much to push my partner, as to sense and redirect his intention. He begins to contemplate a push, for instance, and a slight movement on my part

discourages and neutralizes such a possibility. It is easy to see that the more deeply you can sense yourself, the more deeply you can sense information from others. True, there are many ways to self-connect, to “love yourself firstâ€? as some gurus might suggest. But most of these people telling you to visualize peacocks in the rainbow and some such are all conveniently missing once you’ve bought their book, watched their DVD or throw some coin into the collection plate. Why is the practice of rooting so important? Because it is a practice. And practices of this depth have an element of self-correction in them. This is a practice where repetition counts and you are not wandering around abandoned. To go deep is to find strength, but even more importantly, to see that which is substantial in your character, regardless of what you believe today or think tomorrow.

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We’ve always been the type to do things a little different. Over the next 10 days, we will be planting new orchards at 4 Sacramento schools and we are inviting you to literally join us and hundreds of kids, in real time via livestream as we connect our food, ourselves and the natural world. We need your help NOW. With programs scheduled for this week, we’re asking you to help us to #KeepCalmAndPlantOn by supporting fruit tree orchards and Sacramento School children with your donation.

ABOUT COMMON VISION

Formed in 2005, Common Vision is creating a Healthy and Just Society by growing fruit tree orchards in low-income schools. Over the past 10 years, we’ve planted more than 6,000 fruit trees throughout California and built a reputation for improving the lives of students and teachers.

N o t only do Common Vision orchards produce 150,000 lbs of organic fruit every year (so far), they are also living classrooms where kids learn about environmental science, climate change, nutrition, and teamwork. We envision a world where sustainable agricultural provides all people with access to high quality and culturally appropriate foods; a world where agriculture is a tool for reversing climate change and supporting social equity. “From professional tree care services including irrigation and soil management to strong educational programming, the staff and volunteers from Common Vision are making a huge impact on school environments in California.â€? — Kate Casale, Youth Development Specialist, Alameda County 2IĂ€FH RI (GXcation “Common Vision’s long-term relationships with schools, partners, and volunteers proves their dedication to improving access to fresh food for today’s children and ability to scale up as opportunities arise.â€? - Jodi /HYLQH :ULJKW ([HFXWLYH DQG )RXQGLQJ 'LUHFWRU (DUWKURRWV “I believe wholeheartedly that the work they are doing in school gardens is positively shaping the way future generations will think about how food is grown, how this impacts their health, and how we can care for and preserve our planet’s resources.â€? .HOOL %DUUDP *DUGHQ (GXFDWLRQ 6SHFLDOLVW :DVKLQJWRQ (OHPHQtary School. KWWSV FRPPRQYLVLRQ FDXVHYR[ FRP Printed with permission.

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by Melissa Ott & David Shaw When you envision Santa Cruz County in five, ten, or twenty years into the future, what do you see? If your ideal vision includes more land cultivated for farming and experiential learning around food, nature connection, social justice, and community building, you’re not alone. Santa Cruz County will soon be home to more educational farms and gardens, thanks to Santa Cruz Permaculture, a new local organization based that provides community development, land stewardship, ho-

listic education, and eco-social design services for a thriving, just and sustainable world. Permaculture is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts, principles, and methods derived from ecosystems, indigenous peoples, and other time-tested systems to create human settlements and institutions. It’s also been called “saving the planet while throwing a better party”— and you’re invited! With a vision to create a network of land-based living and learning communities throughout the county over the coming years, Santa Cruz Permaculture is currently offering six-month permaculture design courses that take place on select weekends, starting in October and April each year. The course includes 110 hours of hands-on activities, field trips, and presentations, with an option to enroll in the full course or choose specific weekends to participate. The second six-month course of 2016 begins Saturday, October 8,

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David Shaw’s work and education regarding Permaculture is outstanding. Couple this Article with the HEIRLOOM SEED Article by Gina Locatelli and Allen Morgan and one will receive an enlightening view of Permaculture in the Northern Hemisphere. Check out what is going on in the Southern Hemisphere with Permaculture on page 22. And, then in the Southern Hemispere, the THEME will be regarding another farm and the lastest update on what is going on with ‘The Seeds’, etc. Our help from the Northern Hemisphere is needed now to help the world and the Southern Hemisphere. Tune in, take action and make a ‘much needed’ difference. Thank you! and registration is available online. Upon successful completion of the Permaculture Design Certificate, graduates will be able to: assess the sustainability of current design systems and practices; define permaculture ethics and the principles of sustainability; employ natural patterns as a design tool in a wide variety of contexts; understand basic soil ecology and implement composting methods; design simple water harvesting systems, from home to broadacre scale; define and design “guilds” or constructed plant communities; understand local food issues and the importance of localization; translate ecological principles to a variety of social, economic, and educational settings; employ best practices for starting and sustaining intentional communities and Ecovillages; and apply permaculture methods to educational curriculum design and the creation of school garden programs. This course is the first step in providing more permaculture design education to people in Santa Cruz so that those who want to create a network of community farms and gardens in the county can come together with the skills necessary to make it happen. David Shaw founded Santa Cruz Permaculture in February 2016 with this vision that is inspired by the experiential agroecology education that has been taking place since 1967 through the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture, as well as his studies of Ecovillages and Intentional Communities worldwide. The CASFS Apprenticeship program

is a six-month, hands-on intensive course that provides practical training in small-scale farming and organic gardening, while exploring how we can shift the food system to better support social, economic, and environmental justice. Shaw was an apprentice at CASFS from 2005-2006 and has been teaching at UCSC since 2004, where he founded the Kresge College Common Ground Center in 2012. “We want to support people in using permaculture to add value to their lives, whether it’s creating a backyard food forest, water catchment system, regenerative business, natural building, or full-blown sustainable community,” he says. “We want to do in the Santa Cruz community what people have been doing at the UCSC Farm for fifty years, and also move beyond the garden to

create regenerative designs for our homes, public places, and bio-region as a whole. It’s amazing what we can accomplish when we draw from the immense toolkit of permaculture practices, and collaborate.” Shaw has brought together a unique team of guides and learning

partners for Santa Cruz Permaculture, all of whom you can read about on the website, that represents a broad range of experiences in natural building, ecological restoration, inter-generational learning, placemaking, bird language, grass-fed animal raising, soil building, agroforestry, water conservation, farm and wilderness skills, conversational leadership, ethnobotany, and much

more. With different folks teaching each session, the course as a whole provides a variety of opportunities to engage with the four strategic priorities of Santa Cruz Permaculture: Nature Connection, Cultural Competence, Cultural Creativity, and Personal Empowerment. In today’s world, we could all use more of these priorities in our lives. Each day on this planet, our actions grow and strengthen the roots of the future. If you’re seeking skills and experiences to foster ecological and social connectivity and justice in our local and global communities for today and the future, sign up for the permaculture design course with Santa Cruz Permaculture. It launches October 8, 2016, and you can sign up for all six months of experiential learning or even just one session. If you’re reading this after October 8, the next course begins in April 2017 and registration is currently available. Learn more, register for the course, sign up for the e-newsletter, and be part of creating a more just and sustainable future at SantaCruzPermaculture.com.

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Are You a Partner for Sacred Land Farm in Vilcabamba, Ecuador?

“Your land told me to invite people to come to the farm intending to give…and the land will gift them with just what they need.” Thus said our farm partner, Martine Sweeney from Santa Cruz, several months ago on her last visit here. We decided to take her remarkable advice, because we ourselves had come to the farm intending to give. As a result, we have found deep peace and joy here. We hereby invite you to our farm intending to give. Serendipity being what it is, Pattie and Thom, Publishers of Connection Magazine, met us on the internet, fell in love with the story of the farm and invited us to be featured in this Center Theme— just when we decided to reach out for partners. So, let us introduce ourselves. We are Walter Moora and Susan Davis Moora and we design partnerships relevant to your own ‘life’s paths’. What is Sacred Land Farm (FincaSagrada.com)? We are

in Vilcabamba, Ecuador Our inspiration is the indigenous saying of the Americas that “neither the people of the North nor the South will thrive until the Condor and the Eagle fly as one.”

manifesting an intercultural, biodynamic, self-supporting farm community over which the Condor and the Eagle fly as one.

What Do You Mean That Your Land Gave Martine A Message?

Initially, we didn’t really know why we bought the farm 6 years ago…we just felt we had to do so. By seeking oneness with the land, we gradually discovered that it was remarkable land indeed. It is 50 minutes from our home in the storied village of Vilcabamba in the southern mountains of Ecuador and it had been untended for a long time. We began creating a biodynamic farm out of the overgrown pastures and bringing cows, goats, burros, horses, bees and fish onto the farm. We raised more and more of our own food and developed trusting relationships with our Ecuadorian neighbors. A young man from the nearby village of Tumianuma, Cristian Ojeda, became our partner and family member. A Canadian woman homeopath vis-

ited for a day, fell in love with our impenetrable fique forest and told us the land told her to tend it. We invited her to move in and she created a “Magical Forest” there, with frequent visitors. Then, when Martine came to visit and first stepped on the land three years ago, she told us that mythical children from Vedic times came running to her, skipping and laughing. They told her how this land had been the home of a Vedic temple and mystery school and that these energy centers needed to be re-opened. She was able to walk the land with us and show us exactly where the sacred sites were. Since then, a psychic from Hawaii told us the same thing from there!

Honoring our Sacred Sites

This changed our understanding dramatically and since then, we have sought to honor the four sacred sites on the farm. We have also serendipitously met elders of the Four Nations of La Sierra Nevada (“the Kogi”) through a global network called The Fountain. This network, created by Jyoti Prevott (founder of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers), is one of 40 innovation networks in sustainability which Susan has served over 40 years (see KINSinnovation.org). The Fountain’s mission is that “we are restoring a global economy of reciprocity, inspired by nature and the sacred.”

The Kogi told the members of The Fountain that the sacred sites of our farm were important to reopen because the spiritual center of Earth was now moving from the Himalayas to the Andes. They asked that The Fountain members meet here—and, that is just what they did two years ago. Since then, we have located the original indigenous people of our valley, the Palta tribe, with whom we are now developing relationships.

How We Farm

We are creating a self-sustaining farm eco-system where we grow most of our own food. We farm Biodynamically and follow Permaculture Principles. Although our farm has a twelve hundred acre mountain, which we hope to reforest, we mainly use the bottom twelve acres of irrigated pastures, orchards, gardens and some forest. Walter brings to the farm his 40 years of biodynamic experience on four continents and Cristian brings the local knowledge of plants and animals and how things are done in Ecuador. As Walter and Cristian teach our interns how to steward Earth, Susan guides them on finding their destiny paths, which is her area of expertise.

The Farm Buildings and Capacity

For The Fountain meeting, we somehow managed to host almost 30 people on our farm, however, we are not a retreat facility. We have two adobe cabins, made from an adobe mine on our farm, with a compost toilet and an outdoor kitchen and shower. We have two big walk-in tents, tree houses and

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an earth-bag house, also with an outdoor kitchen and a shower. Then, to accommodate an intentional community, we built a large house and community center, with two large bedrooms and a secondfloor bunk-room. The community center’s living room can host 30 people on chairs in a circle for “KINS” meetings.

Our Invitation to Partners

We offer internships for one month and more as described at FincaSagrada.com. And, now, we have reached a mature point and are

A Home for KINS Networks

The farm is also becoming a home for these KINS network meetings, such as the meeting for The Fountain. This December, about 20 people from around the world will be joining us for a week, exploring various innovations from some half-dozen different KINS networks. More information is on our website FincaSagrada.com - Sacred Land Farm Our Community Room at Finca Sagrada • We each do what we love to do and do well…and little else. Being close to the Equator • We sit at the table of unknowing about manifesting conscious yet in the mountains, Vilcabamba sustainability on Finca Sagrada experiences spring-like weather all and we invite Spirit to co-create year long and has been heralded with us for the highest good of all as one of the healthiest towns on concerned. Earth. Scientists who tested the quality of water in the world’s most • When we feel triggered, we go within and ask what within us heralded sites deemed Vilcabamis asking to be healed. Then we ba’s the best.

About Vilcabamba and the Farm

Aerial View of the Farm, Finca Sagrada, and the Piscabamba River looking for additional partners in Vilcabamba and on the farm to settle in with us for the long term, joining Martine, Cristian and an Ecuadorian couple close to us.

More Information is in Our Books

Walter’s book about his life and biodynamics is called A Farmer’s Love and is available on Amazon. Susan’s book about her 40 KINS Innovation Networks is free at KINSinnovation.org and CapitalMissions.com. It is called The Trojan Horse of Love and, if you have read our story this far, you are also probably a ‘Trojan horse of love’.

We are now inviting those interested in partnering to join us on the farm for lengths of time and other arrangements that work for you. During the next year, we Our Cows will explore and support each othexpress that as a concern to the We are very diversified, with ers’ interests, using a time-tested group, with a suggested solution cows, goats, burros, chickens, fish “Satir” method for regular meetwe feel is good for all. and bees. We have a food forest ings. This method has been used • We take responsibility for healthy with bananas, mandarins, avosuccessfully in the KINS Innova- Finca Sagrada ~ Who we are: relations and communications cados and coffee. On the ground tion Networks to which Susan has Mission Statement with community members. we grow traditional crops such as devoted her life. “KINS” stands for Our inspiration is the indig- yucca, camote and white carrots Join us! We look forward to “kindred spirits” and the idea that enous saying of the Americas that hearing from you, “we are all one.” They are fully de- “neither the people of the North plus a variety of vegetables from the Northern Hemisphere. We scribed at KINSinnovation.org and nor the South will thrive until the also have a green house and flower in Susan’s book (see end). Over the Condor and the Eagle fly as one.” gardens. Our aim is to be self- suffiyear, the relationships between Finca Sagrada is a commu- cient and sometimes we get pretty partners will be co-created, as we have done successfully before. We nity birthed in gratitude where close. Walter and Susan Davis Moobelieve that the best legal strategy people can reconnect to the sacredness of the Earth and our own ra bought the land in 2009 and here for this in Ecuador is the land trust, Walter & Susan Davis which we can explain. We will be being…
where the Earth has rights are manifesting their dreams. Moora Our Operating Principles taking zero profit from partners equal to human beings…
where email: WalterMoora@ that join us…just a percentage re- we steward Earth and each other… • Our strategy is generosity gmail.com or Susan at turn of initial capital shared among over a self-sustaining sacred com- • A deal is a good deal when it is cmcdavis2@gmail.com good for all concerned. munity. our new partners. Page 21 ♥ Connection Magazine ♥ www.ConnectionMagz.com ♥ Facebook.com/ConnectionOnline ♥ October 2016

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For “all that that eat” and live in Ecuador and on planet Earth. Do you eat? Do you live on Planet Earth? Please join in solidarity with the Human Family to unite in this Global Action by coordinating this peaceful action on October 22-making ‘Mandalas of Seeds’ in your most public plaza. Invite the press & publish widely on social media. Currently, there is a proposed law before the national congress of Ecuador that would modify the existing constitutional law which prohibits Genetically Modified Seed (GMOs). Ecuador inspired the world with its protection of nature’s rights and prohibition of GMO’s in it’s constitution in 2008. That makes it one of the most GMO-free countries in the world. Please join in our peaceful global action to protect this national ban on GMOs. This new law, currently being considered by the EC national congress, would make all seed illegal that is not “certified seed”. Under the guise of “protecting biodiversity” and “improving genetics”, this law would dismantle the GMO prohibition. We believe that the Government does not need to control what nature already manages very well. The proposed law directly threatens the country’s biodiversity, access to healthy food, and the health of its citizens, putting the best interest of the entire country

How You Can Help Defend Seed Freedom by Hem ispher Joining this Global Action on October 22nd. e

our children, our seeds belong equally to every human being on the planet, and can not be treated as a strategic resource from any nation or interest in particular.

listed below. English: www.ProtectAncientSeeds.weebly.com Spanish: www.pasProteccio-

Seed Chakana Mandala

Access to seed is a basic human right, and includes the right to acquire, adapt, enhance, multiply, exchange, give away and sell the seeds. And it also extends by rational reasoning: food sovereignty today depends on this right and the power of the future of our species.” 

For more see: http://ProtectAncientSeeds.weebly. com/declaration-of-collaboration.html) We support the free exchange of natural and ancestral seed that has brought Ecuador and the Andes to a brilliant level of biodiversity and has served life very well over the centuries. “Certification of Seeds” speaks of control by transnational companies that will limit the basic human right to grow, own, exchange, give and receive seeds freely. In response to the threat of this law, and the proposed merger of Latino kids with watering cans Monsanto and Bayer, we are inviting people throughout Ecuador and all around the in the hands of corporate powers. In Ecuador, over 500 organizations world to unite in offering performance/ are working in collaboration to this threat walks in PAZ/P.A.S. (Protection Anto our seed freedom. From their their in- cestral Seeds). In every city and village spiring platform, (perhaps put in text in Ecuador, and around the world!, We box)

“Seed is a common good that be- create our ‘Mandalas of Seeds’ in honor of our ancestral seeds, which are the base longs to humankind. It can not can be an object of appropriation on the part of pri- of life and our nourishment day to day, vate interests, nor on the part of the State. thus using our voices in response to this Similar to the air, the sun, or the smile of threat against our health and that of our future generations. Follow these steps,

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* SEED CHAKANA 
The Chakana is the central Andean symbol, like a Mandala—a form of ancient sacred art which represents life. 

 The Plan: this is our global plan. We need you —YES, you who are reading this—to organize (or help to organize) this event in your area. We are the ones we have been waiting for! Simply call your friends and begin to organize this event wherever you are.
The time is short, only have until October 22 to make the voices of the people heard! 
Save our ancestral seeds! We don’t need or want “certified” seed. Control of seed goes against nature and Pachamama! 

 Saturday, October 22, 2016 ~ at 11:30am ~
 Walk in gratitude for our ancestral seeds. We support creation in its natural perfection.
We act to protect the lives of our children & grandchildren.

 How to make a SEED CHAKANA: l). Coordinate the event, inviting the public and the press. 2). Gather at a strategic point.
(It could be the entrance of the city, a park, nature reserve, Church, communal house, etc). 
 3). Carry seeds, fruits, and banners with your message, while singing. 
 4). Walk to the plaza, central park, center of governance, etc. 5). At the central place, everyone puts their seeds/fruits/flowers/stones, etc. on the ground, a single Chakana or Mandala together.

6). A spiritual leader can bless or offer prayers for the seeds. Everyone can sing, meditate, or pray. 
 7). Take pictures, videos, etc. to spread the message in the widest way possible – engage the local/ national / international press. Post on Facebook pages (on your profile, pages of the National Assembly members and on our page, see below). 
 It is very important to hold the event in peace and love and gratitude. You can walk silently or sing the international seed song,
“Semilla Universo”: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=VjkHK4kWWP8 

 For more information, see these sites: www.pasProteccionAncestralSemillas.weebly.com 
 www.pasProteccionAncestralSemillas.weebly.com 
 Facebook: ancestral proteccion semillas

Condor and Eagle dance together Zia Parker “Seeds have a greater sense of humor and bravery than humans. They obey long, long drawn-out plans, plans beyond the mind of men, that come down written inside the seeds, by their having to adapt to every kind of ice age, drought, wind, climatic cycles, the impacts of ice-tailed comets, deep serpentine primordial strata of earlier underground seas, cloudbursts, hurricanes, and more; mutating together and obeying the roll of the dice of the knee bones of the Grand Female of chaos whose womb’s offspring is Time.” “The people knew that not only were they dependent on the generosity of animals and plants that regularly died to sustain them but that their own life cycles were relegated thereby to the same rules as followed by plants.” Martin Prechtel “The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic”

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Heirloom Plants and Your Health by Allen Morgan

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pests, weeds and disease; and they are environmentally friendly requiring What is an Heirloom? less herbicides and pestiIn the seed world cides. at Seed Saver Exchange, Then there is the an heirloom variety is a “heirloom on a stick.” repeated validation of its This peculiar designation true source; it is offspring correlates to the propathat has the genetic makegation of plants off of a up and characteristics stem stock that is mass of the mother plant produced to provide without interruption, rapid plant growth or better said, has and plant uniforminot been hybridized. ty. While great for Its “heirloomness” is a quick harvest and based on the passing crop consistency, as of the seed from genwell as overall proeration to generation duction, this “clonwhile maintaining its ing process” has purity. serious issues. This Three types of methodology eliminates the developHeirlooms - What? ment of the root sysWhat we have tem of the plant and found to be true is thereby restricts the that there are three full range of mineral types of interpretaand nutritional abtions about what an sorption. When the heirloom is. There is The hearty Black Krim heirloom plant cannot absorb the “historic” version tomato is beautiful, rich in antias described above; oxidants and absolutely delicious. nourishment, it cannot provide nourishthere is the GMO ment. version, which many multi-national seed com- that has been created in Summary panies rely on; and there the lab or hybridized withWhich of the three is a third adaption coined, in that window of time. versions of Heirlooms do This relates to GMO (ge“heirloom on a stick.” you want to consume? Do netically modified organ- you think that a hybridTo explain the “historic” version of an heir- isms) and refers to foods ized version of the Black loom, let’s talk about that have been genetically Krim would have the engineered for reasons the Black Krim Tomato. outstanding nutritional This tomato fits in with unrelated to health and values that its “historic” our definition of what an nourishment. They are cousin would have? Are heirloom is, as we stated also known as genetically you comfortable eating above. It is true to its orig- engineered and geneticalGMO foods, which are inal seed ancestors and neither required to be maintains high levels of labeled nor have an adnutrition. It has the highmission about potential est anti-oxidant level of health risks? And finally, any of the tomatoes today. does quick yielding and These vitamin-packed similar looking produce black beauties are deliappeal to you if there is Allen Morgan cious, and when cooked, no sustenance? their lycopene content ly improved. GMO foods Do you know where have been known to conincreases. Lycopene is a the food you eat comes tribute to serious health high-quality antioxidant, from and how it’s grown? issues on livestock, as which can assist with well as hugood blood vessel health Where to Purchase Seeds from Nearly (atherosclerosis); it may mans. Pro200 Varieties of Heirloom Seeds. be helpful in preventing ponents of GMO claim Native Revival Nursey - osteoporosis; it can imthat there is Mar Vista Dr. Aptos. CA. prove heart health and pro- NativeRevival@sbcglobal.net lower cholesterol; it con- more duction and Allen Morgan - tains high levels of vitamin C, as well as vitamin yield; they SantaCruzHeirloomSeed@hotmail.com un- Seed Savers Exchange: K, B1, B2, B3, B6 and E; resist d e s i r a b l e www.Seedsaver.org/ and it contains anti-cancer by Allen Morgan & Gina Locatelli

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by Rochelle K. Stanley ALL THAT IS. I see that this ave you discovered person doesn’t ThetaHealing ® yet? feel loved, Do you believe that nurtured, safe our life is created by a seor respected. ries of beliefs? That what I see that the we believe is shaping our body attempts health, relationships, finances to feel safety & spirituality? That every and protection thought is energy, and- with with additional enough oomph behind the fat. I use this thought- creation of your realinformation to ity begins for your betterment guide the clior detriment. ent but withAs a ThetaHealer, I help out revealing others with transformations, all that I have physically, emotionally and Rochelle Stanley seen, because spiritually using Source enit can create a handicap in their healing ergy, intuition and the power of focused process. We begin our exploration by thoughts, intention and prayer. I do this diving into belief work and navigating to help you discover how the complicathrough some tenacious childhood trautions in your life are teaching you powmas. What is revealed at the bottom is erful lessons. Many of you understand a belief that nurturing was unsafe, that that our soul came here to get its PhD they never felt love from either parent, in Earth School, the greatest teacher and that people will be hurtful in genof mastering duality and virtues. To do eral. It’s great to identify the negative this we go through many lessons in life. beliefs but healing these lifelong beliefs The problem is most people hold onto requires light, love and the positive lesthe negative aspects of lessons, which sons gained due to these challenges. then causes issues with health, love, As we go deeper we discover that money and spirituality. these lessons include wonderful virtues The human body is vastly intelsuch as… Strength, Self-reliance, Selfligent and always believes it is in a state acceptance, Courage and Forgiveness. of perfect health. If disease is in the Once we claim these positive body, it is there for a powerful reason. lessons in the subconscious mind the It is true that environmental issues can negative pathways release. The healharm the body such as heavy metal ing has created new receptor sites. poisoning or impurities in the air, but The client now feels safe, nurtured & the larger factor is your subconscious loved. Their paradigm shifts, frequency beliefs. Finding the negative belief that changes and they begin to call to them is manifesting lack of health, wealth and a vibrational match for these feelings. love is only a portion of the healing beWe attract what we have in comcause duality teaches us that there is a mon, our likes and dislikes. The more positive that goes with every negative. we clear from our emotional field that The Gift, the Lesson, the Service is blocking us from our divine truth of How is it possible that being poor, feelings and emotions the more elill or alone can be a gift? People will evated life experiences are whether it say, “there is no way this is serving me!” is health, love, happiness, money and/ But there is. The gift revealed within the or spirituality. illness, poverty, loneness excerta, is If you would like more information so powerful, beautiful and positive that regarding ThetaHealing please contact once the positive aspects are claimed me at www.rochellestanley.com or visit the body heals, love expands and proswww.thetahealing.com. perity blossoms. In love, light and gratitude Here is an example: Rochelle Stanley A client comes to me because of Rochelle Stanley is a teacher, their body weight (health). They believe Master ThetaHealer, Certified Angel that the excess weight is from overeatTherapist and Reiki Master. Based ing. In ThetaHealing I go up and read in California, she is dedicated to her their higher self and connect to the

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they can bring about a great blessing in all of your relationships. Differences invite us to a deeper place of love, where we can stand in the way of harmony, peace and beauty. Here are a few opportunities to bring more love and growth into your life, at the following longer events led by Barry and Joyce Vissell: Oct 11-17 — Assisi Retreat, Italy; Feb 5-12, 2017 — Hawaii Couples Retreat; Jul 16-21 — Shared Heart Summer Retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs, OR Joyce & Barry Vissell, a nurse/ therapist and psychiatrist couple since 1964, are counselors near Santa Cruz, CA, who are widely regarded as among the world’s top experts on

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conscious relationship and personal growth. They are the authors of The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk to Be Healed, The Heart’s Wisdom, Meant to Be, and A Mother’s Final Gift. Call Toll-Free 1 (800) 766-0629, locally (831) 684-2299, or write to the Shared Heart Foundation, P.O. Box 2140, Aptos, CA 95001, for further information on counseling sessions by phone or in person, their books, recordings or their schedule of talks and workshops. Visit their web site at SharedHeart.org for their free monthly e-heartletter, their updated schedule, and inspiring past articles on many topics about relationship and living from the heart.

path that assist others in shifting their paradigms to optimal health and wellbeing. Rochelle has trained a myriad of

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Feng Shui Wisdom for Home & Personal Transformation

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These are fears about the past and the future. What about the present? How do you feel right now about your X,Y’s and Z’s? Honoring your present moment feelings about your belongings, or about anything, is liberating. This is honoring yourself. Honoring your feelings, no matter how uncomfortable, ultimately always feels better than resisting them. Fear takes over and keeps us from being present with our true self and from living joyful lives. Fear is a natural emotion that has gotten out of control in our society, it’s an epidemic. Fear is the emotion associated with the water element and the mind. Fear in balance protects us and springs us into action when

fear of fear. This fear is your mind taking over your life, masking your heart voice. The heart knows and the mind hesitates; you can put your mind in service to your heart. We all have a mind that likes to take over the show and we all have a wise heart who patiently waits for the mind to quiet down. Joy is the emotion associated with heart, love and the element of fire. Love and the guidance of heart transform our lives; they antidote to the mind. While clutter clearing, feel and acknowledge your fear and ask your heart, “Does this make my heart sing? Is this truly useful to me and serving a positive purpose in my life?” When you choose to keep only the

things that bring you joy and serve a positive purpose, you will transform your life. It’s not about ‘getting rid of things’, but about taking the time to decide what you truly want to keep and cherishing the things that bring you joy. When we have more than we love and use, the too much combined with things that don’t bring joy, waters down the specialness of the things you actually cherish. When we let those things go, we are able to appreciate and enjoy what we have kept because their essence and sparkle isn’t being cluttered by the other things. Our home is a mirror that reflects the energies of our belongings back to us. Surrounding ourselves with the things that reflect our joy, along with the cherished useful things that keep our lives going, is a positive affirmation for a happier and healthier life. Fear and doubt will always be there, it’s what we do with the fear. Successful, happy people feel the fear and do it anyway. Ask your heart what it feels and transform your life with love. For Feng Shui and Home Organizing advice tailored to your specific situation contact Megan at (831) 588-5424 or visit www.windandwaterblessings.com. Megan Montero is a Feng Shui Consultant, a Home Organizer, a Plant Spirit Medicine Healer, and a Weather Worker in the Nahua tradition of Mexico who lives in Santa Cruz, CA.

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Bayer-Monsanto: A “Marriage Made in Hell”? By Ty Bollinger

Monsanto has agreed to be sold to Bayer for $56.5 billion − a deal worth a total of $66 billion when Monsanto’s debt is taken into account. The combined company would be the world’s largest seller of both seeds and agrichemicals. Monsanto, arguably the most loathed GMO company on the face of the earth, has been the subject of heated discussions for decades, especially in recent days as their top-selling product (RoundUp) contains glyphosate, which has been linked to cancer, autism, and respiratory sickness. Monsanto has lobbied widely and even filed lawsuits to prohibit labeling of GMO products and bury the World Health Organization’s report listing glyphosate as a probable carcinogen. If Monsanto joins forces with Bayer (one of the most hated Big Pharma companies in the world), the resulting “marriage made in hell” would be a drug-seed-pesticide company that controls almost 1/3 of the world’s seed market and almost ¼ of the pesticide market. Many would argue that this would equate to a monopoly. More on that topic later in the article. But this would not be the first time Monsanto and Bayer have teamed up. During the Vietnam War, both firms were involved in the development of Agent Orange. And both firms are currently involved in the GMO market today. Speaking of GMOs, I was watching Fox News Channel a couple of days ago and the “expert” being interviewed said that this was necessary in order to feed the world and that GMO foods are the only solution. WRONG! Apparently said “expert” is unfamiliar with the recent research, specifically the IAASTD Report, which is the most comprehensive report on the future of food and agriculture (sponsored by the World Bank and the UN, written by over 400 scientists and endorsed by 59 countries). In this report, they did not endorse GMOs as a solution to world hunger. In addition, genetic engineering has not significantly increased U.S. crop yields, according to the USDA and controlled comparative studies. As a matter of fact, many GMOs have lower yields than nonGMO crops. Did I mention that GMO crops have been linked to cancer and have numerous potential health risks?

Let’s look at the sordid history of both of these companies…

A Brief History of BAYER • Founded in Barmen, Germany in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and his partner,

Johann Friedrich Weskott. • During World War 1, Bayer turned its attention to the manufacture of chemical weapons including chlorine gas. • In 1925, Bayer, BASF, and Hoechst merged to form the massive German conglomerate Interessengemeinschaft Farben (IG Farben) which was the single biggest donor to Hitler’s election campaign. • IG Farben built the concentration camps at Auschwitz to supply slave labor for the nearby IG Farben plant (also known as IG Auschwitz). Hitler eventually used these same camps in his megalomaniacal attempt to exterminate the Jewish race. • In 1941, Otto Armbrust, the IG Farben board member responsible for IG Farben’s Auschwitz project, told his colleagues, “our new friendship with the SS is a blessing. We have determined all measures integrating the concentration camps to benefit our company.” • A subsidiary of IG Farben manufactured and supplied Zyklon B to the SS. This poisonous cyanide-based pesticide, on which IG Farben held the patent, was used during the Holocaust to annihilate more than 1,000,000 people in the concentration/extermination camps. IG Farben also supplied the SS with the Methanol used to burn the corpses. • In 1946, the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal concluded that without IG Farben the Second World War would simply not have been possible. • At Nuremberg, Fritz ter Meer (an executive of IG Farben) was convicted of slavery, mass murder, and crimes against humanity. After serving 5 years in prison, he became Chairman of the Board at Bayer in 1956, a position which he held for almost a decade. • In 1962, just fifteen years after they were convicted in the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, Bayer, BASF and Hoechst were again the architects of the next major human rights offence when they established the Codex Alimentarius Commission. • In the mid-1980s, Bayer was one of the companies which sold a product called Factor VIII concentrate to treat hemophilia. Factor VIII turned out to be infected with HIV. After learning that the product was contaminated, in order to save money, Bayer continued selling this infected product to Asia and Latin America even though a safe product was available. Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe, who investigated the scandal, commented, “These are the most incriminating internal pharmaceutical industry documents I

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have ever seen.” • In the 1990s, the federal government launched an investigation on Bayer’s unethical billing practices on Medicaid program and the Department of Justice found Bayer guilty of fraud. Bayer had to pay $14 Million to settle charges of causing inflated Medicaid claims. • Yaz (approved by FDA in 2006) and Yasmin (2001) were revolutionary birth control pills that use a synthetic hormone called drospirenone (DSP). Yaz or Yasmin have led to hundreds of deaths in young and healthy women. • The drug Trasylol was banned in 2006 after it contributed to thousands of deaths in patients every single month for over a decade. After a 2006 study showed widespread deaths associated with Trasylol, it took FDA and Bayer almost two years to take the drug off of the market. Later on it was revealed that Bayer had buried evidence of Trasylol’s severe side effects. • In 2008, the German Coalition against Bayer brought a charge against the Bayer Board of Management, with the public prosecutor in Freiburg accusing Bayer of contributing to the mass death of bees all over the world through its aggressive pesticide marketing. Since then, the bee debacle has only grown worse, with thousands of hives collapsing after poisoning by the pesticide clothianidin, producing a worldwide crisis. Thanks to this website and this website for much of the above information.

MONSANTO’S Poisonous Past

• Monsanto was founded in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri, by John Francis Queeny, a 30-year veteran of the pharmaceutical industry. Its first product was the artificial sweetener Saccharin, which Monsanto sold to the Coca-Cola Company. • In the 1920s, Monsanto Chemical Company was founded and incorporated the town of Monsanto, later renamed Sauget, Illinois. For years, the Monsanto plant in Sauget was the nation’s largest producer of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were banned in the 1970s. PCBs are potent carcinogens and have been implicated in reproductive, developmental and immune system disorders. According to thousands of pages of released Monsanto documents (many of them emblazoned with warnings such as “CONFIDENTIAL: Read and Destroy”), they knew about the PCB dangers from early on, but decided to conceal what they knew. One Monsanto memo explains their justification: “We can’t afford to lose one dollar of business.” • During World War II, Monsanto played a significant role in the Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb. • In 1944, Monsanto began manufacturing DDT, which was banned in 1972. • Following World War II, Monsanto championed the use of chemical pesticides in agriculture, and began manufacturing the herbicide 2,4,5-T, which

contains dioxin. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military initiated an herbicidal warfare program using Agent Orange (a mixture of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D and had very high concentrations of dioxin) as a defoliant. Monsanto and Dow Chemical were the two largest producers of Agent Orange, which has been linked to cancer and birth defects. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4.8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400,000

tic River in Connecticut. • In the mid-1990s, Monsanto developed their controversial cattle drug, recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST), which is produced through a genetically engineered E. coli bacteria. • During the same time period, Monsanto was ranked 5th among U.S. corporations in EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory, having discharged 37 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land, water and underground. Monsanto

deaths and disabilities, plus 500,000 children born with birth defects, leading to calls for Monsanto to be prosecuted for war crimes. Internal Monsanto memos show that Monsanto knew of the problems of dioxin contamination of Agent Orange when it sold it to the U.S. government for use in Vietnam. • In 1973, Monsanto developed and patented the glyphosate molecule and began manufacturing Roundup. In 2015, the World Health Organization declared glyphosate to be a probable carcinogen. Despite this fact, Roundup is still marketed as “safe.” • In 1982, Monsanto genetically modified a plant cell for the first time. • In the mid-1980s, Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle, the chemical company that held the patent to aspartame, the active ingredient in NutraSweet. Monsanto was apparently untroubled by aspartame’s clouded past, including a 1980 FDA Board of Inquiry, comprised of three independent scientists, which confirmed that it “might induce brain tumors.” The aspartame business became a separate Monsanto subsidiary, the NutraSweet Company. • In the late-1980s and early1990s, Monsanto spent almost $500,000 to defeat Proposition 65 (California’s anti-toxics initiative which prohibited the discharge of chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects into drinking water supplies) and Proposition 128 (California’s pesticide regulation initiative that would have phased out Monsanto’s product alachlor, which is linked to cancer). During the same time period, Monsanto also conducted the first field tests of genetically engineered (GMO) crops. • In 1991, Monsanto was fined $1.2 million for trying to conceal discharge of contaminated waste water into the Mys-

was ordered to pay $41.1 million to a waste management company in Texas due to concerns over hazardous waste dumping. • In 1996, Monsanto introduced “Roundup Ready Soybeans” and “BT Cotton” then in 1998 “Roundup Ready Corn” was introduced. • By 2007, Monsanto’s GMO seeds accounted for over 90% of the world’s supply. • In 2010, former Monsanto lobbyist Michael R. Taylor was appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Food Safety at the FDA (the fox is guarding the henhouse). • Since 2012, Monsanto has spent more than $25 million to fight state ballot initiatives to label GMOs and millions more to lobby Congress against mandatory GMO labeling. Thanks to this website for much of the above information.

Bayer Monsanto Union: A Dark and Dangerous Threat

The above bullet points about Bayer and Monsanto are merely the tip of the iceberg. I could have written an entire book detailing the unscrupulous activities that these companies have engaged in over the past century. But I think you get the point. This “hidden” history of Bayer and Monsanto indicates that both of these companies have consistently been involved with malevolent endeavors that wreaked havoc on humanity and caused sickness, pain, and death on a massive scale. These companies are like a cancer eating away at the physical fabric of our world. If these two companies join forces, the dark and dangerous synergy and malignant power will metastasize and be so great that, figuratively speaking, the universe might explode! To use a Lord of

the Rings analogy, it would be like Sauron acquiring the One Ring. Will this merger actually happen? It’s hard to say. Thankfully, there are anti-trust laws in place that will force the entire deal to undergo tremendous scrutiny and lengthy regulatory processes in the USA as well as the EU. “This merger is not a slam dunk,” said Diana Moss, president of the American Antitrust Institute. Also, a legal opinion written by two former Department of Justice officials (Antitrust Division) argues that the merger would violate the Clayton Act and would also be in direct violation of a 2008 court order. A Bayer-Monsanto merger certainly threatens the world food supply with domination by GMOs and destructive, carcinogenic agrochemicals. Thanks primarily to the anti-GMO and “Millions Against Monsanto” movements, the behemoth biotech bully is on the ropes. Perhaps Monsanto thinks that if it changes its name, that we will forget its poisonous past. Think again Monsanto. On October 14-16, Monsanto’s crimes against humanity will be exposed at the Monsanto Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. Remember, all it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. We must stick together and help educate our neighbors in order to continue the good fight together… for our children and every future generation to come. Perhaps it’s time to put Bayer and Big Pharma on trial as well and build an even bigger worldwide unified assembly. Maybe we could call it “Billions Against Big Pharma and Bayer-Monsanto.” Please share this important news story with friends and family and together let’s all take action to stop this merger. Ty Bollinger is a happily married husband, the father of four wonderful children, devoted Christian, best-selling author, medical researcher, talk radio host, health freedom advocate, former competitive bodybuilder and also a certified public accountant.After losing several family members to cancer (including his mother and father), Ty refused to accept the notion that chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery were the most effective treatments available for cancer patients. He began a quest to learn all he possibly could about alternative cancer treatments and the medical industry. Ty has now made it his life mission to share the most remarkable discovery he made on his quest: the vast majority of all diseases (including cancer) can be easily prevented and even cured without drugs or surgery.Ty speaks frequently to health groups, at seminars, expos, conferences, churches, and is a regular guest on multiple radio shows and writes for numerous magazines and websites. Speaking from personal experience and extensive research, Ty has touched the hearts and changed the lives of thousands of people around the world.

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Overstanding Who Controls Your Future?

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tered. They can very easily jump over the barriers and escape death, but a dolphin understands well the power of “one for all and all for one.” Some may say that this is weakness, which is why they are so easily killed. Surely humans are gods on earth who rule above and apart from all other crea-

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without destroying each other or earth’s natural systems. Our darkest human atrocities took root with the introduction of what we call civilization. Where has this understanding led us? With the continuous and growing poisoning of the world and subjugation of humans, it seems like an overstanding is now needed instead of understanding. To change our future we must take a wider angle and go beyond the layline to work from a place of complete intuitive comprehension of our relationship to each other. Overstanding means coming from a place that is above the ideologies most now consider to be the real world. This old understanding has all but made our planet a wasteland physically and spiritually. We don’t suggest going back to grass huts and running around naked. But we have the technology and the ability to communicate and create like never before. Instead of allowing and accepting being enslaved and poisoned, we could collectively decide to form our own future. You just might be the hundredth monkey. Aaron Carvajal is the Founder of Future of the Free and Under the Dome. See how we are taking action today by visiting future at www.futureofthefree.com and e-mail us at connect@ futureofthefree.com.

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by Aaron Carvajal Human beings share a common trait with community centered animals like the dolphins, elephants, wolves, lions, monkeys and others. Many studies have shown how small numbers can influence large populations. Some question the Hundredth Monkey Effect, but other studies and simple observation show us the influence a small group can have on the whole of society. Many know this from the science of quantum entanglement or from original intuition. Many find it uncomfortable to accept that they indeed have an influence and thus a responsibility. It is much easier to blame someone or something else for the state of the planet and population. Trump or Hillary? Dolphins are considered to be the longest living intelligent creatures on Earth, having reigned for approximately 35 million years before humans beings entered the scene. Many believe they are far more intelligent than humans, pointing to an extra portion of their brain that is enlarged. It seems from many studies that although each dolphin is very much an individual with it’s unique personality, they ultimately do not differentiate themselves from their group pod. This is how they are so easily rounded up into a cove and slaugh-

tures. Our strength comes from individual power, brute force, and our competitive nature. Anyone who doesn’t believe this will get plowed over by the reality of the world. This default perception of reality is part of an obsolete script that has a horrific track record. The majority of what we learn from our history class is the war, racism, and chaos of past times. We are taught that our laws, civilization, and money are our only saviors from our violent natural instincts. It’s a dog eat dog world. This way of educating the future generation does not account for the thousand of years before we became sheep. How about the peoples of past who survived thousands of years

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The Flavors of Music

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by Meghann Finn lavors of food and flavors of music parallel each other quite well. When I prepare my meals, I use a variety of spices because I enjoy spicy vegetarian food. I am aware, however, that this flavor may not agree with everyone’s taste. The same holds true for our taste for music. Why do we love music so much? A new study suggests it is because listening to music releases dopamine, the same chemical associated with food, drugs and sex. The results suggest why music, which has no obvious survival value, is so significant across human society. The study is from The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital — The Neuro at McGill University. It was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. I hope that my local music highlights make you want to get out there and shake a leg. We live in a musically vibrant town and every month I am so excited to share the diverse and wide variety of groups we will get to experience. I hope you get out there and add to your music mission in life. Until next time, you stay classy Santa Cruz. J S o me m u s i c s c e n e highlights: Shoreline Amphitheatre: Bridge School Benefit, Saturday October 22, Sunday October 23 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Metallica, Roger Water, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, My

Morning Jacket, Norah Jones, and many more. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco: Hardly Meghann Finn S t r i c t l y Bluegrass 2016, FREE Friday September 30-Sunday October 2. Line-up: Cake, Cydi Lauper, KT Tunstall, Dropkick Murphys, Chris Isaak, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris and more… Please visit http:// www.hardlystrictlybluegrass. com/2016/ for more info. Catalyst Club: Nahko and Medicine for the People Hoka: A call to Action Tour w/ Hirie, Sat. October 22 and Sun. October 23. Nahko and Medicine for the People don’t call themselves a band. Instead, they are a music collective. The band’s music sends messages of tolerance, love and mindfulness. The group’s mission is to become part of what they call a “global tribe”... to fix the environment, end world hunger and to live more peacefully and collective lives. M oe s A lle y : M onophonics + 7 Come 11, Saturday October 1st. Psychedelic Soul music who were raised amid the rich musical culture and history of San Francisco Bay Area. The Coffis Brothers, Saturday October 15th. The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men are a rootsy rock n’ roll band born and raised in the Santa Cruz Mountains who blend folk, blues, R&B and straight ahead rock. New Riders of the Purple Sage, Saturday October 22nd. Psychedelic rock&roll. Led by David Nelson and Buddy Cage. Sambadá Monday

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October 31 st . Moe’s Alley welcomes back Sambadá for their annual Halloween Costume Ball. Their music is based in rich musical traditions of Brazil, Sambadá also references salsa, cumbia, funk and reggae Kuumbwa Jazz: Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, October 2 at 7:30pm, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. This orchestra is made up of 15 of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today, and has been the Jazz at Lincoln Center resident orchestra since 1988. Led by charismatic and distinguished trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, the awardwinning Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra returns to Santa Cruz celebrating America’s music—JAZZ! Tickets may be purchased online (24/7) at: www.santacruztickets. com. Amendola vs. Blades duo, Thursday October 6 at 7:00pm. Blades is a master of the Hammond B-3, with its liquid vibrato, percussive attach and gospel overtones. Drummer Scott Amendola is known to many for his lengthy collaboration with Charlie Hunter. Meg Finn is a Santa Cruz based live music enthusiast, photographer, bilingual educator, activist, Phish loving-dancing machine. She spends her weekdays teaching a full time Kindergarten class at Gault Elementary School in Santa Cruz. On her weekends she is running her small business, Show of Life Photo Booth, collecting jade in Big Sur or getting lost in the redwoods with her American Bulldog, mini cow, named Bamboo.

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e publish this magazine to support our community and enjoy featuring leading theater, performances, and events. It is very important that you, our

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Dear Reader, Editor’s Note: A similar such letter was sent to one woman who would no longer read this magazine [due to one particular feature/article] in it, even though she had been a Reader for many years. This was the response sent to her [several minor changes]. This seemed like good info for everyone. As you may know, we (Pattie & Thom) have published Connection Magazine for 24 years. During that time, we have been front and center in both educating you about the many health challenges we face from toxic corporate products and empowering you to act effectively against the governmental policies that attempt to force these products on us. In the late ‘90’s, we joined with some of you to stop the state mandated fluoridation of our drinking water. Thus began a 2-year campaign, with Connection Magazine leading the charge to educate our community about how toxic fluoride was, how many worldclass scientists and 1st-world countries opposed it, and how this

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agenda to fluoridate was driven by a profit-hungry chemical industry that would otherwise have to pay to store this toxic waste product. This campaign and the subsequent successful initiative we mounted—to call for a public vote before any fluoridation began—is the reason no one in Santa Cruz County is drinking fluoridated water today! Hopefully, you’re also aware that Connection Magazine began educating about the dangers of GMO foods, in 1995, many years before there were any local, state, or national efforts to label GMO’s, and once these movements began, Connection Magazine was the only local publication to regularly support these efforts. Long before smart meters were installed on our homes, Connection Magazine regularly published articles about the health issues caused by exposure to the EMF radiation emitted by cell towers & cell phones. We were also the only media to keep you informed in the late ‘90’s about the small cadre of activists who actively lobbied both the city and county to create regulations for the siting of cell towers in order to keep them away from neighborhoods, schools, and hospitals. I want to also mention our many months of reporting on citizen efforts to stop the state-mandated aerial spraying to “eradicate” the

light brown apple moth in 2007. While many were sickened during the 2 days of low-flying airplanes spraying us with an untested, uncertified chemical, the mainstream media reported these injuries as the result of over-active imaginations, and even made fun of those injured. Not Connection Magazine, however, where these injuries were reported as legitimate, and the logical result of being exposed to poison. The quick growth of this movement to “Stop the Spray” ultimately led to its cancellation. When the EPA later denied this chemical certification, as it was unsafe to spray on people, you didn’t read that in the Sentinel, Good Times, or other local rag, but you did read about it in Connection Magazine. We’ve also been active for many years in informing readers about the dangers of vaccines. When opposition to SB277, the mandatory vaccine bill for children, began to build, which local media did their turn to in order to reach out to the larger community? That’s right: Connection Magazine where we continue to publish news of this movement. Finally, for those of you who welcome the reform of marijuana laws, I‘ll remind you that for over a decade now Connection Magazine has committed at least one page each month to ongoing education about the health benefits of can-

nabis, as well as informing readers about the continuing successes of the reform movement throughout the U.S. . We have received mixed reviews for our article on the Presidential candidates in our May Issue. In responding to the critical feedback, we can only point out that given our long history of reporting on the many health issues listed above, many of which are the direct result of policies created by our elected representatives, it is only logical that we would focus on what the candidates’ stances are on these issues. And, it takes quite a bit of “due diligence” to find out what some of these stances are, since they are not covered by the mainstream media, which finds no dangers in fluoridation, pesticide spraying of urban populations, GMO’s, mandatory vaccines, nor EMF radiation. We apologize if your disapproval of this one article has resulted in your no longer wanting to read Connection Magazine and the many other great issues we cover. True, LifeLong Learners (as so many of Connection Magazine readers are) are encouraged to read all you can, including this well-researched paper. We can’t please all the people, all the time. Hopefully, you can find it in your heart to give credit to Connection Magazine for consistently informing you about the many serious issues we face, as well as empowering you to act effectively to protect the health and well-being of yourself, your family, and your friends. Pattie, Thom & Staff Sept. 1, 2016

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Pumpkin Black Bean Chili — Perfect For A Weeknight Meal

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by Food Babe t’s full swing into the fall season around here and I’m so excited Vani Hari about cooking up all my favorite seasonal recipes. This comforting chili is DELICIOUS and perfect to make during the week when you don’t have a lot of time—it only takes 25 minutes to cook! It’s quick on the stove, or you can throw everything together in a crock-pot while you are working and have it ready to go in 4-6 hours. Pumpkin is of course incredibly nutritious too! Pumpkins can help improve eyesight, keep you slim because of all the fiber and provide a nice dose of vitamin C that can help your immune system.

Food Babe’s Pumpkin Black Bean Chili Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 25 mins Total time: 30 mins Serves: 4-6 Ingredients 2 tablespoons coconut oil 1 yellow onion, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 1 jalapeno, diced 2 cups diced pumpkin (peeled) or puree 2 heaping tablespoons of chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 and ½ cups diced tomatoes 3 cups vegetable stock 2 cups cooked black beans 1 lime cut into wedges (for squeezing on top of soup) Optional toppings: goat or cheddar cheese, tortilla strips, scallions, cilantro, sour cream, etc Instructions Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, garlic, jalapeno and pumpkin. Cook for 4-5 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin, cloves, sea salt, diced tomatoes, vegetable stock and black beans. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Season with additional salt and black pepper to your liking. Take off the heat and place some of the chili in a bowl and top with fresh lime juice and desired toppings. Enjoy! Notes **Please choose all organic ingredients.** If you know someone who loves pumpkin, please share this recipe with them! And if you are looking for more nutritious, slimming, quick recipes like this, please check out the Food Babe Membership Program, we just added a whole new guide full of amazing fall recipes—come join us here! Xo, Vani Printed with permission.

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8 Reasons Why Californians Should Vote NO on Prop. 64 –

Written by dragonfly de la luz Length Severely Edited by Theodora Kerry (full article w/ links to initiative text @ https://voteknowprop64. blogspot.com/) roponents of Prop. 64 are saying the initiative would end the drug war, free up cops and courts to focus on true crime, and even let imprisoned pot POWs go free. But a deeper look reveals that Prop. 64 will not do what it claims. Using the text of the initiative itself, this article looks at some of the misconceptions about Prop. 64. 1) MYTH: PROP. 64 WILL BRING TAX REVENUE TO FUND SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE, INFRASTRUCTURE FACT: NO TAX REVENUE WILL GO TO GENERAL FUND UNDER PROP. 64 Contrary to popular assumption, Prop. 64 states that NONE of the tax revenue from recreational cannabis will go to the General Fund. Instead, all tax revenue would go into the California Marijuana Tax Fund – an enormous slush fund designated solely to financing the massive bureaucracy that Prop. 64 would create. Not only does this create a system ripe for corruption and cronyism, since only Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, expected to head this recreational weed bureau, and his appointees would have the power to decide who receives those millions, but it is in stark contrast to what’s happening in other states that

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have recreational cannabis. 2) MYTH: PROP. 64 LEGALIZES HOME GROWS FOR ALL FACT: FEW COULD LEGALLY GROW UNDER PROP. 64 Prop. 64 allows cities and counties to ban all but indoor cultivation. In fact, since 75 percent of local governments already have, or are considering bans, the majority of Californians will only have the option to grow indoors. While proponents claim the initiative will legalize home grows of six plants or less, what they neglect to mention is that the freedom to grow outdoors would apply only to residents of a few localities; that number is per residence, not per person; it would be legal only under highly restrictive conditions; and if you break the rules, you could go to jail for 6 months or prison up to 4 years. Practically speaking, having a home grow would be extremely difficult for most residents. And this is intentional: Since Prop. 64 was written not to decriminalize cannabis, but to legalize a recreational commercial cannabis industry, its goal is to get as many people as possible to buy cannabis. And the easiest way to do that is to make it nearly impossible for them to grow their own. 3) MYTH: PROP. 64 WILL PROTECT SMALL FARMERS FACT: PROP. 64 WILL DECI-

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FACT: PROP. 64 CREATES NEW CRIMES FOR TEENS/YOUNG ADULTS While California is making significant gains reducing cannabis arrests, Prop. 64 ironically creates new crimes that don’t exist today, and calls for jail time for a host of harmless offenses – including possessing more than an ounce (6 months in jail and/or a $500 fine). Even sharing any amount of cannabis would be a crime punishable by jail for teens and young adults aged 18-20 – even though it is not a crime today. Young people in this age group – which includes most college students – will face up to 6 months in jail and a $500 fine for simply sharing a joint together. Adults 21 and over who pass a joint to another college-age adult under 21 face the same steep penalty. In both cases, if they have certain prior convictions, under Prop. 64 they could be sentenced to state prison time, not county jail, for two, three or four years. Currently, sharing any amount of cannabis under an ounce with other adults under 21 is a mere infraction in California, punishable by a $100 fine. If Prop. 64 passes, this activity would become a criminal offense, elevated to misdemeanor status statewide, thus making young offenders ineligible for federal student aid. 6) MYTH: PROP. 64 WILL BE IRREVOCABLE BY LEGISLATURE FACT: PROP. 64 LETS LEGISLATURE ALTER IT AT WILL Typically, voter initiatives cannot be amended except by another voter initiative—it’s the legal equivalent of “power to the people.” However, by giving legislators authority to change this initiative, Prop. 64 makes it a “power to the legislature” initiative, which can be changed at their whim, without voter approval or consent. 7) MYTH: PROP. 64 PROTECTS

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MATE SMALL FARMERS While Prop. 64 claims that it “protects small farmers” by including “anti-monopoly provisions”, this only applies to the first 5 years of legalization. After that time, millionaire Weedmaps founder Justin Hartfield – the second largest investor in Prop. 64 after Sean Parker – intends to turn the current farm-to-table cannabis model into Big Tobacco. The mom-and-pop cultivators that have been the backbone of the industry for generations would be priced out of competition in short order. Hezekiah Allen, a Humboldtbased spokesperson for the California Growers Association, believes this could “result in a catastrophic economic collapse for huge swathes of California.” Small farmers will barely have enough time to build a brand before the mega-grows with unlimited plant numbers overtake the industry and undercut them out of existence. This is a corporate cannabis coup. 4) MYTH: PROP. 64 IS NECESSARY TO REDUCE DRUG ARRESTS FACT: PROP. 47 HAS ALREADY MADE PROP. 64 OBSOLETE Thanks to Prop. 47, passed in 2014, simple possession of almost all drugs has been reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. As a result, California is drastically reducing drug arrests and the prison population across the state. In Los Angeles, home to the nation’s largest jail system, drug arrests fell one-third in just the first year of its passage. Nearly 10,000 inmates will be eligible for resentencing, and “more than 4,300 state prisoners have already been resentenced and then released.” And felony cannabis arrests dropped a full one-third last year, which NORML says is credited to Prop. 47. 5) MYTH: PROP. 64 CREATES NO NEW CRIMES

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PATIENTS’ RIGHTS FACT: PROP. 64 LETS LOCALITIES DECIDE MMJ PATIENTS’ RIGHTS Today, some 2 million patients enjoy the right to grow as much cannabis as they require – literally an unlimited amount, as upheld by the Supreme Court in the People v. Kelly ruling—for any condition “for which marijuana provides relief.” And under California law as it is written today, anyone can become a patient, and no one has to lie to do it. Under Prop. 64, however, “unlimited” would drop to six (6) plants, which is nowhere near enough to treat many of the most serious ailments. The initiative would further limit patients’ access by actually making it more difficult to get a doctor’s recommendation. Whereas under current law, a patient needs nothing more than an oral or written recommendation to obtain and grow cannabis, under Prop. 64, patients would be required to pay up to $100 annually for an ID card that currently is not required by law [Section 11362.755 (b)]. Surprisingly, for more proof that Prop. 64 will impact medical cannabis, one need look no farther than page one of the initiative, where in Section 2B it is written in black and white: Prop. 64 “will consolidate and streamline regulation and taxation for both nonmedical and medical marijuana.” If you think that merging the two systems would have no negative impact on patients, we now have a clear example of what would happen under a consolidated market. It comes from Washington State. 8) MYTH: WHAT HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON WON’T HAPPEN HERE FACT: PROP. 64 COULD END MEDICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW IT As of July 1 in Washington state, all medical dispensaries have been shuttered, and patients must now buy their medicine from recreational outlets at a bank-breaking 46 percent tax increase, on top of the overall higher price of recreational cannabis. During the state’s campaign for recreational cannabis in 2012, patients were told by proponents of Initiative 502 that Washington’s medical cannabis program would be left intact. But the initiative contained a rare provision that allows legislators to alter it at their whim. Just six months after the first recreational pot shop opened, the legislature introduced a measure to end the state’s 15 year old MMJ program, close all medical

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dispensaries and drastically limit how much patients could grow and possess, in a deliberate move to force patients into the heavily-taxed recreational system. This is destined to be repeated in California because Prop. 64 will replace, repeal and supersede Prop. 215. It is important to note that Prop. 215 is a voter initiative. And under state law, there is only one way a voter initiative can be changed, and that is with another voter initiative. Since Prop. 64 is also a voter initiative, and purports to regulate and tax “both nonmedical and medical marijuana” (Section 2B), Prop. 64 will unquestionably repeal Prop. 215. L i k e Wa s h i n g ton’s initiative, it also gives the legislature the same power to alter the initiative. In Washington, lawmakers decided to use that power to increase tax revenue by nixing the MMJ program. In California, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has similar plans. In a recent interview with Mother Jones, Newsom makes clear not only his expectation that the two markets will become one, but that the reasons for this are entirely based on increasing potential tax revenue.

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Above all, the goal of any recreational initiative should be to simply stop arresting people for cannabis­— which California has already achieved to great success. We don’t need another initiative to ‘grant’ us rights we already have. Is ending prohibition necessarily dependent upon implementing a massive, unwieldy corporate cartel and regulatory scheme, when California has already relaxed its pot laws to the point of virtual non-existence? Dragonfly de la Luz, renowned ganja critic, is one of the earliest cannabis journalists. An activist for the liberation of cannabis her entire adult life, Dragonfly actively supports thoughtful, progressive legalization measures and actively opposes those that would corporatize cannabis for the benefit of the few. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Education on Medical Marijuana, the Journal for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), and many others. Her full article contains several more reasons to vote NO on Prop. 64, each with links to the initiative text and supporting opinions. For the sake of all those, especially patients, who choose marijuana over the state-sanctioned toxic options, please read it @ https:// voteknowprop64.blogspot.com/). The deadline to register to vote is Oct. 24. Don’t miss it!!!

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