I have been researching how to build a biodome so we can have a source of fresh organic vegetables and fruits year-round in New England. I came across this video that I want to share here. It shows how amazing a structure a properly built biodome is, and what you can grow in it, year -round, regardless of the weather and temperature outside!
We were considering aquaponics but for us, our old Victorian is just too cold in the winter to sustain delicate plant life without using lots of electricity or oil to keep it warm enough – effectively defeating the purpose of saving money and more well-being all ’round.
Please share your thoughts in the comments. I know I personally couldn’t build this, but luckily for us, my husband has the tools and the knowledge to do so. I am so excited and am hoping we can get one built in the spring of 2012.
Whole foods puts up such a good organic front. The truth always spurts out the edges though…If Whole Foods Market no longer opposes GMOs, that makes them pro GMO. WFM is justifying their cave by asking for “compensation” for organic farmers whose lives, er, crops are ruined by GMO contamination. If this pisses you off, too, please spread it around. Let’s use the viral aspect of the Internet to be sure that this sort of thing doesn’t get swept under the rug in a week or two.
Here’s the original piece I read on this:
After 12 years of battling to stop Monsanto’s genetically-engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s organic farmland, the biggest retailers of “natural” and “organic” foods in the U.S., including Whole Foods Market (WFM), Organic Valley and Stonyfield Farm, have agreed to stop opposing mass commercialization of GE crops, like Monsanto’s controversial Roundup Ready alfalfa. In exchange for dropping their opposition, WFM has asking for “compensation” to be paid to organic farmers for “any losses related to the contamination of his crop.” Under current laws, Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) are not subject to any pre-market safety testing or labeling. WFM is abandoning its fight with biotech companies in part because two thirds of the products they sell are not certified organic anyway, but are really conventional, chemical-intensive and foods that may contain GMOs and that they market as “natural” despite this. Most consumers don’t know the difference between “natural” and “certified organic” products. “Natural” products can come from crops and animals fed nutrients containing GMOs. “Certified Organic” products are GMO-free. WFM and their main distributor, United Natural Foods, maximize profits by selling products labeled “natural” at premium organic prices.
Have you ever wondered if organic foods are really worth the cost? Garrett, a homeschooled boy in Alaska, set out to determine if there is indeed a food-based cure for cancer. What he discovered on his journey will surprise, horrify, anger, enlighten and inspire you.
For instance, do you know which food additives cause cancer cells to grow faster and what processed foods contain them? Do you know just how toxic amalgam (”silver”) fillings are, or that the life expectancy of a dentist is 52 years (unless your an orthodontist or dental surgeon – neither of which use amalgam on a daily basis)? What about fluoride. Where does it come from and has it really been proven to be a good preventive for tooth decay when taken internally? Are vaccines really toxic? What happens to humans when they consume genetically modified foods? What does irradiation do to the nutritional content of our foods?
Garrett travels the country and speaks with many people, some who even have documented proof that cancer is curable and how. Others discuss why so many people in America and other Westernized countries are sick in one way or another, and why the medical community can do little or nothing to help cure them.
One thing that struck me, because I had never really thought about it before, was what a challenge it is for funeral directors to handle the bodies of deceased obese people. They are having to design larger caskets, and often cannot honor requests for cremation of obese people because they won’t fit through the crematorium doors! And if they do fit there is serious danger of excessive fire from the fat (compassionately described as “excess bodily fluids” in the film) of the obese.
There are detractors of this film online who say it’s all nonsense. I have a hard time believing that they actually watched the entire film and came to that conclusion. Especially since their comments are mostly regarding the trailers you can watch on YouTube. But that is to be expected. They claim that in this film, the makers are saying that all doctors are in collusion and don’t really want to help people. That is of course ridiculous and I didn’t get that message from it myself. I personally think that the majority of doctors and other mainstream health professionals care deeply about people, but they also want to keep their licenses and jobs so they can’t afford to look outside of what they are taught in medical school and from Big Pharma.
The trouble I see is that there are documented natural treatments and cures that work wonders in the human body, but since they can’t be patented, no one in the pharmaceutical industry wants anything to do with them. Therefore they are not taught in medical schools. This simple fact tells me that the basis if western medicine is profit, not truly helping people live longer, healthier lives. So if you’re reading this and thinking you want to be a doctor or nurse to help others, keep that in mind.
The detractors also say the film is not scientific enough. I don’t have to be a scientist to know that I feel better after I eat a breakfast I’ve prepared myself with fresh ingredients than I do after I eat an Egg McMuffin® (which I ate last week when I was on the road at breakfast time, and regretted later). And even better after a salad, even though when I’m eating one I sometimes think it isn’t going to be filling enough, I find I’m satisfied longer, and experience other benefits from the added fiber:-)
Detractors aside, this film is a powerful presentation because it’s the story from the perspective of a 15 year-old boy who had no preconceptions at the outset, other than he knew that raw milk and unprocessed foods helped the orphaned animals he nursed back to health at his home in Alaska, thrive. He didn’t already believe corporations were uncaring entities with nothing but profit and secrecy in mind. He found that out later as he attempted to contact Monsanto and others to get their sides of the story. None would speak with him.
As for the discussion on not eating meat, I think that some people can do that and be healthy, while others cannot. For some it is just habit that they don’t want to change because they like it. We do serve meat in our household, but my daughter who is 7 chooses a mostly vegetarian diet with eggs and cheese, while my son who is four chooses mostly meat and carbs. Not implying anything about gender here, that’s just how it is with my kids.
There is so much more to this film than the controversy though. It is showing us that we are not at the mercy of mysterious happenings within our bodies that we have no control over. Quite the opposite. If we muster up the courage to go looking outside of orthodox medicine if we have a cancer diagnosis, what we might uncover is true health instead of mere symptom management and death sentences. Because the truth is that it’s not doctors, but the body that heals itself. Symptoms are clues as to what is wrong and to suppress them is counter to healing.
“The Beautiful Truth” is a wonderful documentary. Do yourself a favor and watch the whole thing. (You’ll have to watch a brief advertisement before the film starts).
A doctor and an investigative journalist, Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz and Sherri Kane, have released evidence in legal affidavits that leaders of a private global biotechnology “trust” are behind the pandemic flu, including its origin and alleged prevention via vaccinations. Their documents, being sent by attorneys to the FBI this week, evidence industrialists are operating a crime ring within the “Partnership for New York City” (PNYC), and are behind the pandemic’s creation, media persuasions, vaccination preparations, and health official promotions.
“David Rockefeller’s trust, that engages several powerful partners on Wall Street, including media moguls Ruppert Murdock, Morton Zuckerman, Thomas Glocer, and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Jerry Speyer, are implicated in advancing global genocide,” Dr. Horowitz wrote to FBI directors.
Read the full article here, and please blog about this and email it to your friends. Also, watch the video below to hear a doctor who specializes in infectious diseases say he would NOT give this vaccine to his own children:
We have three hamsters and one has had bumblefoot. It’s a sore that develops from an injury, usually from running on a wire wheel, which was the case for him. We found that the wheel we got at the local pet shop had several spots where the wire poked out. I never noticed it before we started looking so it’s easy to miss these harmful imperfections. We taped over the wheel edges, and I found a product online called a Wodent Wheel (not a misspelling) which we have asked our local pet shop to stock.
Then I started to care for the wound with organic coconut oil. First we rinsed his foot gently in warm water, dried it and applied an anti-bacterial ointment. the next day I started putting a dab, maybe 1/8 teaspoon, of the organic coconut oil on his foot once per day. It has antibacterial properties and is good for overall health. I can say this with confidence since I take it internally every day myself, and from the improved condition of his bumblefoot and his coat.
Before I began giving it to him, his coat wasn’t smooth and shiny. The hair was thinner and less smooth than it is now. He also had very loose stools for awhile which has cleared up completely.
I can’t say enough good about giving your hamster organic coconut oil for his/her bumblefoot.
You can find it online ( I shop at and recommend Tropical Traditions) at your local health food store, or that section of your grocery store. It might seem expensive, but compaire it to a visit to the vet.
Below are links to some books on Amazon.com on the healing benefits of organic coconut oil.
