Posts Tagged ‘ Organic ’

Expand your mind Monday

Expand your mind Monday

I’m in a great place at the moment. Thanks to everyone sharing their time with me, I’m living & learning, I’m ALIVE!! So, Friday night at T&E - great dinner and I got a present and some excellent advice!!! The present: It’s a live culture of sorts that turns milk into yoghurt (stuffed with all the...

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No more fish?

No more fish?

The end of seafood by 2048? The ocean without fish. Your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences.   Narrated by Ted Danson this award winning, groundbreaking film reveals the impact of overfishing on our oceans. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.     PS: Be sure to...

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Refilwe – pics

Refilwe – pics

Some more pics of Refilwe and their setup:

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Update: Aquaponics / fish farm project

This past Saturday I dropped of the bulk of the equipment I’m donating to the Refilwe charity / community project. the guys have already setup a nice big shade net enclosure, sorting their worms and are busy setting up the vegetable garden. Setting up the dams, pumps etc will follow shortly. A few odds and ends...

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Update: Woolworths campaign

Update: Woolworths campaign

From Activist.co.za: Success! Woolworths commits to switching over to free range eggs and apologises for “unintentionally” misleading customers. The First 60 products were promised by April 2010 – now we follow up FREE RANGE EGG UPDATE FROM WOOLIES In an e-mail to Wendy Hardie on 19th April, 2010, Julian Novak apologised for the delay...

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World Egg Day

World Egg Day

via Activist.co.za and UrbanSprout.co.za: Battery eggs are produced by hens who live in cramped, caged conditions with a space allowance each of 75% of an A4 sheet of paper. Their beaks are always seared off and they do not have access to sunlight or the ability to exercise any of their basic behavioural needs...

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Five fragments for a Friday

Five fragments for a Friday

Malema mobilising: Old Julia is at it again. On IOL this morning: “Why should athletics in South Africa suffer because they (Nedbank) hate an individual? They mustn’t use Chuene as an excuse.We must expose their real agenda: and that is that Nedbank is disappointed because medals were won by three Africans.” Who’d have thought...

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Eat organic & loose weight

Eat organic & loose weight

From the OCA article “Chemicals in Our Diets Lead to Obesity” “Most people don`t think about how chemicals in their diets affect their weight or weight loss efforts. But the man-made chemicals you consume on a regular basis can play a big role in whether you`re fat or not – even if those chemicals...

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Revolutionary greenhouse concept

Revolutionary greenhouse concept

"The Plantagon® greenhouse will dramatically change the way we produce ecological and functional food. It allows us to produce ecological with clean air and water inside urban environments, even major cities, cutting costs and environmental damage by eliminating transportation and deliver directly to consumers"

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New Study Reveals Major Health Problems Linked to Genetically Engineered Foods

New Study Reveals Major Health Problems Linked to Genetically Engineered Foods

"The study brings to light 'a significant underestimation of the initial signs of diseases like cancer and diseases of the hormonal, immune, nervous and reproductive systems, among others'" "Agricultural GM companies and evaluation committees systematically overlook the side effects of GMOs and pesticides."

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