The 17th Many Winters Gathering of Elders

October 12-15 at Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA The Many Winters Gathering of Elders (MWGOE) Organizing Committee is excited to announce its 17th MWGOE, scheduled for Thursday, October 12 through Sunday, October 15, from 11 am to 6 pm at Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) in San Pedro, CA on Gabrielino-Tongva territory. The MWGOE is a four-day gathering where Native/Indigenous Elders and knowledge-keepers from across the country gather to share [...]

By |2023-10-01T00:33:40-05:00October 1st, 2023|Ecology, Events, Food, Historical, Indigenous Nations|0 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Climate Change and Cultivated Meat

To the editor, If our political leaders are serious about addressing the climate crisis, they should support increased public funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who aren’t familiar with the term, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. It requires a fraction of the greenhouse-gas emissions that raising livestock does. While the Food and Drug Administration recently gave its approval to the new protein, further technological development is needed so [...]

Taste of Soul Came Back to Crenshaw

Taste of Soul LA 2022 by Nia Asante Where else can one find all in one place skate boarders and grandmothers; toddlers and teachers; ball players and bakers; concert goers and church members; ministers and musicians and oh yeah, THE BEST SOUL FOOD IN LA!? No better place does all this come together with some of the most phenomenal family fun. Nowhere else but one of the most legendary streets in the [...]

9 Bugs to Eat in a Survival Situation (And 4 You Want to Avoid)

If you’re stranded and just finished your last granola bar, you might want to give one of these insects a try… https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/survival/insects-to-eat-in-survival-situation/ By Bill Heavey Excerpt: If you have to eat grubs in a survival situation, roast them. They’re kind of gross and slimy, but in a survival scenario they’ll do. Pick apart rotting logs and look through leaf litter. Roasting the little suckers is a preferred method of preparation.   A [...]

The Best Blood Sugar Support Supplements

Ingredients You Need To Look For In A Blood Sugar Supplement https://us.consumerguide.info/top-5-blood-sugar-support-supplements/ 1: Chromium is absolutely essential when it comes to controlling blood sugar levels and works by aiding the action of insulin in the body. 2 Alpha Lipoic Acid In addition to its strong antioxidant properties and promotion of healthy nerve function, Alpha Lipoic Acid lowers the risk of heart disease. 3 Cinnamon Bark Extract There are two different types of [...]

Letter to the Editor: Cultivated Meat

To the editor, I was happy to learn the San Francisco-based company Eat Just is planning to build the world’s biggest cultivated-meat factory in the United States. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. The planned facility will have ten 250,000-liter bioreactors, capable of producing 30-million pounds of this revolutionary protein every year. Despite such amazing progress in the private sector, more federal funding for [...]

By |2022-07-02T01:57:53-05:00July 2nd, 2022|Food, Health, Letters to the Editor|0 Comments

Lamprey, Sea Vampires, Concentrate PFAS Military Poisons

Sea Lampreys are the leeches of the sea; they suck blood from other marine life forms. As a result, they concentrate PFAS, highly toxic flame retardant chemicals of which the US military is probably the largest polluter, that are poisoning other fish, much as fish high on the marine food chain concentrate toxic mercury from the other fish they consume. https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/vampire-fish-have-lots-of-pfas The Sea Lamprey attaches to fish with its suction cup mouth, [...]

Vegan States of America

Want to Know How “Vegan” Each State Is? Look at the 2020 US Presidential Election Results  [2021 Study] by Natasha Spencer <natasha@totalshape.com> https://totalshape.com/ Our latest research into veganism in America has revealed a surprising link between politics and how vegan-friendly individual States are. Our research team was collecting data from all 50 states to come up with a definitive list of the most vegan states of 2021. And we started noticing that [...]

By |2022-02-01T16:18:51-05:00February 1st, 2022|Biden, Donald Trump, Elections, Food, Health, Health, News, Politics|0 Comments

Health Corner: Foods to Help You Sleep

The best foods and Supplements to assist in sleeping well   https://getpocket.com/explore/item/sleep-the-best-and-worst-foods-to-eat-before-bed?utm_source=pocket-newtab ~~~~~~~~~ Serotonin is the key hormone that stabilizes our mood, feelings of well-being, and happiness. This hormone impacts your entire body. It enables brain cells and other nervous system cells to communicate with each other. Serotonin also helps with sleeping, eating, and digestion. This hormone (and neurotransmitter) helps regulate your mood as well as your sleep, appetite, digestion, learning ability, [...]

By |2022-01-01T01:26:00-05:00January 1st, 2022|Bella De Soto, Features, Food, Health, Health, Recipes|0 Comments

November 7 Interfaith Networking to End Systemic Racism

Creating a Faith-Based Network Against Racism If racism and the way it’s embedded in our society and systems troubles your soul, please join ICUJP online via Zoom, Sunday, November 7, 4-6:00 pm PST. Register here now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMud-GqqTkjGNdhFRuOsFzAODLX4s49vl1d ICUJP’s Program Committee is calling together faith centers, activist organizations, and individuals to create an ongoing faith-based network to end systemic racism. We hope to reinforce each other’s work and help build a critical mass [...]

Another Honey Bee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply

https://petpedia.co/bee-statistics/ Did you know that if the bees disappeared, it would leave us with minimal food sources at skyrocketing prices? Bee statistics reveal that these creatures may be small, but they’re some of the most essential little workers in the world. Most Crucial Bee Statistics and Facts to Know There’s a 2.96 million decline in honey bee colonies over the years in the US. US beekeepers lost an average of 40% of [...]

Vegans Should Eat Eggs

by Anaïs Schlienger https://medium.com/illumination/why-vegans-should-eat-eggs-49a140d0f8e0 Excerpts: How did I come to this realization? My father has hens, he lives in a small city and has a big garden. He loves his hens with all his heart. He cooks rice especially for them, takes the time to chop the vegetables’ peelings for them and adds oats in their food. They are the happiest as they can be. Every day, or every two days, a [...]

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