Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Truth-in-Labeling
Millions Against Monsanto and Factory Farms
Organizing a Grassroots Truth-in-Labeling Campaign in Your Community
By Ronnie Cummins
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22362.cfm
"Monsanto and its similar counterparts are uneasy that North American consumers, like their European and Japanese counterparts, are wary and suspicious of genetically modified (GM) or engineered (GE) foods; as well as the filthy, disease-ridden animal factories (typically maintained by exploited immigrant labor) where GM grains and drugs are forced-fed to most of the nation's livestock and poultry. The biotech industry and the industrial agriculture lobby are painfully aware that every poll over the past two decades has shown that 85-95% of American consumers want mandatory labels on GM foods. They are also aware that most consumers are disgusted and alarmed once they get a glimpse in the media of the animal prisons and torture chambers the EPA euphemistically calls CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations).
This is why Monsanto, grocery store chains, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association adamantly oppose labels on GM foods or foods that come from CAFO animal factories. They know, just as we do, that millions of consumers are still "in the dark" about how "conventional" foods - especially the cheaper brands of animal products, processed and fast food - are produced. They know, just as we do, that millions of American consumers will shun or boycott products that are truthfully labeled in grocery stores as "May Contain GMOs" or "CAFO."
Organizing a Grassroots Truth-in-Labeling Campaign in Your Community
By Ronnie Cummins
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_22362.cfm
"Monsanto and its similar counterparts are uneasy that North American consumers, like their European and Japanese counterparts, are wary and suspicious of genetically modified (GM) or engineered (GE) foods; as well as the filthy, disease-ridden animal factories (typically maintained by exploited immigrant labor) where GM grains and drugs are forced-fed to most of the nation's livestock and poultry. The biotech industry and the industrial agriculture lobby are painfully aware that every poll over the past two decades has shown that 85-95% of American consumers want mandatory labels on GM foods. They are also aware that most consumers are disgusted and alarmed once they get a glimpse in the media of the animal prisons and torture chambers the EPA euphemistically calls CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations).
This is why Monsanto, grocery store chains, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association adamantly oppose labels on GM foods or foods that come from CAFO animal factories. They know, just as we do, that millions of consumers are still "in the dark" about how "conventional" foods - especially the cheaper brands of animal products, processed and fast food - are produced. They know, just as we do, that millions of American consumers will shun or boycott products that are truthfully labeled in grocery stores as "May Contain GMOs" or "CAFO."
Oregonians: Learn How to Help Ban GMOs In Your Area
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Would you like to learn how to protect your community from corporations and their fracking, sewage sludge, factory farm and GMO crop operations?Monday, July 29, 2013
LEAKED: Proof the Red Cross Cured 154 Malaria Cases with MMS
Following Text and vid taken from YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrwZN1cPfX8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFrwZN1cPfX8
This video (link above) proves that the Red Cross did a field test showing malaria was cured using MMS (sodium chlorite+activating acid producing chlorine dioxide) with a 100% success rate in 154 cases within 24-48 hours. This formerly hidden video was kept from the public for over 5 months until recently discovered.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS VIDEO CAN NOT BE OVERSTATED! WHY?
The Red Cross staff administering the malaria treatment was thrilled by the success of the test. However, the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC - the parent organization) was not thrilled at all. When Leo Koehof released his version of a video documenting the same field test, the IFRC came out with a statement saying, "IFRC strongly dissociates from the claim of a 'miracle' solution to defeat malaria". In addition, weeks and months after the completion of the test, Klaas Proesmans, the narrator of the video, did everything he could to keep the results secret. Note: Proesmans is the Founder and CEO of the "Water Reference Center" which is affiliated with the Red Cross.
Since the late 90s, Jim Humble has been telling the world that MMS safely cures malaria in his books, websites, videos, etc. Many doctors have acknowledged the truth of this claim, but few are willing to say so publically for fear of losing their medical licenses. Since Humble started proclaiming his malaria cure, there has been an active mis-information campaign running to destroy his reputation and claims. This field test vindicates Humble's claims.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:
This version of the video includes an introduction by Jim Humble, and followed with comments by Leo Koehof, the person who trained the Red Cross staff on the proper treatment protocol and is seen numerous times in the video. Koehof also produced his own video that he released before this one came to light ().
5:25 -- Klaas Proesmans talks about how he came across several interesting technologies in the field of water, health and energy, including sodium chlorite.
6:07 -- Klaas Proesmans: "It has been said and written that the use of sodium chlorite cleans the body within one hour to four hours of the malaria parasite. That was too good to be true not to go further and do an investigation..."
7:19 -- The waving flag of the "Uganda Red Cross Society" clearly shown at the field test site.
9:55 -- Leo Koehof speaking at the clinic to Proesmans and staff that he just received test results back from the local jail where prisoners were treated for malaria and cured within 24 hours.
10:43 -- Klaas Proesmans: "In total we identified 154 malaria positive patients, together with the local health {authorities} or the doctors. All of them were treated. All of them were, between 24 hours and 48 hours, malaria negative... without any side effects!"
11:07 -- Hannington Segirinya, Former Uganda Red Cross Youth Council President: "I'm so much impressed by this water. It's so unbelievable. From, a layman's view, you may think it's impossible. But, I... It's very possible. I've seen people healed. Looks like there are results from yesterday and seeing the results of today after taking the water. It's super impressive."
12:35 -- Vincent Okonera, URCS (Uganda Red Cross) Senior Branch Manager, Iganga: "I'm excited because of the instant results that are happening among all the people that we have so far tested. It is incredible... unbelievable to see that some were tested of malaria positive yesterday... turns up to be negative today, and feels quite extremely better and more happier and healthier. So, to me this is a very good partnership... and I feel that... if there is opportunity to increase this to this communities, it will be so much of great impact and beneficial to us... to the health of these good people. "
13:30 -- Klaas Proesmans closing statement: "We closed the operation to report back to the Secretary General here in Uganda Red Cross Society. And, to report back to the Water Resource Center about the results of this field test. Now, all in all... a 100% cured people... less than 5 days... all within 24 hours to 48 hours! That asks for further investigation."
MORE INFO:
Facebook support group:
To insure that this information cannot be censored, please download and distribute the original videos located at:
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS VIDEO CAN NOT BE OVERSTATED! WHY?
The Red Cross staff administering the malaria treatment was thrilled by the success of the test. However, the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC - the parent organization) was not thrilled at all. When Leo Koehof released his version of a video documenting the same field test, the IFRC came out with a statement saying, "IFRC strongly dissociates from the claim of a 'miracle' solution to defeat malaria". In addition, weeks and months after the completion of the test, Klaas Proesmans, the narrator of the video, did everything he could to keep the results secret. Note: Proesmans is the Founder and CEO of the "Water Reference Center" which is affiliated with the Red Cross.
Since the late 90s, Jim Humble has been telling the world that MMS safely cures malaria in his books, websites, videos, etc. Many doctors have acknowledged the truth of this claim, but few are willing to say so publically for fear of losing their medical licenses. Since Humble started proclaiming his malaria cure, there has been an active mis-information campaign running to destroy his reputation and claims. This field test vindicates Humble's claims.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:
This version of the video includes an introduction by Jim Humble, and followed with comments by Leo Koehof, the person who trained the Red Cross staff on the proper treatment protocol and is seen numerous times in the video. Koehof also produced his own video that he released before this one came to light ().
5:25 -- Klaas Proesmans talks about how he came across several interesting technologies in the field of water, health and energy, including sodium chlorite.
6:07 -- Klaas Proesmans: "It has been said and written that the use of sodium chlorite cleans the body within one hour to four hours of the malaria parasite. That was too good to be true not to go further and do an investigation..."
7:19 -- The waving flag of the "Uganda Red Cross Society" clearly shown at the field test site.
9:55 -- Leo Koehof speaking at the clinic to Proesmans and staff that he just received test results back from the local jail where prisoners were treated for malaria and cured within 24 hours.
10:43 -- Klaas Proesmans: "In total we identified 154 malaria positive patients, together with the local health {authorities} or the doctors. All of them were treated. All of them were, between 24 hours and 48 hours, malaria negative... without any side effects!"
11:07 -- Hannington Segirinya, Former Uganda Red Cross Youth Council President: "I'm so much impressed by this water. It's so unbelievable. From, a layman's view, you may think it's impossible. But, I... It's very possible. I've seen people healed. Looks like there are results from yesterday and seeing the results of today after taking the water. It's super impressive."
12:35 -- Vincent Okonera, URCS (Uganda Red Cross) Senior Branch Manager, Iganga: "I'm excited because of the instant results that are happening among all the people that we have so far tested. It is incredible... unbelievable to see that some were tested of malaria positive yesterday... turns up to be negative today, and feels quite extremely better and more happier and healthier. So, to me this is a very good partnership... and I feel that... if there is opportunity to increase this to this communities, it will be so much of great impact and beneficial to us... to the health of these good people. "
13:30 -- Klaas Proesmans closing statement: "We closed the operation to report back to the Secretary General here in Uganda Red Cross Society. And, to report back to the Water Resource Center about the results of this field test. Now, all in all... a 100% cured people... less than 5 days... all within 24 hours to 48 hours! That asks for further investigation."
MORE INFO:
Facebook support group:
To insure that this information cannot be censored, please download and distribute the original videos located at:
Beer Suitable for Vegans!
Beer Companies That Do Not Use Animal Ingredients, Additives, or Processing Agents
(be advised, this is in NO WAY a complete list, as it is very difficult to research EVERY brewery or Ale house in the nation...but I will add to this already-researched list as I find out more info myself. ~ HR
Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Belk's Extra Special Bitter
Boont Amber Ale
Brother David’s Double
Brother David’s Triple
Deep Enders Dark Porter
High Rollers Wheat Beer
Hop Ottin' IPA
Horn of the Beer Barley Wine
Poleeko Gold Pale Ale
Winter Solstice—Select Ale
Anheuser-Busch
Bud Dry
Bud Light
Budweiser
Busch
Busch Light
Carlsberg
Carlsberg Light
Cold Filtered Budweiser Ice Draft
Elephant
Ice Draft Light
King Cobra Premium Malt Liquor
Michelob
Michelob Classic Dark
Michelob Dry
Michelob Light
Mich Golden Draft
Natural Light
Natural Pilsner
O’Doul’s Premium Non-Alcoholic Brew
Bayhawk Ales
Bayhawk Amber Ale
Bayhawk Beach Blonde
Bayhawk California Pale Ale
Bayhawk Hefe Weizen
Bayhawk O.C. Lager
Bayhawk Stout
Claim Jumper Hefe Weizen
Primo Hefe Weizen
Tommy Bahama Blonde
Tommy Bahama Brew
Beermann’s Beerwerks
Empire Pale Ale
Expedition IPA
Industrial Stout
Lincoln Lager
Rip Roarin’ Red
Summer Hefe Weizen
Brass Castle Brewery
Bad Kitty
Best Bitter
Cliffhanger
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel Brewpub
Bagpipes Scotch Ale
Blond Nativity Weizen German Wheat
Blond Rigor Mortis Abbey Triple
Brown Rigor Mortis Abbey Double
The Coal Vendor Rauchbier Smoked Ale
Dream Ship IPA
The Fog Drifter ESB
Gaelique Irish Cream Ale
Goddess of the Night Stout
The Key to Freedom Spicy Belgian Ale
Nativity Dunkel Weizen German Wheat
The Pagan Blond Ale
Paradis Wit
Poppycock Hemp Beer
The Resurrection Porter
September Belgian Wit
Spring Equinox Maple Scotch Ale
Summer Solstice Berlin Sour Wheat
Sunday Morning Mass German Ale
Winter Solstice Barley Wine
The Brewery at Lake Tahoe, Inc.
Alpine Amber
Bad Ass Ale
Indian Pale Ale
Needle Peak Ale
Paramount Porter
Prince of Pales
Washoe Wheat Ale
Bristol Brewing Company
India Pale Ale
Laughing Lab Ale
Mass Transit Ale
Red Rocket Pale Ale
Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout
California Cider Company
Ace Apple Cider
Ace Berry Cider
Ace Organic Cider
Ace Pear Cider
Golden Promise Organic Ale
Olde Suffolk
Vintage Ale
Welsh ESB
Wexford Irish Cream Ale
Capital Brewery
Autumnal Fire
Bavarian Lager
Blonde Doppelbock
Brown Ale
Capital 1900
Dark Doppelbock
Fest
Kloster Weizen
Maibock
Munich Dark
Oktoberfest
Special Pilsner
Weizen Doppelbock
Winter Skal
Wisconsin Amber
Capitol City Brewing Company
Amber Waves Ale
Bull Run Bitter
Capitol Kolsch
Nut Brown Ale
Pale Rider Ale
Prohibition Porter
St. Adrian’s Ale
City Steam Brewery Café
Belle Dock #4
Blonde Export Lager
City Steam Mild Ale
Colt Light Lager
Joan of Arc
My Funny Ballantine
The Naughty Nurse Pale Ale
Russian Imperial Stout
White Rabbit
Wolf Den Brew
Coeur d’Alene Brewing Company
Centennial Pale Ale
Coeur d’Alene Amber
Frozen Lake Winter Ale
Golden Ale
Huckleberry Ale
Lakeside British Ale
Polar Bear Stout
Pullman Porter
Rockford Bay IPA
Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company
Full Boar Scotch Ale
Lager Diabla
Red Sky Rye Ale
Silicon Blonde Ale
Thomas Morgan Amber Ale
Diamond Bear Brewing Company
Irish Red
Pale Ale
Southern Blonde
Ultra Blonde
Dunedin Brewery
Beach Tale Brown Ale
Celtic Gold Ale
Christmas Farm Ale
Leonard Croon’s Old Mean Stout
Oktoberfest Ale
Pipers Pale Ale
Redhead Red Ale
Elliott Bay Brewing Company
Alembic Pale
Blacktop Brown
Dark Star Porter
Demolition Strong Ale
Elliott Bay IPA
El Niño Fallfest Ale
Klondike Gold
Luna Weizen
Noale Holiday Ale
No Doubt Stout
Rockin’ Organic Rye
Rye Ask Rye Bock
Fat Cat Brewery Ltd.
Bunny’s Black & Tan
Fat Head IPA
Original Bohemian Pilsner
Pompous Pompadour Porter
Fishbowl Brew Pub/Fish Brewing Company
Blind Pig Dunkel Weizen Ale
Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale
Fish Tale Organic IPA
Friesian Pilsener
Hodgson’s IPA
Ingall’s ESB
Nosferatu Red Ale
Oktoberfest Bier
Snowblind Winter Warmer
Springing Bock Lager
Whistling Pig Wheat Ale
Golden Road Brewing
Burning Bush Smoked IPA
Either Side of the Hill
Get Up Offa That Brown
Golden Road Hefeweizen
Hudson Porter
Lost Its Way IPA
Point the Way IPA
Rye on the Palate
Schwartz Stout
Valentin
Goose Island Beer Company
Goose Island American Wheat
Goose Island Blonde Ale
Goose Island Christmas Ale
Goose Island Hex Nut Brown Ale
Goose Island Honkers Ale
Goose Island India Pale Ale
Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale
Goose Island Oatmeal Stout
Goose Island Octoberfest
Goose Island Pilsner
Gulf Islands Brewery
Heatherdale Ale
Mayne Sail Ale
Pender Island Porter
Salt Spring Golden Ale
Salty Isle Stout
Whale Tale Ale
Hal & Mal’s
Bandit Amber
Half Moon Light
Mundt’s Scottish Ale
Pearl River Pale Ale
Pilsner Prospere
Trophy Buck Stout
Zita Vienna Lager
Hastings Brewery
Hastings Best
Hastings Blonde
Hastings Pale Ale
Hastings Porter
Lagunitas Brewing Company Brown Sugga
Hairy Eyeball
Imperial Stout
IPA #10
Maximus
Octoberfest Amber
Old Ale
Pale Equinox
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Cattail Ale
Cream City Pale Ale
East Side Dark
Foel Café Coffee Stout
Klisch Pilsner
Lakefront Big Easy
Lakefront Holiday Spice
Lakefront Oktoberfest
Lakefront White
Organic ESB
Pumpkin Lager
Riverwest Stein Beer
(Yay Humboldt County! You made the list!):
Lost Coast Brewery
Alleycat Amber
Downtown Brown
Eight-Ball Stout
Great White
Indica IPA
Lost Coast Apricot Wheat
Lost Coast Harvest Wheat
Lost Coast Pale Ale
Raspberry Brown
Winterbraun
Mad River Brewing Company
Jamaica Red
John Barleycorn Barley Wine
Steelhead Extra Pale Ale
Steelhead Extra Stout
Steelhead Scotch Porter
West Indies IPA
Maplewood Farms Restaurant & Brewery
Achilles Ale
Amethyst Porter
Bobo’s Brown
Creamery Lane Amber
Dante’s Hells
Fat Dog Stout
Fort River Pale Ale
Hop Brook IPA
Imperialist Pig
Island Ginger Beer
Minuteman Gold
My Favorite Marzen
Puffers Pilsner
T-Rex’s Root Beer
Market Cross Pub & Brewery
Market Cross Red Ale
Old Yeller IPA
Pub Porter
The Merchant Ale House
Anniversary Mild Ale
Drunken Monkey Oatmeal Stout
Extra Special Bitter
Nelson Brewing Company
Blackheart Oatmeal Stout
Centennial Special Bitter
Faceplant Winter Ale
Nelson After Dark
Old Brewery Pale Ale
Paddywhack IPA
North Coast Brewing Company
Acme Brown Ale
Acme IPA
Acme Pale Ale
Blue Star Wheat Beer
Old No. 38
Old Rasputin
Old Stock Ale
Pranqster
Red Seal Ale
Scrimshaw Beer
Oaken Barrel Brewing Company
Gnaw Bone Pale Ale
Indiana Amber
King Rudi Hefe-Weissbier
Meridian St. Lager
Razz-Wheat
Snake Pit Porter
Odell Brewing Company90 Shilling
Bobby
Cutthroat Pale Ale
Cutthroat Porter
Easy Street Wheat
Isolation Ale
Levity Golden Amber
Northwest Pale Ale
Riley’s Red
The Olde Burnside Brewing Company
Dirty Penny Ale
Father Christmas
Highland Ale
Highland Fling Spring Ale
Highland Piper Tartan Ale
St. Andrew’s Summer Ale
Ten Penny Ale
Otter Creek/Wolavers Brewing, Inc.
Otter Creek Alpine Ale
Otter Creek Copper Ale
Otter Creek Mud Bock
Otter Creek Oktoberfest
Otter Creek Pale Ale
Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter
Otter Creek Summer Wheat
Otter Creek Vermont Lager
Wolavers Organic Brown Ale
Wolavers Organic IPA
Wolavers Organic Oatmeal Stout
Wolavers Organic Pale Ale
Pennsylvania Brewing Company
Crew Lager
Penn Dark
Penn Gold
Penn Marzen
Penn Oktoberfest
Penn Pilsner
Penn Weizen
St. Nikolaus Bock
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
American
American Light
Augustiner Lager
Iron City
Iron City Light
Old German
Poplar Head Brewery
Downtown Brown
Golden Beer
Pale Moon Light
Rock Art Brewery
American Red
Belvedere IPA
Double IPA
Double Porter
Golden Tripple
Hells Bock
Infusco
IPA
Jasmine Pale Ale
Magnumus ete Tomahawkus
Midnight Madness
Riddler
Ridge Runner
Stock Ale
Stowe Mountain Lodge Hourglass Ale
Stump Jumper
Sunny & 75
Vermonster
Whitetail
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Amber Ale
Devout Stout
Dread Brown Ale
IPA
Pale Ale
People's Porter
Wilder Wheat
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Sierra Nevada Pale Bock
Sierra Nevada Porter
Sierra Nevada Stout
Sierra Nevada Summerfest
Sonora Brewing Company
Burning Bird Pale Ale
Desert Amber
Festivus
Hefe Weizen
Inebriator Stout
Old Saguaro Barley-Wine Ale
Top Down Ale
Watt’s Root Beer Soda
Sprecher Brewing Company
Abbey Triple
Black Bavarian
Dopple Bock
Hefe Weiss
Imperial Stout
India Pale Ale
Mai Bock
Oktoberfest
Pale Lager
Pub Ale
Special Amber
Winter Brew
Swashbuckler Brewing Company
Lady Amber Ale
Old Peg Leg Stout
Rajah’s Sword Pale Ale
Swashbuckler’s Gold
Weeping Radish Restaurant and Brewery
Black Radish Dunkel Beer
Christmas Double Bock (Thanksgiving)
Corolla Gold Helles Lager
Fest Amber Lager
Hefe Weizen
Maibock (Spring)
Willimantic Brewing Company
1st Class Festive Ale
Address Unknown IPA
Boater’s Mailbox Brown Oatmeal Porter
Certified Gold Ale
International Mail IPA
Mail Order Raisin Old Ale
Rail Mail Rye Pale Ale
Rural Route Red Ale
S.W.A.K. Stout
Valentine Mail India Dark Ale
Willi Whamer Barleywine
Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Belk's Extra Special Bitter
Boont Amber Ale
Brother David’s Double
Brother David’s Triple
Deep Enders Dark Porter
High Rollers Wheat Beer
Hop Ottin' IPA
Horn of the Beer Barley Wine
Poleeko Gold Pale Ale
Winter Solstice—Select Ale
Anheuser-Busch
Bud Dry
Bud Light
Budweiser
Busch
Busch Light
Carlsberg
Carlsberg Light
Cold Filtered Budweiser Ice Draft
Elephant
Ice Draft Light
King Cobra Premium Malt Liquor
Michelob
Michelob Classic Dark
Michelob Dry
Michelob Light
Mich Golden Draft
Natural Light
Natural Pilsner
O’Doul’s Premium Non-Alcoholic Brew
Bayhawk Ales
Bayhawk Amber Ale
Bayhawk Beach Blonde
Bayhawk California Pale Ale
Bayhawk Hefe Weizen
Bayhawk O.C. Lager
Bayhawk Stout
Claim Jumper Hefe Weizen
Primo Hefe Weizen
Tommy Bahama Blonde
Tommy Bahama Brew
Beermann’s Beerwerks
Empire Pale Ale
Expedition IPA
Industrial Stout
Lincoln Lager
Rip Roarin’ Red
Summer Hefe Weizen
Brass Castle Brewery
Bad Kitty
Best Bitter
Cliffhanger
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel Brewpub
Bagpipes Scotch Ale
Blond Nativity Weizen German Wheat
Blond Rigor Mortis Abbey Triple
Brown Rigor Mortis Abbey Double
The Coal Vendor Rauchbier Smoked Ale
Dream Ship IPA
The Fog Drifter ESB
Gaelique Irish Cream Ale
Goddess of the Night Stout
The Key to Freedom Spicy Belgian Ale
Nativity Dunkel Weizen German Wheat
The Pagan Blond Ale
Paradis Wit
Poppycock Hemp Beer
The Resurrection Porter
September Belgian Wit
Spring Equinox Maple Scotch Ale
Summer Solstice Berlin Sour Wheat
Sunday Morning Mass German Ale
Winter Solstice Barley Wine
The Brewery at Lake Tahoe, Inc.
Alpine Amber
Bad Ass Ale
Indian Pale Ale
Needle Peak Ale
Paramount Porter
Prince of Pales
Washoe Wheat Ale
Bristol Brewing Company
India Pale Ale
Laughing Lab Ale
Mass Transit Ale
Red Rocket Pale Ale
Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout
California Cider Company
Ace Apple Cider
Ace Berry Cider
Ace Organic Cider
Ace Pear Cider
Golden Promise Organic Ale
Olde Suffolk
Vintage Ale
Welsh ESB
Wexford Irish Cream Ale
Capital Brewery
Autumnal Fire
Bavarian Lager
Blonde Doppelbock
Brown Ale
Capital 1900
Dark Doppelbock
Fest
Kloster Weizen
Maibock
Munich Dark
Oktoberfest
Special Pilsner
Weizen Doppelbock
Winter Skal
Wisconsin Amber
Capitol City Brewing Company
Amber Waves Ale
Bull Run Bitter
Capitol Kolsch
Nut Brown Ale
Pale Rider Ale
Prohibition Porter
St. Adrian’s Ale
City Steam Brewery Café
Belle Dock #4
Blonde Export Lager
City Steam Mild Ale
Colt Light Lager
Joan of Arc
My Funny Ballantine
The Naughty Nurse Pale Ale
Russian Imperial Stout
White Rabbit
Wolf Den Brew
Coeur d’Alene Brewing Company
Centennial Pale Ale
Coeur d’Alene Amber
Frozen Lake Winter Ale
Golden Ale
Huckleberry Ale
Lakeside British Ale
Polar Bear Stout
Pullman Porter
Rockford Bay IPA
Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company
Full Boar Scotch Ale
Lager Diabla
Red Sky Rye Ale
Silicon Blonde Ale
Thomas Morgan Amber Ale
Diamond Bear Brewing Company
Irish Red
Pale Ale
Southern Blonde
Ultra Blonde
Dunedin Brewery
Beach Tale Brown Ale
Celtic Gold Ale
Christmas Farm Ale
Leonard Croon’s Old Mean Stout
Oktoberfest Ale
Pipers Pale Ale
Redhead Red Ale
Elliott Bay Brewing Company
Alembic Pale
Blacktop Brown
Dark Star Porter
Demolition Strong Ale
Elliott Bay IPA
El Niño Fallfest Ale
Klondike Gold
Luna Weizen
Noale Holiday Ale
No Doubt Stout
Rockin’ Organic Rye
Rye Ask Rye Bock
Fat Cat Brewery Ltd.
Bunny’s Black & Tan
Fat Head IPA
Original Bohemian Pilsner
Pompous Pompadour Porter
Fishbowl Brew Pub/Fish Brewing Company
Blind Pig Dunkel Weizen Ale
Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale
Fish Tale Organic IPA
Friesian Pilsener
Hodgson’s IPA
Ingall’s ESB
Nosferatu Red Ale
Oktoberfest Bier
Snowblind Winter Warmer
Springing Bock Lager
Whistling Pig Wheat Ale
Golden Road Brewing
Burning Bush Smoked IPA
Either Side of the Hill
Get Up Offa That Brown
Golden Road Hefeweizen
Hudson Porter
Lost Its Way IPA
Point the Way IPA
Rye on the Palate
Schwartz Stout
Valentin
Goose Island Beer Company
Goose Island American Wheat
Goose Island Blonde Ale
Goose Island Christmas Ale
Goose Island Hex Nut Brown Ale
Goose Island Honkers Ale
Goose Island India Pale Ale
Goose Island Kilgubbin Red Ale
Goose Island Oatmeal Stout
Goose Island Octoberfest
Goose Island Pilsner
Gulf Islands Brewery
Heatherdale Ale
Mayne Sail Ale
Pender Island Porter
Salt Spring Golden Ale
Salty Isle Stout
Whale Tale Ale
Hal & Mal’s
Bandit Amber
Half Moon Light
Mundt’s Scottish Ale
Pearl River Pale Ale
Pilsner Prospere
Trophy Buck Stout
Zita Vienna Lager
Hastings Brewery
Hastings Best
Hastings Blonde
Hastings Pale Ale
Hastings Porter
Lagunitas Brewing Company Brown Sugga
Hairy Eyeball
Imperial Stout
IPA #10
Maximus
Octoberfest Amber
Old Ale
Pale Equinox
Lakefront Brewery, Inc.
Cattail Ale
Cream City Pale Ale
East Side Dark
Foel Café Coffee Stout
Klisch Pilsner
Lakefront Big Easy
Lakefront Holiday Spice
Lakefront Oktoberfest
Lakefront White
Organic ESB
Pumpkin Lager
Riverwest Stein Beer
(Yay Humboldt County! You made the list!):
Lost Coast Brewery
Alleycat Amber
Downtown Brown
Eight-Ball Stout
Great White
Indica IPA
Lost Coast Apricot Wheat
Lost Coast Harvest Wheat
Lost Coast Pale Ale
Raspberry Brown
Winterbraun
Mad River Brewing Company
Jamaica Red
John Barleycorn Barley Wine
Steelhead Extra Pale Ale
Steelhead Extra Stout
Steelhead Scotch Porter
West Indies IPA
Maplewood Farms Restaurant & Brewery
Achilles Ale
Amethyst Porter
Bobo’s Brown
Creamery Lane Amber
Dante’s Hells
Fat Dog Stout
Fort River Pale Ale
Hop Brook IPA
Imperialist Pig
Island Ginger Beer
Minuteman Gold
My Favorite Marzen
Puffers Pilsner
T-Rex’s Root Beer
Market Cross Pub & Brewery
Market Cross Red Ale
Old Yeller IPA
Pub Porter
The Merchant Ale House
Anniversary Mild Ale
Drunken Monkey Oatmeal Stout
Extra Special Bitter
Nelson Brewing Company
Blackheart Oatmeal Stout
Centennial Special Bitter
Faceplant Winter Ale
Nelson After Dark
Old Brewery Pale Ale
Paddywhack IPA
North Coast Brewing Company
Acme Brown Ale
Acme IPA
Acme Pale Ale
Blue Star Wheat Beer
Old No. 38
Old Rasputin
Old Stock Ale
Pranqster
Red Seal Ale
Scrimshaw Beer
Oaken Barrel Brewing Company
Gnaw Bone Pale Ale
Indiana Amber
King Rudi Hefe-Weissbier
Meridian St. Lager
Razz-Wheat
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Last year alone, Americans spent about $115 billion on fast food, more than was spent on higher education, personal computers or new cars combined.
Eight Sobering Truths About Fast Food
Original post by Robin O'Brien
http://blogs.prevention.com/inspired-bites/2013/07/29/seven-truths-about-our-food-system/
She writes:
"Given how quickly the landscapes of both food and our health are changing, there are plenty of new resources to read. Recently, I dove into a new book by Brittney Kara called “The Silent Scandal” and hit on a section that highlights some facts about our food supply.
The entire section made me pause, but these eight things stood out:
- McDonald’s feeds more than 46 million people each day, more than the entire population of Spain.
- You would have to walk seven hours straight to burn off the calories in a Supersized Coke, fries and Big Mac.
- In the United States, we eat more than 1,000,000 animals per hour.
- One in every three children born in the year 2000 (this year’s 7th and 8th graders) will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
- The average child sees 10,000 TV advertisements per year.
- McDonald’s distributes more toys per year than Toys R Us and calls people who eat a lot of their food “heavy users.”
- 30 million children are obese.
- Last year alone, Americans spent about $115 billion on fast food, more than was spent on higher education, personal computers or new cars combined.
On top of that, this is the first generation of children that is expected to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. The key word in that is “expected.” It doesn’t have to be this way, it doesn’t have to happen on our watch. Together, with a tenacity that only the heart knows, we can turn this around.
Our children, while only representing 30% of our population, are 100% of our future. When it comes to restoring their health, the bottom line is that for the sake of our country, we have to."
To learn more about The Silent Scandal, http://www.amazon.com/dp/1935723936
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Do The Offspring of Vietnam Vets Suffer the Same Agent Orange Effects?
There is no way to definitively know, I suppose, if children of Vietnam Vets are affected until more research is done. Mainly because everyone assimilates things differently into their body. We all may be human beings, but our bodies work differently because of genetics to properly or improperly assimilate different things as we eat and drink and use products on our skin. But is it all in the genes? Or has our environment both before birth and after contributed?
Recently I was asked a very interesting question by my doctor after she viewed xrays of my knees and my elbows and we had discussed the problems I have been having. She asked me, "Did your father serve in the Vietnam War?"
I looked at her for a moment & thought to myself, "Well yes, but what does that have to do with my problems?"
And then it hit me: I have the exact same issues with my hands, my elbows, my knees and my feet that my father does. Degenerative erosion.
I told her, "Yes."
Then I sat there for a moment while she wrote some notes down and digested this latest epiphany. I have been so focused on this movement for anti-GMO and GMO labeling on all foods and hopefully someday eradicating GMOs from our food supply, that it never occurred to me to also look at the fact that I am the offspring of a Vietnam War veteran who was exposed heavily to Agent Orange. The cocktail of poison made by the same company who now controls much of our food supply and created GMO, Monsanto.
Have researchers, scientists, doctors, etc... even bothered to do studies on these children throughout their growth and development? All I've been able to find when I have been researching this is articles on children with birth defects after birth. I have yet to find any research done on long-term studies of all children born from Vietnam Vets during their growth and development.
When I was born, my eyesight developed very poorly. They didn't really notice this until right around kindergarten when I actually needed to see a chalkboard at school. Technically, I'm practically blind. I cannot see anything without glasses or contacts, and if I were to drive or walk without either of those I would seriously hurt myself or someone else. Now, my mother seriously believes that this is a direct result of an infection she had during birth, but the more professionals I talk to when I also referenced my joint degeneration feel that coupled with those things I could seriously be having the inherited results of Agent Orange exposure that my father had.
For those who have no idea what I'm talking about...look it up. Wikipedia has a good representation of the subject.
"Agent Orange is the combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange (HO) and Agent LNX, one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military (made by Monsanto) as part of its chemical warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. Vietnam estimates 400,000 people were killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects as a result of its use. The Red Cross of Vietnam estimates that up to 1 million people are disabled or have health problems due to Agent Orange. The United States government has dismissed these figures as unreliable and unrealistically high."
But we know they are that high, as other governments and organizations concur, but the US refuses to publicly acknowledge the harm they've caused to their own soldiers. And now, there are those of us who truly believe they have additionally harmed their offspring as well.
Couple that with the current Monsanto poison in our food (GMO and GMO corn pesticide IN the corn products you eat and use) I'd say you have a lovely toxic cocktail for those with these same issues.
Anyone else find they have chronic issues that run nowhere in their family, and are offspring of Vietnam Vets? Let me know. I plan to embark on a research article on this subject.
Thanks!
HR
Thursday, July 25, 2013
GMO in Organics? Are they CRAZY?..
Guest post by Ken Roseboro, found on:
http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/gmos-in-organics-seriously/
Proponents of biotechnology have recently proposed integrating genetically modified organisms into organic agriculture. Spearheading this concept are Pamela Ronald, a professor of plant pathology at the University of California-Davis, and her husband Raoul Adamchak, an organic farmer at the UC-Davis’s certified organic farm. The two co-authored a book,Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food, which argues that combining the best of both systems of agriculture—genetic engineering and organic techniques—offers the best solution to feeding the world in a sustainable way.
Tomorrow’s Table has been praised by GM crop supporters such as Bill Gates and even by Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog.
Working with vs. Controlling Nature
However, several leading experts in organic agriculture dismiss the idea, saying the two approaches to producing food are fundamentally different. They say that genetically modified foods raise health and environmental concerns, narrow genetic diversity, reduce consumer choice, and don’t offer proven solutions to organic agriculture.
Dag Falck, organic program manager at Nature’s Path Foods, calls the proposed marriage of GMOs and organics a “non-starter for a conversation.”
“Organic is always looking to nature for answers; it is a very thought out and studied way of learning from and mimicking nature, while genetic engineering takes the approach that nature is deficient in some way, so we have to fix it. That mindset is not compatible with organic,” Falck says.
Fred Kirschenmann, distinguished fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable agriculture and long-time organic farmer, also sees a fundamental difference between organic and transgenic approaches. “Organic is based on ecological principles—synergies with biological systems. Genetic engineering is based on industrial principles, of using technology to empower a high-input agricultural system.”
Jim Riddle, organic outreach coordinator at the University of Minnesota’s and past chairman of the National Organic Standards Board, sees the same fundamental difference. “Organic agriculture is based on the establishment of a harmonious relationship with the agricultural ecosystem by farming in harmony with nature. Genetic engineering is based on the exact opposite—an attempt to control nature at its most intimate level—the genetic code.”
Health Risks
Most organic experts point to health risks surrounding GM foods as a major reason why GMOs could never be integrated into organic agriculture.
Pamela Ronald has written that “there has not been a single case of illness associated with these (GM) crops.” This claim is often repeated by proponents of biotechnology but the reality is that no one knows if anyone has gotten sick eating GM foods because there is no monitoring to see if illnesses are linked to GM foods. “There is no data from independent, long-term studies on the human health impacts from eating GM crops,” says Tim LaSalle, the former chief executive officer of the Rodale Institute.
Other experts agree. “Right now, we clearly don’t know enough about GMOs to integrate them into anything,” says David Vetter, president of Grain Place Foods and organic farmer of 35 years.
“GM crops are comprised of novel genetic constructs which have never been part of the human diet and may not be recognized by the intestinal system as digestible food, leading to the possible relationship between genetic engineering and a dramatic increase in food allergies, obesity, diabetes, and other food-related diseases,” Riddle says.
Environmental Impacts
Organic experts see opposite impacts on the environment with the two approaches. “Organic agriculture is based on the fundamental principle of building and maintaining healthy soil, aquatic, and terrestrial ecosystems,” Riddle says. “To date, GM has led to an increase in the application of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, with associated increases in soil erosion and water contamination, while producing foods with lower nutritional content.”
“Organic farming is about health and concerns for environment and stewardship, and I don’t think that GM crops fit in that context of stewardship and concern about the land,” says Maury Johnson, president, Blue River Hybrids, an organic seed company
While organic farming aims to enhance genetic and biological diversity, GM crops are seen as reducing genetic diversity. “GM crops narrow and restrict our genetic base, which narrows and reduces options for our nutritional needs,” Vetter says.
Ronald and Adamchak point to the success of Bt cotton in reducing pesticide use as an example of how genetic engineering could benefit organic farmers. Kirschenmann says this “single tactic therapeutic intervention” creates unintended consequences. Pests eventually develop resistance as they’ve done to Bt cotton in India or other pests become a problem. The solution says Kirschenmann is an approach that encompasses at the entire farming system, not just focusing on one pest.
“Pipe Dream, Not Based on Reality”
Organic experts say GMOs offer no benefits to organic agriculture. The two main genetically modified crops either contain a built-in pesticide, Bt, or are herbicide tolerant. Dag Falck says neither application would benefit organic agriculture. “If we saw solutions, then maybe there is something organic could benefit from biotech,” Falck says. “But there is no GM application we could even remotely imagine being beneficial in organic. It’s a pipe dream and not based on reality.”
“To this point, biotech crops have not produced the yield advantages or biological resilience to multiple stressors. If we’re looking for reliable, multi-benefit, future-oriented farming options in an input-limited world, biotech is not a player,” LaSalle says.
Eliminate Consumer Choice
Allowing GMOs into organic foods would also reduce consumer choice. “If genetic engineering became part of organic it would deprive people who want non-GMO foods,” says Margaret Mellon, senior scientist at Union of Concerned Scientists.
Organic consumers have already said they don’t want GMOs. A 1997 draft proposal to allow GMOs in the National Organic Program rules was removed after the US Department of Agriculture received more that 275,000 comments from people outraged by the possibility.
While there is strong consumer demand for organic foods, Riddle points out there is zero demand for GM foods. “Consumers aren’t demanding that foods be genetically engineered.”
“I’d rather rely on mother nature’s wisdom than man’s cleverness.” —Wendell Berry
David Vetter says this quote best captures his response to the idea of allowing GMOs in organics.
Any decision to allow GMOs in organics would not be decided by Pamela Ronald, Raoul Adamchak, Bill Gates, or the Biotechnology Industry Organization. “It resides with people in the organic community,” said Mellon speaking to an audience of organic farmers at the Organic Farming Conference. “It is your question to answer and not anyone else’s.”
Today, the answer remains—as it did in 1997 when 275,000 people told the USDA—a resounding “no.”
Washinton State I-522 ... Learn how YOU can help this pass!
{In this letter donations are asked for, but my personal feeling is not everyone can or should donate money ... what should be donated is time and effort to get this passed through! Washington's I-522 is very important: it requires the labeling of GMO in all foods that contain it...ALL residents of the US should know whats in their food, but WA state is a great start!! Go, get out there, volunteer your time to get this message out! Doing it nationwide helps all the more, because as Washington residents see and hear this message permeated in their daily lives, the hope is that more residents will sit up and take notice of the health risks and downfalls of GMO - and that its practically in ALL non-organic foods - before they put pen to paper for that vote in November.}
Dear Organic Consumer,
Are GMOs bad for your health? The debate rages on.
But no one disputes this fact: It takes tons of herbicides – hundreds of thousands of tons per year – to grow the GMO crops that end up in the world’s food supply, including in the food fed to the animals we eat.
All that poison doesn’t just go away. It ends up on our food, in our soil, in our water.
It’s time to stop Monsanto’s reckless poisoning of our food and our planet.
Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is the most heavily used herbicide on GMO crops. In 2007, the last year for which we have reliable statistics, U.S. farmers used 88,000 tons of glyphosate. Allowing for no increases, that amounts to 580,000 tons of glyphosate dumped onto our food and into our soil and water in the past six years alone.
And that’s just in the U.S.
According to new, reliable studies, glyphosate is causing chronic, long-term health problems for all of us, but especially for our kids. In the words of one scientist, the negative impact of glyphosate residues found in the Western diet “ . . . is insidious and manifests slowly over time, as inflammation damages cellular systems throughout the body.”
Here are two more alarming facts. Earlier this year, the FDA raised the limits for how much glyphosate is allowed to remain on your fruits and vegetables.
And last week, the USDA opened the door for using even greater amounts of glyphosate by approving a new glyphosate-resistant canola, the first of several new glyphosate-resistant crops to be deregulated under a new, speedier review process.
Where does it stop? It stops with us.
When laws require that food products carry labels stating that they contain GMOs, consumers will find alternatives.
When consumers stop buying foods containing genetically modified ingredients, food manufacturers will stop putting GMOs in their products.
When consumers stop eating meat from animals fed GMO crops, farmers will stop growing GMO crops for animal feed.
Truth be told, I already know how to avoid buying foods that contain GMOs. You probably do, too.
But none of us can escape the danger GMO crops pose when the glyphosate required to grow them destroys the very foundations of a healthy, life-sustaining environment: soil and water.
We have the power to dry up demand for Monsanto’s glyphosate by demanding GMO labeling laws. But do we have the will?
Right now, the key battleground in the fight against Monsanto is in Washington State. You can help us win I-522, Washington State’s GMO labeling initiative, and other key labeling battles with your donation today.
We are nearing the end of our mid-year fundraising campaign, but we’re still about $20,000 short of our goal. Can you help us wrap up this campaign today and earn a matching $150,000 grant? Please, visit https://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50865/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=9861 for how to donate online, or by mail or phone.
We can’t stop Monsanto’s poisoning of the planet overnight. But we can stop it. If we don’t give up.
Thank you for being a part of this movement.
In solidarity,
Ronnie Cummins
National Director, Organic Consumers Association and Organic Consumers Fund
GMO - Gastroschisis Link? Oh, Yes...
On their Facebook, Institute for Responsible Technology states:
"Just pointing out the rise in gastrointestinal diseases in correlation with the introduction and influx of GMOs in the market...(GMOs were introduced in the mid 1990s)...while many aspects can contribute to disease, we now understand the gut/GMO consumption connection....and, as our government agencies are leaving us to do our own sleuth work, we feel it's worth posting here for consideration -- "
One comment said it succinctly:
Visual-Artist Parker - "I would say it's not a defect but has the same intention as GMO pesticide-ready seed!"
(GMO pesticide-ready seed is seed with the pesticides genetically bred into it so that when insects eat it their bodies bloat up and they essentially explode... Yes, this is also what you eat in your food grown from these seeds and over time it is believed that it builds up in your body, causing health issues -And in some cases with some people it doesn't take that much time for it to start causing problems with their health.)
Here is the article below that they reference above:
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The proportion of babies born with a defect called gastroschisis has nearly doubled since 1995, according to a large new study.
The cause of gastroschisis - which is a hole in the baby's abdomen - is unclear, although it's known to be more likely in the children of teen mothers. A mother's exposure to certain chemicals has also been tied to the malformation, though not conclusively.
In the new study, researchers looked at rates of gastroschisis in millions of live births over an 11-year period in the U.S.
"We have a pattern where the prevalence is very much highest among young women and it's growing more rapidly among that group than any other group," said Russell Kirby, a professor at the University of South Florida and the lead author of the study.
Kirby's study could not explain why the birth defect is becoming more common, and gastroschisis itself is not well understood.
The malformation involves an opening next to the belly button, through which the baby's intestines protrude.
Newborns with gastroschisis require immediate surgery to close the hole and put the organs back in place.
Most babies with gastroschisis survive, but Kirby said some children have problems with growth and development and there is not a lot of research about the long term outcomes for these kids.
By general estimates, the condition is relatively rare, with a rate of 2 to 3 cases per 10,000 live births in the U.S. But in recent years, studies have suggested the defect is being seen more often.
To get a better sense of how the numbers have changed over time, Kirby and his colleagues gathered birth defect monitoring data from 15 states.
They found that among 13.2 million births between 1995 and 2005, there were 4,713 babies born with gastroschisis, which translates to about 3.5 out of every 10,000 babies.
This number grew steadily over the study period, however, starting out at 2.3 out of every 10,000 babies in 1995 and climbing to 4.4 out of every 10,000 infants in 2005.
"I do believe the numbers," said James Robbins, a professor who studies birth defects at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The increase in gastroschisis primarily affected mothers under age 25, and especially under age 20, whereas those who gave birth in their 30s had no change in their risk of having a baby with the birth defect.
Mothers who had their babies in their early twenties experienced a 5.8 percent increase each year in the risk of having a child born with gastroschisis, Kirby's group reported in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Among these mothers, the number of babies born with gastroschisis went from 4 out of every 10,000 babies in 1995 to 7 in 10,000 babies in 2005.
Teen mothers saw a 6.8 percent yearly increase in the proportion of babies born with gastroschisis.
In 1995, there were 8 babies with gastroschisis out of every 10,000 babies born to women under age 20. By 2005, that number was 15 out of every 10,000 babies.
The proportion of babies with gastroschisis born to Asian women and Native American women remained steady over the study period.
White, black and Hispanic mothers, however, experienced a roughly four to six percent increased risk each year of having a baby with the malformation.
Researchers have not identified what's behind these increases.
A previous study of women in Washington state found that exposure to the weed killer atrazine was tied to an increased risk of having a baby with gastroschisis, although it did not show that the chemical caused the malformation (see Reuters Health story of February 8, 2010 here: http://reut.rs/l9aVTl).
Robbins said that smoking is a considered a risk factor, but he doesn't think that's behind the pattern detected in this study.
"I don't think there's a clear explanation for why the rates are going up," said Robbins, who was not involved in the current research.
Kirby speculated that it's possible nutrition could have something to do with the trend, but more research is needed to figure it out.
"We know that there are influences of different vitamins and nutrients that definitely affect fetal development," he said.
But as far as their relation to gastroschisis, "that's just a suspicion."
Kirby's research team is currently following up to see how the numbers have changed since 2005.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/12xgYVu Obstetrics & Gynecology, August
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Cauliflower Fettuccine Alfredo
We LOVED this recipe! But, as many already know, I do not eat margarine or oils...so I've included the changes we made in bold and italics. And the recipe was fantastic either way its done! We just reduced the saturated fats to keep it Plant Strong*! ;-)
Credit to: http://lesliedurso.com/2013/06/cauliflower-fettuccine-alfredo/
Serves 4
1 large head of cauliflower
3 cups vegetable broth
2 tbsp. vegan butter (I use Earth Balance) (we omitted this to keep it Plant Strong* - MV)
1 tbsp. olive oil (we used 2-3 tbs vegetable broth instead to keep it Plant Strong* - MV)
1/2 onion, sliced
6 cloves of garlic, sliced
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
fresh ground pepper to taste
Cut off any bottom leaves of the cauliflower and cut out the toughest part of the core. Then break the cauliflower down into florets. Boil them with the vegetable broth uncovered until the cauliflower is very soft and tender. About 15 minutes.
While the cauliflower is cooking, heat a large frying pan and saute the onion and garlic with the Earth Balance and olive oil until soft.
When both are done, using a slotted spoon, remove all the cauliflower from the broth and place in a blender or food processor. Add 1 cup of the cooking broth, all the contents of the frying pan, the nutmeg and salt. Puree on high until very smooth, 3-4 minutes. Add a little more broth at a time if it needs to be thinned. Add pepper to taste.
Serve with fettuccine and serve warm.
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