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Food

Tragedy Befalling Our Nations Wild Horses

by Gailstrail on January 7, 2010

Perhaps I have too tender a heart; my eyes burn and my heart aches so much that I have to take a few minutes to let the overwhelming tragedy befalling our nations wild horses reseed before I can continue.
“This week’s “gather” of some 2,500 wild horses from Nevada’s Calico Mountains marked the Bureau of Land [...]

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Ineffible Hunger II: Ted’s Grill For Lunch

by Gailstrail on January 17, 2009

Save me! Every time I  take a bite of anything these days, I wonder about the resources that went into it.
I normally don’t eat beef. I did recently. A burger and fries at Ted’s Grill. Did you know Ted Turner owns Ted’s Grill? Did you know Ted Turner owns 80% of all the Bison? As [...]

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Ineffable Hunger: Starving for Purpose

by Gailstrail on January 11, 2009

There is an ineffable hunger in each of us that food just doesn’t reach. Yet we keep stuffing ourselves: we live in a nation of obesity; 32% of United States children are overweight; 60% of the Australia population is overweight; making the Aussies the number one obese country and the U.S. a close second.
Starving for [...]

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Open Letter: Obama-Biden Economic Team Members

by Gailstrail on November 24, 2008

Dear Obama-Biden Economic Team Members:
Much of our foundation for health as a nation lies with the food we consume?
It does not take a rocket scientist to see the connection between the cancer that is so prevalent in our society and the food we eat.
The health care industry is the largest industry in the United States. [...]

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Food: A Dark and Dangerous Place

by Gailstrail on October 2, 2008

Last week I attempted to do an update with regard to the Pet Food Recall and got side tracked: Pet Food Recall: Trail of Tears, which gives a heart wrenching account of the loss of my Golden Retriever, Annie Oakley. Today, I wanted to get an update on China’s baby milk poisoning and landed on [...]

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The Power and Politics Behind What We Eat!

by Gailstrail on July 3, 2008

The more I read about pet food; the more I learn about human food and how the two are connected; which in turn brings me to the power and politics behind what we eat! Does this sound a little far fetched?
I so wish I could make this story more apealing…everyone needs to know what goes [...]

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