Fair Trade Food is Obtained Ethically If you tend to shop in health food stores, you have probably noticed more and more food  labeled  “Fair Trade” over the past few years. Originally, Fair Trade labeling was used mostly on coffee products. Now, Fair Trade products are encompassing everything from foods such as tea, coffee, and chocolate, to body care products. In fact, there are quite a few companies using Fair Trade agreements, importing many types of items from developing nations.  A few years ago I was in a lovely store in British Columbia that carried nothing...

A Health Miracle in Your Kitchen Cupboard Did you know that sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) can help cure a cold, prevent kidney stones and urinary tract infections, and may even be a potential treatment for some forms of cancer?    If these things are true, why don’t we all know about it?  Well, apparently we did.   Baking soda was once a go-to remedy for many ailments.  Of course that was before the we became prisoners to the pharmaceutical industry…. Baking Soda Can Remedy Health Conditions Baking soda may be one of the most useful substances...

Why Chickens Need Antibiotics There was big news this week when America’s third largest poultry producer, Perdue Farms,  announced at a press conference in Washington, DC, that they were completely stopping the use of antibiotics in all chicken hatcheries. It is excellent to hear that pressure from  advocacy groups, consumers and alternative health media is making a difference in the food industry. Like confined cattle, poultry farms are quite barbaric. That is why antibiotics are used in the first place. The unsanitary conditions that animals and poultry live in creates disease. Antibiotics are required to keep...