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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 [...]

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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? [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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