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More Innovative than Antibiotics The Power of Xylitol Xylitol’s effectiveness in oral health and usage as a sweetener is well-known. New research also shows its usefulness in upper respiratory health. However, people may not know the reason why it is so effective. Xylitol has a unique ability to interfere with bacterial adhesion.

Anti-Adhesion Xylitol’s anti-adhesive effect was discovered by accident in 1996. A British medical journal published a study, which analyzed past research done with xylitol. Researchers found that there was an additional correlation between xylitol and upper respiratory infections—a correlation researchers didn’t see when the studies were performed originally. The 1996 study found that among the children tested in the studies, those who used xylitol chewing gum had 42% fewer ear infections. Researchers performed subsequent research to answer why there was this correlation. These studies supported the discovery of xylitol’s anti-adhesion property.

Xylitol’s anti-adhesive effect interferes with bacteria sticking to tissue. In order for bacteria to thrive, they must attach to the cell membrane. There they metabolize and the body senses the bacteria, it reacts with various responses like congestion, runny nose, against bacterial infections using antibiotics, attempting to kill the bacteria. However, the use of antibiotics produces resistant bacterial strains, which leads to more serious problems.

Xylitol’s anti-adhesive property interferes with bacterial adhesion, resulting in bacteria not being able to colonize and thrive; eventually they are washed out. This is an innovative way to avoid antibiotic resistance. Instead of them to become stronger and more resistant, xylitol doesn’t allow the bacteria to cling to the cell and start its metabolic processes.

Professionals advise people to regularly wash

their hands to prevent illness. But washing with only water isn’t enough; they must wash with soap. Similarly, just as people should wash their hands, they should also wash their nasal passages. A normal saline solution is like washing with only water. Washing with a nasal spray containing xylitol is like washing hands with soap.

Bacteria and People Bacteria, like people, congregate together.

This is called quorum sensing. When people start coming together, they form a town or city. Bacteria act similarly; as they sense other bacterial “city.”

If a group wanted to take over a city, historically they would send in soldiers to subdue the inhabitants so they could then occupy the city. However, there is no guarantee that they would control everyone, and there may be leftover survivors who rally together. But if that particular city were to have an extreme change in environment, the inhabitants wouldn’t be able to cope and they’d have to leave the city. Changing the environment is much more effective in expelling the inhabitants than attacking with soldiers.

Relating this back to bacteria, if we use antibiotics, we are sending in soldiers to between antibiotics and the microorganisms, with both attempting to get stronger. But if we alter the environment in our nasal and sinus passages so that bacteria cannot adhere to the cell surface, and thus thrive, we win the battle.

What are Some of Xylitol’s Applications?

Studies have shown numerous uses for xylitol, many of which deal with its adverse effects on bacterial adhesion. Sinus, ear, and respiratory infections begin in the nose as we breathe in bacteria which attempt to adhere to the cell membrane. With the use of nasal sprays containing xylitol, the bacteria found in the nose cannot stick to the tissue and are to greater probability that they will not infect the body. Nurse Practitioner Sherril Sego, FNPin this aspect. She says, “Saline nasal rinses containing xylitol have been found to be more effective than traditional saline rinses to reduce the symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis.”

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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

13 Florida Gardening

Easy-to-grow, edible native plants

by David Y. Goodman

14 Food Democracy By the people, for the people, and toward a stronger nation

by Melinda Hemmelgarn

Home to Harmony

16 Yin & Tonic We are family

by Melody Murphy

18 Wise Words Jeffrey Smith warns against GMOs

by Linda Sechrist

19 Detoxing for Good Living in a toxin-free body and home

by Nuris Lemire, MS, OTR/L, NC

20 Align with Goodness

Tap into the field of infinite possibility

by Deborah Shouse

22 Dominant Foci

Interferences and blockages to healing

by Dr. Michael J. Badanek, DC, BS, CNS

24 Food Gleaning

Harvesting leftovers feeds the hungry

by Avery Mack

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Robin Moline

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over artist Robin Moline is a commercial illustrator and artist whose work has graced ad campaigns, magazine covers, product labels and other prominent communications across the globe for more than three decades.

Moline especially enjoys doing illustration projects that reflect her enthusiasm for global sustainability.

The artist was recently commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service to create a commemorative stamp representing a farmers’ market theme.

Her style ranges from realistic to surrealistic, often with a folksy, humorous twist, and she works mainly in mixed airbrush and acrylic paint.

“I’ll work with anything else it takes to achieve the desired look to solve any given assignment,” says Moline.

The cover image, Home to Harmony, is a preliminary design for a book cover design for Philip Gulley’s Harmony series. The artwork was, in turn, inspired by an earlier work, a four-part mural depicting four seasons on the farm for the John Deere Pavilion, in Moline, Illinois. “I love living in an area where I can enjoy the full four seasons. I find endless inspiration in all things natural,” says Moline, a lifelong Minnesota resident and graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

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newsbrief

healthbriefs Social Isolation Linked Master Allan Death Chuck Returns toewEarlier research from Brigham Young University inN dicates that social interaction decreases the risk to Central of premature death. Scientists conducted an analysis of actuarial health research from 1980 to 2014 that Florida included more than 3 million people.

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aster Allan Chuck, one of Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha’s top Divine Channels and Worldwide Representatives, returns to Florida in July. After a two-year assignment in India, where he opened and directed Master Sha’s seventh Soul Healing Center, Master Allan resumes touring the world to deliver life-transforming healing, teachings and guidance.

Known as a profound and engaging teacher and a powerful healer, Master Allan is also a pure Divine Soul Communicator who offers illuminating soul readings to guide you in any aspect of your life.

On Wednesday, July 15, he will be at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Ormond Beach and will hold a Free Tao Soul Healing Miracles Evening from 6-9 pm.

He is offering two more Free Tao Soul Healing Miracles Evenings in the Orlando area: one on Thursday, July 16 from 6-9 pm at the Winter Park Community Center—and one on Friday, July 17, also from 6-9 pm at the Hyatt Place Orlando Convention Center.

Then join Master Allan for a special event at the Hyatt Place Orlando Convention Center for the weekend: Tao Retreat for Healing and Transformation of Every Aspect of Life: Living the Oneness of the Source, on Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, from 10 am to 6 pm. The $95 tuition includes a guest.

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The study found living alone increased the risk of death by 32 percent, while perceptions of greater social isolation and elevated loneliness showed 29 percent and 26 percent increased risks of early mortality, respectively. The results were consistent among both men and women, but the impact of feelings of isolation or loneliness caused a higher degree of mortality risk for individuals younger than 65.

The mortality rates among the lonely and isolated were comparable to those of individuals who smoked 15 cigarettes a day or were alcoholics. Lead researcher Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., further noted, “The effect of this is comparable to that of obesity, something that public health takes very seriously.”

Eating Peanuts Early On Reduces Allergy Risk

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eanut allergies in Western countries have doubled during the past decade. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine may help reverse this trend. Researchers found that introducing peanuts during early childhood can actually decrease the risk of developing a peanut allergy later in life.

The researchers followed 640 children with a high risk of food allergies, beginning when they were between 4 and 11 months old. Half the children were fed peanuts, while the other half were not given any. All were tested for sensitivities to peanuts prior to and at the end of the study period, which averaged five years.

The research found that nearly 14 percent of those who avoided peanuts had a peanut allergy at the end of five years­, seven times more than the 2 percent of those who were fed peanuts and displayed subsequent sensitivity.

Mindfulness Meditation Lowers Blood Pressure

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esearch from the University of Virginia and Emory University has found that just a few minutes of mindfulness meditation a day can significantly reduce high blood pressure among African-Americans. The research included 15 men with high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease in a crossover study that tested each with 14 minutes of mindfulness meditation and compared that with 14 minutes of blood pressure education during two different treatment periods.

Results showed that practicing mindfulness meditation reduced systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate among the patients.

Flaxseed Oil Soothes Carpal Tunnel

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arpal tunnel syndrome is typically accompanied by pain, numbness and reduced mobility in the hands and wrists. Research published by the Tehran (Iran) University of Medical Sciences in the DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has determined that the application of external linseed oil—also referred to as flaxseed oil—can reduce pain and increase mobility for syndrome sufferers.

The research tested 100 patients with the condition in two groups—one rubbed placebo oil onto their wrists, while the other applied linseed oil daily during a four-week period. Both groups wore wrist splints at night.

After the treatment period, those who applied linseed oil experienced a significant drop in pain scores using the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire and Function Assessment. The same patients also reported an improvement in mobility and function.

No Worries: Cats Naturally Eat Less in Summer

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study from the University of Liverpool School of Veterinary Science has found that cats naturally eat less during the summer, indicating that owners can take such appetite swings in stride.

The researchers studied 38 cats for four years. Their collars were implanted with a microchip that recorded the amount as they ate as much as they wanted from a dispenser. The team found that cats ate an average of 15 percent less in hot weather. Their eating decreased from June through August and increased from October to February. Eating levels were intermediate in the spring and fall.

Study author Dr. Alex German observed, “Cats are more inclined to comfort eat when it’s cold outside, [most likely because of] the extra energy they need to keep warm when out and about.”

Stress Ramps Up Inflammation

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esearch led by Peggy Zoccola, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychology at Ohio University, has found that dwelling upon events that are stressful can significantly increase inflammatory chemicals in the body. The researchers tested 34 healthy young women giving public presentations for job interviews. Afterward, half were asked to contemplate their performances while the others were asked to think about neutral events and images.

While all of the women initially experienced significantly higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), the levels continued to rise for at least one hour afterward for the performance-ruminating group, but returned to normal during the same time period for those who pondered neutral thoughts.

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globalbriefs Vermont’s Victory Court Rules GMO Labeling Constitutional

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n April, a federal court denied a request by powerful food industry groups to block Vermont’s landmark law requiring the labeling of genetically modified foods (GMO).The plaintiffs, including the Grocery Manufacturers Association, had sought a preliminary injunction to stop implementation of Act 120, which passed in May 2014 and will take effect a year from now.

U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss’ ruling said that the plaintiffs failed to show that they would suffer “irreparable harm” to warrant an injunction, and that the state had established that the act’s GMO disclosure requirement is constitutional.

“This important ruling affirms the constitutionality of genetically engineered food labeling, as well as the rights of Vermonters and U.S. citizens across the country,” states George Kimbrell, senior attorney for the Center for Food Safety and counsel in the case.

The ruling came shortly after an analysis by the Environmental Working Group found that industry groups spent $63.6 million last year—triple the amount spent in 2013—to defeat GMO-labeling measures. The general consensus is the Vermont case is likely to go to trial.

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Action Needed Food Industry Fudges GMO Facts

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he U.S. Right to Know organization has issued a report, Seedy Business: What Big Food Is Hiding with Its Slick PR Campaign on GMOs (usrtk.org/seedybusiness.pdf). It outlines the food and pesticide industries’ campaign to manipulate the media, public opinion and politics with disreputable tactics, company-sponsored science and public relations spin.

Since 2012, the agrichemical and food industries have mounted a complex, multifaceted public relations, advertising, lobbying and political campaign in the U.S. spending more than $100 million per year to defend genetically engineered food and crops and the pesticides that accompany them, the authors report. The purpose is to deceive the public, deflect efforts to win the right to know what’s in our food via labeling that’s now required in 64 countries and ultimately, to extend their profit stream at any cost to the public for as long as possible.

Highlights include a history of the industry’s tactics to conceal information, ensure lack of government policy and testing for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), attack credible scientists and journalists, and support untrustworthy advocates and political machinations.

GMO Gains

Food Supplies Increasingly Under Siege

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hree hundred farmers recently took over a meeting where the Brazil National Biosafety Technical Commission was deciding whether to introduce genetically engineered (GE/GM/GMO) transgenic eucalyptus trees into their biosphere.

These activists and thousands more around the country have halted plans temporarily, but the assault continues by international corporations bent on patenting and controlling the environment itself.

At home, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already approved the first corporate-sponsored, patented, genetically modified tree, ArborGen’s loblolly pine. Despite outspoken public opposition, the USDA approved it with no public oversight nor assessment of the environmental risks it poses.

Grass-fed beef farmers, supplying an alternative that many seek to avoid (GMO feed grain), now have to cope with the advent of genetically modified grass. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Monsanto’s exclusive consumer sales agent for RoundUp glyphosate weed killer, intends to conduct field trials at the homes of company employees absent government oversight, because no laws currently prohibit or limit the planting of GMO grass.

In February, the government approved the first genetically modified apple for commercial planting. The Arctic apple is part of a growing list of sanctioned GMO fresh produce, including papaya and sweet corn. A gene within the apple is altered so it resists browning and bruising.

The Gates Foundation has funded research by Australia’s Queensland University of Technology to create a vitamin-enhanced, GMO “super banana.” Testing on humans will take place in the U.S. during a six-week period and researchers aim to start growing the fruit in Uganda by 2020.

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Fracking Fallout

Waterways, Soils and Animals Poisoned with EPA Approval

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urface disposal of water produced by oil and gas drilling is forbidden in the Eastern U.S., but allowed in arid Western states for purposes of agricultural or wildlife propagation.

The result: Millions of gallons of water laced with toxic chemicals from oil and gas drilling rigs are pumped for consumption by wildlife and livestock with approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The EPA is issuing permits at nearly a dozen oil fields on or abutting the Native American Wind River Reservation, in Wyoming, for surface application of drilling wastewater without even identifying the chemicals in fluids used for hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, let alone setting effluent limits for the contaminants contained within them.

Also, monitoring requirements allow water to be tested long after fracking outflow, or maintenance flushing, is completed. The EPA maintains Clean Water Act jurisdiction on tribal lands.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Executive Director Jeff Ruch states, “Gushers of putrid, grayish water encrusted with chemical crystals flood through Wind River into nearby streams.” PEER is asking the EPA to rewrite the permits to regulate all the chemicals being discharged and to determine whether the produced water is potable for wildlife and livestock.

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owe’s Home Improvement says it will begin to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading contributor to global bee declines, from its stores.

This public commitment is the most significant announcement so far for a retailer of its size.

Lisa Archer, a spokesperson for Friends of the Earth, says, “We are pleased Lowe’s is listening to consumer concerns and to the growing body of science telling us we need to move away from bee-toxic pesticides by taking steps to be part of the solution to the bee crisis.”

The retailer has pledged to phase out neonicotinoids as suitable alternatives become available, redouble existing integrated pest management practices for suppliers and provide additional materials for educating customers about pollinator health.

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Fungi Clean Up Toxic Wastes

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or waterways, soil or even radioactively contaminated areas, the powerful use of mycelium to sequester contaminants is receiving significant attention. Leading American mycologist Paul Stamets, the pioneering founder of Fungi Perfecti, has been working for years with mycore mediation, using mycelium to clean up waste sites. He holds nine patents on the antiviral, pesticidal and remediative properties of mushroom mycelia. Stamets even has an eight-step plan for cleaning up radioactive poisoning and thinks fungi could remediate radiation at the melted reactor sites in Fukushima, Japan.

The Ocean Blue Project (OceanBlueProject.org), based in Corvallis, Texas, uses locally grown oyster mushroom spores lodged in a coffee grounds mixture.

Then they create a “bunker spawn” that’s put into a river to restore polluted aquatic habitat. As the mushrooms grow, they break down toxins and remove pollutants from the river. Mycore mediation also helps with weed control.

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Florida’s Easyto-Grow, Edible Native Plants

by David Y. Goodman

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have a pet peeve about new housing developments: almost most all of them fail to pay any attention to the many wonderful trees they clear out when they develop a neighborhood.

Did you realize that Florida’s woods are filled with many wonderful edible trees? Most people don’t—and I think that lack of awareness is why wooded lots are cleared and patches of productive woodland are replaced with hot and worthless lawns.

I’ve been hired quite a few times to check out properties and let folks know what’s growing in their woods, and what’s likely to thrive in their orchards and gardens. Once you know how to spot wild fruits and berries, you start to see them everywhere.

For instance, did you realize that Florida has multiple species of wild pawpaws, some of which have delicious fruit? Pawpaws (not to be confused with the tropical papaya plant) are deciduous trees or shrubs that often reside in scrubland, at the edge of pastures, and in hot, sandy areas where little else thrives.

The fruit is pollinated by flies and is relished by our native gopher tortoises. Spotting them is easy (look up “pawpaws” on my website, www.

FloridaSurvivalGardening.com for lots of photos) once you know what they look like, but snagging the fruit before animals get it isn’t as easy.

Another common native is the American persimmon. Here in Florida they don’t seem to grow as tall as they do up north; however, their fruit (when fully ripe—wait until they’re really

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soft!) is marvelous. Imagine mixing honey and sunshine and you have an idea how they taste. Just don’t pick them early or they taste incredibly bad. The wood is also very hard and strong. We have multiple trees growing wild in our neighborhood, and my

children greatly enjoy tasting the fruit on our family walks.

Speaking of walks, I visited a friend’s place somewhere out in the pine scrub a few weeks ago and we went walking along the edge of his woods. There, much to my delight, was a patch of blueberries. And we’re not just talking one type! There were tall wild rabbit-eye types, short “shiny” blueberries bushes, and overhead were some of their edible “deerberry” cousins, all in glorious fruit.

Yes, there are blueberries in Florida, lots of them. But you’re not going to find them in the grass, live oaks, and cultivated azaleas and

magnolias of a typical neighborhood.

Another example: there’s a stretch of railroad tracks in Marion County that runs along the road. Right near the tracks is a large stand of Chickasaw plums, another one of our tasty native fruits. Every year, a woman gathers up the fruit and makes batches of wild plum jam. Chickasaw plums are sweet-tart right off the tree and have a great flavor when preserved, yet most people wouldn’t be able to spot them—and they certainly wouldn’t save one when clearing a new building lot.

Beyond these few fruits, our region of North Central Florida also boasts escaped sour oranges (great for marmalade!), gigantic native red mulberry trees, spicy bay leaf trees, bitter black cherries that make incredible liqueurs, hickory trees with nuts that taste as rich as pecans (though they require much more work), and plenty of roadside blackberries—and we haven’t even gotten into our many edible wild greens.

If you really want to taste some wild Florida, pick up a couple of plant guide books, hit www.eattheweeds. com and see what forager Green Deane is up to, and start looking around for some of our tasty native edibles.

I guarantee you’ll never look at the woods the same way again.

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to know what is in their food, how it is produced and where it comes from.”

Local Food Strengthens Communities

Food Democracy By the People, for the People and Toward a Stronger Nation

by Melinda Hemmelgarn

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o more fully understand our republic, we can look to some past U.S. presidents. Abraham Lincoln defined it as “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Thomas Jefferson said, “An informed citizenry is at the heart of a dynamic democracy.” Harry S Truman further recognized that “secrecy and a free, democratic government don’t mix.”

By extension, “food democracy” describes a fair and transparent food system in which people have informed choices and control in determining what and how they eat. It’s what happens when we view people as individuals, rather than consumers, and treat food as a human right, reports the Oakland, Californiabased Pesticide Action Network (PAN).

Kelly Moltzen, a registered dietitian in Bronx, New York, and member of the Franciscan Earth Corps, defines it as having the freedom to make choices about the integrity of our food from seed to plate, so that we can support the health and well-being of ourselves and the Earth.

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Food Sovereignty Feeds Independence

A PAN report on food democracy describes food sovereignty as the international equivalent of the U.S. movement to re-localize control over our food and farming. It’s rooted in regenerating historically autonomous food systems.

John Peck, Ph.D., executive director of Family Farm Defenders, in Madison, Wisconsin, explains that the term “food sovereignty” was coined about two decades ago by La Via Campesina, comprised of family farmers, farm workers, fishermen, hunters, gatherers and indigenous communities around the world.

“At its most basic,” Peck says, “Food sovereignty is about reclaiming local control over our food/farm system from corporate agribusiness.” This way, “Everyone has the right to decide what is grown or raised in their community, whether animals are treated humanely, if family farmers and other food workers are paid a living wage and whether people have access to safe, healthy food—as well as the right

In their report, Deepening Food Democracy, the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), in Minneapolis, describes how U.S. food and farming has increasingly become concentrated, consolidated and controlled by the few. Local food enthusiasts want to take back their food system from industrial, corporate entities that lobby for legislation denying people the right to know how their food is produced or if it contains genetically modified ingredients (GMO). The growing local food movement is as much about returning power to communities, food workers, farmers and farm workers as it is about producing and distributing healthy, sustainably grown food, reports IATP.

Anthony Flaccavento, an organic farmer in the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia, has been working on national food and sustainable farming initiatives for nearly 30 years.

In a recent Food Sleuth Radio interview, he described the resulting tremendous, multiple positive impacts of strong local economies, noting that a strong local food system is usually at their center.

“Once you have vibrant, diverse local economies,” says Flaccavento, “you have better health, lower crime and incarceration rates—and more civic participation.” The steady growth of farmers’ markets, farm to school programs and food policy councils prove that Americans are hungry both for clean food and an enhanced sense of community.

Growing Vegetables and Democracy

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Jenga Mwendo knew she had to leave her high-powered job in New York City and return to her hometown in the devastated Lower Ninth Ward.

“My parents raised me to contribute,” Mwendo explains.

In 2009, Mwendo founded the Backyard Gardeners Network (BGN), a local nonprofit organization that restores and strengthens what had once been a

thriving, closely knit, self-reliant community, rich with backyard gardens and neighborhood engagement. Residents went to work, recognizing the potential of community gardens to revitalize their neighborhood and bring affordable, healthful food to residents, many of them suffering from obesity, heart disease and diabetes. The BGN both revitalized a community garden and converted a blighted lot into a Guerrilla Garden, where people of all ages gather to grow food, share stories, embrace their cultural heritage and learn how to become responsible members of the community.

“We bring people together and make decisions collectively,” says Mwendo. “The garden is for our community, by our community.”

Understanding the value of involving children and teens, she adds, “Kids know they will be loved here. This is a nurturing environment.”

Like Mwendo, Stephen Ritz, a finalist in the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize, is reaching youth through food. Based in New York City’s South Bronx, one of the country’s poorest school districts, he and his students are growing vegetables in school, thereby improving children’s diets, health, school performance and future potential. “We are contributing by making sure every child we touch, regardless of income, zip code and skin color, faith or nation of origin, has access to fresh, healthy, nutritious food that they help grow,” says Ritz.

So far, his Green Bronx Machine community has raised 30,000 pounds of vegetables. In his March 2015 TED Talk, Ritz said, “My favorite crop is organically grown citizens—graduates, voters and students who are eating [better] and living healthier lives.”

single season. “Talented gardeners with more generous soils and climates are able to produce even more food in less space,” he says, “but maximizing production is not our only goal. We’re also trying to maximize pleasure and health.”

Doiron believes, “Quality food is central to well-being and is one of the best ways to unite people of different countries and cultures around a common, positive agenda.” On July 4, his organization celebrates Food Independence Day as a way to recognize the role of home and community gardens in achieving self-sufficiency.

Saving Seeds, Saving Democracy

Jim Gerritsen operates Wood Prairie Farm with his family in Bridgewater, Maine. He’s dedicated to using organic farming methods to protect the environment and food quality, provide ample harvests, and foster good jobs for the next generation of young farmers.

As president of the Organic Seed

Growers and Trade Association, Gerritsen led a lawsuit against Monsanto in 2011, challenging the validity of seed patents. In a Food Sleuth Radio interview, he explains, “Patented seeds cannot be saved and replanted. To take that right away from farmers was a terrible mistake on the part of the Supreme Court.” Seed ownership belongs to society; our seed resource is part of our common heritage. “Genetic engineering was an invention to take away from people the ownership of seeds,” he continues. “Regaining control of the seed supply is one of the most pressing battles we have in agriculture.”

Gerritsen encourages everyone to plant an organic garden using organic seeds and to advocate GMO labeling.

Melinda Hemmelgarn is a registered dietitian and award-winning writer and nationally syndicated radio host at KOPN.org, in Columbia, MO (Food Sleuth@gmail.com). She advocates for organic farmers at Enduring-Image. blogspot.com.

National Count of Farmers’ Market Directory Listings

Kitchen Gardens Nourish the World

Roger Doiron is the founder and director of Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI), an online global community of some 30,000 people in 100 countries that are growing some of their own food.

From his own 1,500-square-foot garden in Scarborough, Maine, Doiron and his wife harvested 900 pounds of organic fruits and vegetables worth $2,200 in a

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Nationwide tracking of farmers’ markets that listed fewer than 1,800 in 1994 now numbers nearly 8,300 20 years later.

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by Melody Murphy

We Are Family

I

am fortunate to have many friends, even many close friends.

I have three best friends.

You may say, “Listen: Best is a superlative. There’s only one ‘best.’”

Wrong. You can have a triumvirate of bestness. A trio, a trifecta, a Triple Crown, triple threat. I know, for I most certainly do.

The more accurate thing to say is:

I have three sister-friends. If you’re a long-time reader of this column, you know them as Toad Sawyer, Biddy Thatcher, and Puck Finn, mother of Nemo and The Boodle (a.k.a. Logan and Ashlyn).

In January, sister-friend Janna (Toad Sawyer) became a mother; and her sister, sister-friend Leigh (Biddy Thatcher), became a mother in June.

And I became an honorary aunt again, twice over, to two beautiful, miraculous little nieces, which is quite simply the best thing that has happened all year.

I am an only child, and I never minded it. I like my solitude, I’ve never needed anyone to entertain me, and I always had plenty of friends. After the age of 13, I never had cause to yearn for siblings, because the two sister sister-friends came along. The third one, Sarah (Puck Finn), joined us four years later. I’ve had my own edition of a latter-day Little Women for more than 20 years.

Growing up, my one regret about not having siblings was that I would never get to be an aunt, except possibly by marriage. I thought being an aunt would just be the neatest thing. Given the opportunity, I would of course be the cool aunt, the fun aunt, the delightfully eccentric aunt who gave wonderful presents and planned marvelous excursions, the wise and kind aunt who baked the best cookies and bestowed the most

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I shouldn’t have worried. Lack of biology needn’t lead to regret. Love is the greatest prerequisite of aunting, and I have that in spades.

It’s funny how fast you can love somebody. It still surprises me how fast and how much I loved each one of my sister-friends’ children, just as soon as I saw and held them. I remember distinctly the first time I saw each one, and how perfectly beautiful I thought they were. I’ve wondered if I were perhaps biased, because I have seen plenty of babies who were not what anyone but the kindest soul or most enamored mother would call beautiful—but then I dismissed that thought as pure nonsense.

Of course these babies were beautiful.

And clearly wise, and clever, and extraordinary, and really just entirely perfect. Anyone can see that.

I never thought I would find babies as mesmerizing as I do. Even when they’re sleeping, I think they’re just fascinating. I don’t know why I can’t

look anywhere else when they’re not doing anything more than breathing, but I could sit and beam upon them with pride all day. They are just so interesting. I don’t see them as blank slates, but as complex little mysteries to solve as they unfold over time.

I got to hold Leigh’s baby, Piper, when she was only four hours old, the newest baby I have ever seen in my life. She was so alert and oddly focused, with wide-open eyes that seemed much older than any newborn has a right to look: wise and serene, like an old soul. And I don’t care what you say, but when I told her I was going to write about her and her cousin Hayley in my next column, she smiled. She understood. Don’t you tell me she didn’t. That baby knows things.

When I first held Janna’s baby, Hayley, at one day old, I told her that her Aunt Leigh, who is a much nicer person than I can even pretend to be, was her good aunt, but that I, Aunt Mel, was her morally ambiguous aunt she could tell things to and have adventures with. And when I

said “morally ambiguous,” that baby smiled. Don’t you tell me she didn’t.

She is smart, and she is fierce, and I’m pretty sure she is going to be Trouble.

Lord help the parents when these two cousins are old enough to scheme together.

As for me, my cookie recipes are ready, and I am compiling a list of Wise Words to Live By. All I need now is for the two babies to be able to eat solid foods and process thoughts.

Hayley clearly wants the cookies—she cut her first tooth at four months old.

Advanced, I say! And Piper already appears capable of giving her own advice, if she could only speak.

I also have a list of great books for all four children to read, and I very much look forward to contributing to their literary education and enjoyment.

And of course Little Women is on the list. Just like sister-friends— and their children—it’s an instant, immortal, and beloved classic.

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Jeffrey Smith Warns Against GMOs

by Linda Sechrist

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effrey Smith is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, author of Seeds of Deception and director of the documentary Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives. Smith and his organization’s Campaign for Healthier Eating in America are spearheading consumer rejection of genetically modified foods (GM/GMO) in order to force them off the market.

What basics should everyone know about GMOs?

Genetic engineering is different from traditional crossbreeding. In engineering six major GMO crops—soy, corn, cotton, canola, sugar beets and alfalfa—a gene from a virus or bacteria was forced into the DNA of the plants.

Derivatives such as soy lecithin, soy protein, high-fructose corn syrup and sugar (unless labeled as cane sugar) are in the vast majority of processed foods.

How did GMO foods invade grocery shelves?

Many U.S. consumers mistakenly believe that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves GMO crops only after careful study. Instead, the agency claimed it wasn’t aware of any significant difference from other food crops and declared safety testing unnecessary. In reality, according to FDA documents later made public in a lawsuit, the consensus among FDA scientists was that GMOs were different and dangerous and needed rigorous,

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long-term testing to prevent allergies, toxins, new diseases and nutritional problems.

When the agency was ordered to promote biotechnology as a way to increase U.S. food exports, the FDA responded by creating a new position of Deputy Commissioner of Policy for Michael R. Taylor, a former Monsanto attorney. He later became a Monsanto vice president and is now back at the FDA as the U.S. food safety czar.

Why is Roundup, Monsanto’s weed killer for GMO crops, so toxic?

Monsanto portrays Roundup as a benevolent herbicide. This is a lie. Glyphosate, its active patented ingredient, alters biochemical pathways in the body. Scientists such as Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff have linked glyphosate to numerous diseases and disorders, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, gluten sensitivity, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, depression, autism and reproductive disorders. In March, the World Health Organization declared it a probable carcinogen.

How can we avoid unlabeled GMO foods?

Eat organic foods, which are not allowed to contain GM ingredients, or products that are labeled non-GMO, or those that don’t contain derivatives of the current nine GMO food crops, which now include some zucchini,

yellow squash and papaya grown in Hawaii or China. Any packaged grocery product not labeled “Non-GMO” or “Organic” is likely to contain at least one GMO; this includes meat and dairy products, from animals that have eaten GM feed.

NonGMOShoppingGuide. com is a reliable resource that lists about 30,000 non-GMO products. A non-GMO diet is recommended by thousands of doctors, as well as the American Academy of Environmental Medicine.

What more can we do to eradicate GMOs?

We are in control, not government agencies. I believe that promoting a stronger message—that GMOs are dangerous and should be avoided— would better serve consumers and the food-labeling movement. High-profile campaigns will continue educating consumers about the dangers of GMOs and the necessity of rejecting them in favor of healthier non-GMO choices, especially for children who are most at risk.

The desired result is that food companies will feel the loss of profits and remove GMOs as a liability. The tipping point in the U.S. is almost here. In 2013, the president of Whole Foods announced that when a product becomes verified as non-GMO, sales leap by 15 to 30 percent. Thousands of natural product brands were immediately enrolled for verification.

Now conventional brands such as Post Foods’ Grape Nuts, Target’s Simply Balanced brand, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Chipotle’s restaurant menu are GMO-free. General Mills stopped using GMO beet sugar in Cheerios.

When the rest of the food industry sees these non-GMO-labeled products increase in sales in conventional supermarkets, they will be forced to eliminate GMOs as well, to protect their market share.

Visit ResponsibleTechnology.org and GeneticRouletteMovie.com to educate everyone about the dangers of GMOs. Connect with writer Linda Sechrist at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

Living in a Toxin Free Body and Home

by Nuris Lemire, MS, OTR/L, NC

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he choice today is: Do I continue on this path to disease and premature death? Or is today the day that I choose to stand and take responsibility for my own health?

Why is there so much discussion about detoxing? Can it be because we live in a toxic world? When you look around, you see toxic waters, polluted by runoff from industrial farms; the outdoor air polluted by power plants, automobiles, crop spraying, etc.

And if you think your indoor air is safe, think again. Dust mites, mold spores, bacteria, allergens, airborne viruses, and fumes from carpet and furniture fibers can harm you. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “The air we breathe indoors is 7 times more polluted than our outdoor air. More than 95% of particles in the air are smaller than one micron (1/25,000th of an inch).

Dr. W. Lee Cowden said, “Many are not aware of the detrimental impact of toxins in our lives, until we begin to remove them from our bodies and homes. Then we realize that toxins are the reason we have been deeply fatigued, or wandering around in a fog, forgetting appointments, having recurring headaches, backaches, and stomach aches. Or they are the reason we are hostile or short tempered with friends and family, suffering from hormonal imbalances, tossing and turning at night … chugging down big mugs of coffee, difficulty with digesting foods, feeling bloated, sluggish, etc.”

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Recent studies have shown that up to 80% of disease today is related to toxicity in the body. The average woman wears nearly 515 chemicals a day.

Toxicity is also the major culprit behind these issues: Exhaustion, slow metabolism, low energy, brain fog, chronic fatigue, digestive issues, leaky gut, constipation, diarrhea, allergies, skin blemishes, hormone imbalances, cellulite, thyroid problems, insomnia, high cholesterol, poor concentration, low libido, high blood pressure, aches and pains, obesity, cancer, anemia, Alzheimer’s. These are just some of the most common conditions that we see daily.

The list can go on and on. You get the idea by now that much of what the population is dealing with has a root issue of inflammation and toxins.

How many symptoms can you identify with?

Detoxifying turns on the lights!

A new zest for life emerges, and we experience

mental clarity and sharpness. This happens as result of opening up the sewer systems of the body (the liver, kidneys, colon and lymphatics).

This is very helpful for patients who demonstrate multiple symptoms that are complicated, vague and difficult to diagnose.

The next question to ask yourself is: What is under your sink?

Do you find a mix of grease cleaners, window cleaners, oven cleaner, scouring powder, dishwashing products, plug-ins, air fresheners, furniture and metal polish? All these can be substituted with simple nontoxic cleaning supplies like baking soda, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, coconut oil, borax, Himalayan salt, and essential oils.

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Align with Goodness Tap Into the Field of Infinite Possibility

by Deborah Shouse

“Something amazingly awesome is going to happen to me today.”

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hese are the first words Pam Grout speaks when she rises every morning before dancing her way into the bathroom. She plays a favorite uplifting tune such as Pharrell William’s Happy or Abba’s Dancing Queen and creates a sassy choreography complete with fist pumps, joyous jumps and a little rhythmic strutting.

Her easy positive actions take no longer than it would to worry, “How will I get everything done today?” and then trudging into the bathroom feeling fatigued and overwhelmed. Plus, Grout’s playful attitude makes a big difference in the rest of the day’s outcomes.

Grout is the author of two internationally bestselling books, E-Squared and E-Cubed. Both offer readers multiple opportunities to experience a disarmingly simple outlook on life.

“There is an infinite force of potentiality in the universe that has our backs

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and wants to interact with us and guide us,” Grout believes. “There is no absolute reality; we create the reality that serves us and places our attention on what we most want.”

Letting Go of Doubt

Grout’s journey to a life filled with joy and miracles is ongoing. As a freelance writer, she initially struggled with self-doubt, wondering, “What do I, a kid from Kansas, have to offer a New York City editor?” and came face-to-face with fears about money. Even though she was earning a decent living, she was recycling her parents’ anxieties about not having enough. “I’m not good enough” was another party crasher.

When she began studying A Course in Miracles, Grout learned that consciousness creates the material world, and she learned the importance of self-compassion. She examined her

staunch beliefs, questioning if they were true, and let go of the tiresome stories of inadequacy and worry. She began focusing on life’s blessings and noticed how concentrating on the good made life happier and more dynamic. Then she started to lay out simple intentions such as finding a good parking spot or uncovering a lost object. The results were immediate and intriguing.

This seeker of truth realized that to gain real spiritual growth, she needed to become more deliberate, so she designed a scientific framework, set a clear intention, imposed a deadline and noted the results. “The results were so convincing that I decided to see if my experiments would work for other people,” Grout says. Before long, friends and acquaintances were manifesting all kinds of amazing things, and she decided to write about her theories. Ten years later, after a steep learning curve in the publishing world, her work became globally acclaimed.

Tapping a Joyful Reality of Miracles

“This little book will prove to you once and for all that your thoughts have power, and that a field of infinite possibilities awaits your claim,” the author writes in E-Squared. “It will help you rewrite the outdated thinking that drives your life.”

Nine easy energy experiments will prove that the “field of potentiality,” as Grout calls it, is dependable, predictable and available to all. She equates our connection with the field to plugging in a toaster. We know the energy field is there, but we need to consciously “plug in” to use it.

Grout details powerful spiritual principles that help us make everyday life richer, more meaningful and more fun. Part of her “new curriculum” includes: n Reality is waves of possibility that we have “observed” into form.

n We are an energy field, connected with everything and everyone in the universe. n Our universe connection provides accurate and unlimited guidance. n Whatever we focus on expands. n The universe is limitless, abundant and surprisingly accommodating.

“Believe in your bones that the universe is bountiful and supportive,” encourages Grout, asking us to first give the “field” 48 hours to send an unexpected gift. Don’t specify the gift, but just ask to receive and recognize the blessing. Set a deadline and then watch what unfolds.

Making Dreams Come True

Making our dreams a reality for us is not only possible, it’s probable. The key is opening our hearts to the beneficent universe. “If you want to know what will happen in your life, listen to the words coming out of your mouth,” Grout advises.

If we are deluged with negative thoughts, stop and notice all that is right in our world. Ask the universe for help in shedding dark ruminations.

When we replace poor images with positive affirming thoughts, our lives become more magical and enjoyable.

Grout encourages her readers to invoke two words when life feels chaotic and out of control: “It’s okay,” which allows the loving flow of the universe to do the heavy lifting. Concentrating on living our joys equips us to help ourselves and others.

Grout queries, “Since we are creating our reality, why not create the possibilities that bring us closer to our life’s purpose and higher self?”

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Interferences and Blockages to Healing: Dominant Foci

by Dr. Michael J. Badanek, DC, BS, CNS, DACBN, DCBCN, MSGR/CHEV

Dominant focus defined

A dominant focus is an area of chronic disturbance in the body that frequently goes undiagnosed because it typically causes no obvious localized symptoms. The most common dominant foci are teeth, tonsils and scars.

What makes foci so particularly insidious and difficult to detect is that although they are usually asymptomatic locally, they can cause pain or dysfunction in other seemingly unrelated areas of the body, often quite a distance from the focal site. The areas that are secondarily disturbed by a focus are referred to as disturbed fields.

For example, someone may be prescribed a whole host of palliative anti-inflammatory drugs for arthritic and painful joints (the disturbed fields), but the true cause of the chronic pain—a tonsil focus—usually goes undetected for years if at all. Or a man may become desperate enough to submit to prostate surgery to alleviate difficult urination symptoms, when the primary cause of his prostate disturbed field is actually a failed root canal. Thus, modern medicine often misses the mark by concentrating on relieving the symptoms of a disturbed field, rather than treating the true cause of the problem, the dominant focus.

Foci have a major historical precedent

Most modern-day conventional medical doctors have never heard of the terms “dominant focus” or “interference field,” or of the therapies that are employed to treat them. In fact, even most holistic doctors and practitioners do not know how to accurately diagnose and treat chronic foci.

However, like the term “miasm,” the word “focus” is not really so obscure—it’s just been forgotten. The prominent place this term once played in medical diagnosis is well evidenced by the appropriate definition of a focus from a recent edition of Dorland’s Medical Dictionary: A focus is “the starting point of a disease process.” Another descriptive definition comes from Webster’s Dictionary: A focus is “a part of the body where a disease process, as an infection, tumor, etc. … is localized or most active.”

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“Focus” and “interference field” are synonyms

This silent irritating thorn that initiates disturbance elsewhere is primarily referred to as a “focus” or “focal infection” in America, and as an “interference field” by most Europeans.

The word “focus” is descriptive of the fact that a very specific and localized area, such as a knee surgery scar or a single tooth, can be the primary focal or starting point of the problem, whereas “interference field” characterizes the obstruction to normal nerve conductivity that these scars and chronic subclinical infections cause.

The term “foci” or “dominant focus” will be the most commonly employed term to describe all types of foci. However, when referring to a focal region that is chronically infected, such as the teeth or tonsils, the more specific term “focal infection” will often be utilized.

Further, when describing scar tissue (externally or internally) that is blocking normal nerve and energy flow, the term “interference field” may be used. These two major types of foci/chronic interference fields and chronic focal infectionsare described in more detail below.

Scar interference fields

Scars on the external as well as the internal parts of the body are often completely asymptomatic. However, surgical scars from appendectomies, tonsillectomies, hysterectomies, episiotomies and so forth are commonly diagnosed as chronic interference fields. Further, irritating scars from surgeries to repair traumatized tissue such as torn ligaments in the knee, compound fractures, and stitches for deep cuts are also typical interference fields.

Non-surgical scars that do not heal well can also become chronic interference fields over time, such as cuts and tears (without stitches), severe bruises, major wounds (puncture, crushing, etc.) and even scars formed from past skin infections (cystic acne, boils, abscesses, etc.) especially when they were highly charged emotionally, such as in the case with acne.

The internal scarring to organs, bones and tissues from surgery, trauma or chronic infection can also act as chronic interference fields although no visible scar shows on the skin. For example, blows to the head are common interference fields, and even more insidious than external scars since they are both invisible in the scalp and buried under the hair.

Thus, whether scar interference fields are visible on the external skin or invisible in the deeper tissues, they can both act as interference fields and chronically, yet quite silently, disturb the body. In contrast to focal infections,

however, scars are not areas of active and chronic infection.

Focal infections

A dominant focus can also generate bacteria and other microbes that continuously spread, or metastasize, throughout the body, chiefly via blood and lymphatic channels, as well as along nerve fibers. Teeth and tonsils are the most typical areas where focal infections are found. Other sites include the sinuses, appendix, and genital organs, primarily the cervix and the prostate.

Further, over time, the chronic inflammation and infection occurring in a focal infection degenerates tissues and creates scar formation.

This scar tissue does not show on the skin, but its presence in the underlying deeper tissues is just as damaging to the body as a whole.

Therefore, teeth, tonsils, sinuses, prostate, uterine, and other focal infections eventually also act as scar interference fields.

Dominant vs. significant foci

In the German electroacupuncture (EAV) testing methods, the term “dominant” has classically been used to describe a focus that is “a major disturbance in the body.” This most often includes abscessed teeth (which often are relatively pain-free), infected tonsils, and large and/ or (unconsciously) emotionally upsetting scars from surgeries or serious injuries. The term “significant focus” has been used to describe foci that are less of an issue, or that have been mitigated through treatment. For example, a former dominant tonsil focus might later be referred to as a significant focus after several treatments.

An appendix focus example

For further clarification, let’s take an example of a classic dominant focus: an appendix scar. Most people experience no pain or other symptoms from an appendix scar; however, appendix scars are notorious among practitioners who commonly treat foci for causing right hip and low back pain (the disturbed fields). These interference fields also typically irritate the intestine, inducing irritable bowel-like symptoms such as gas, bloating, and alternating diarrhea and constipation. Further, appendix scars, as well as other foci, also cause disturbance in areas quite remote from their focal site of origin.

Although he appendix is in the lower right abdominal region, the brain is a common appendix scar-induced disturbed field, triggering such symptoms as chronic insomnia, headaches, or intermittent depression. ©2015 Michael Badanek. If you or any other family members are suffering from health challenges, call Dr. Badanek for a courtesy consultation. Dr. Badanek has been in private practice in Marion County since 1981 and is dedicated to finding and treating the root causes of disease and not just masking symptoms. Schedule an appointment by calling 352-622-1151. Visit www.alternativewholistichealth.com.

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FOOD GLEANING Harvesting Leftovers Feeds the Hungry

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mericans annually discard more food than plastic—35 million tons in 2012—an amount that’s tripled since 1960, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Most of the waste is fruits and vegetables, seafood, grains, meat and milk. Since waste starts in the fields before it compounds via restaurants, grocers and families, the easiest starting point to reverse this trend is with farmers.

“Farming’s a high-risk business. Farmers can’t predict weather, sales or equipment problems, so extra is grown,” explains Laurie Caldwell, executive director of Boston Area Gleaners, in Waltham, Massachusetts. “Up to 20 percent of U.S.-grown food isn’t harvested. Gleaners save what’s left behind for hungry people in need.”

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“Income disparity, economic vulnerability and lack of knowledge leads to unhealthy choices,” adds Caldwell.

“The negative consequences become a community burden.” Countering the problem, “We’ve seen a shift in priorities, with food pantries offering fresh, quality food and educating both staff and recipients,” she reports. In 2014, Boston Area Gleaners harvested 34 farms, contributing 177,000 pounds of primarily vegetables encompassing 60 varieties.

California’s fruit is abundant because of the state’s yearround growing season. Until the 1960s and the advent of

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Silicon Valley, this was the world’s largest fruit-producing region. Some of its current apple trees date back to the Gold Rush days. “We glean backyards and orchards here,” says Craig Diserens, executive director of Village Harvest, in San Jose. “Apples, pears, cherries, peaches, plums and apricots, plus citrus fruits—it’s ladderless picking, to protect both volunteers and trees.” Telescoping tools pluck out-ofreach fruit. The nonprofit gleans 15 to 20 times a month via volunteers ages 5 to 90. In 2013, its Harvesting for the Hungry program distributed 245,000 pounds of fruit.

The Feeding America West Michigan food bank, headquartered in Comstock, provides more than produce, with donations from manufacturers, wholesalers, restaurants and stores adding meat, dairy, frozen foods and bread. Volunteers repackage donations into usable sizes; do clerical work; pick produce; and sort, pack, store and deliver food.

While most of the nonprofit’s yield is distributed through 1,100 food pantries, shelters and soup kitchens, many can’t store perishables. Working with churches, schools and community centers, the organization’s mobile units deliver fresh food directly to recipients, often the same day it is donated. Each unit can carry food for 100 to 200 families. This local Feeding America outreach group serves an estimated 492,000 people each year.

The Society of St. Andrew often rescues the “ugly” produce—potatoes not well-shaped for chips, oversized peaches, too-long green beans, too-ripe strawberries and

apples that aren’t picture perfect. “Farmers get a tax benefit and people get fresh food,” says Bruce Oland, the Triangle Area coordinator in North Carolina. “Farmers let us know when they’ll harvest a crop and we have a few days to glean what’s left before they replant. We pick anything edible—kale, lettuce, tomatoes, cantaloupe and lots of sweet potatoes.” In a single harvested field, volunteers have gleaned seven tons of sweet potatoes.

The society’s gleaning and feeding ministry has regional offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additional areas are located in Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio and Pennsylvania (see EndHunger.org).

Jason Brown, a former St. Louis Rams’ center with a five-year, $37 million contract, traded his cleats for a tractor.

Now in Louisburg, North Carolina, he calls First Fruits Farm home and plans to donate the first fruits of every harvest to food pantries. He learned about farming from YouTube videos, computer searches and other farmers. The first crop on five acres yielded 100,000 pounds of sweet potatoes; Brown gave it all away. With 1,000 acres to farm, he’s set to tackle hunger big time.

It doesn’t require a big time commitment to help feed the hungry. Backyard gardeners can start by planting an extra row (Tinyurl.com/PlantRowForHungry). Since its inception in 1995, the Plant a Row program has collectively turned 20 million pounds of produce into 80 million meals.

Offer to pick a neighbor’s excess produce or herbs, and then check with others nearby. Get the kids involved.

Volunteer at or make a donation to a soup kitchen. Gather a group of friends, family, members of an organization or congregation to glean or repackage produce one day a month. If a local food pantry can’t accept perishables, leverage social media to spread the word about which day free food will be available at a church or school. Everyone can help. No one should go to bed hungry.

Connect with freelance writer Avery Mack at AveryMack@ mindspring.com.

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Meet the Doctor, Patient Education Seminar. Free, 6pm. Learn what we do, why, and ask questions. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-2919459, www.LemireClinic.com.

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Overview of Energy Medicine: EFT/ Emotions Codes for Healing. 6pm, free. It’s important to heal the emotions in order to heal the physical. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

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Reiki Level 2 with Cindy Zsolnai, PhD, Reiki Master. 12-5pm, $100, or $125 with massage CEUs. Call Cindy at 904-8065109 to register. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. 386454-8657,www.highspringsemporium.net.

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Psychic Readings and Sound Healing with Rev. Steve Henry. 12-5pm, $35 for 1/2 hour, $60 for full hour. Call to sign up.

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* Meditation and Lesson: Positive, Practical Christianity., 10am. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd., Ocala, 352-687-2113, www.UnityOcala.org.

* Unity Service, 10am. Our transformational message focus is on oneness, sustainability, the use of prayer, the power of your imagination and remembering who you are and why you are here.

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* Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families meeting, 6:30-8pm. Free. Open to all adults who grew-up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family and need to work to improve emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. Held at Soul Essentials, 805 E. Fort King Street, Ocala. For additional information: onestepforward52@outlook.com.

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