We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Processed Food: Trick or Treat?

Click here to access article by Bruce Bradley from his blog.

Do you eat corporate manufactured food that's labeled "all natural"? Well, you might not want to continue doing so after reading this article by a former employee of food manufacturers who knows of what he writes. It seems that profit seeking corporations are once again playing deceptive games when they describe their concoctions as "all natural". Well, they might be natural, but would you really want to eat food made with some of the ingredients they put into them?
What’s so infuriating about these ingredients is how they can lurk in your food and you may not even know it. Whether they’re disguised as natural flavors, enzymes, glazes, or colors, you deserve to know if they’re in your food, right? Unfortunately big food companies disagree.
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