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Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

"The birthright of all living things is health. This law is true for soil, plant, animal and man: the health of these four is one connected chain. Any weakness or defect in the health of any earlier link in the chain is carried on to the next and succeeding links, until it reaches the last, namely, man.

Suddenly the heat is on and media around the world are drawing attention not only to the 'global warming' issue but Locavores, eating food from 100 miles of where they live, versus Organic only Consumers.

Buying food does influence our quality of life, the usage of oil (gasoline and petroleum) resources and toxic chemicals such as fertilizers worldwide.

There is no one right way to consume food, all the time.

Food miles, seasonality and energy inputs (was that cow or chicken raised on grass pasture or fed engineered slop in a cage or feedlot?) are all important considerations when sourcing food.

The Soil Association has urged the government to ban pesticides linked to honeybee deaths around the world.

Beekeepers worldwide have reported catastrophic losses of from 30% to 90% of their honeybee colonies during the last two years. Two-thirds of all major crops rely on pollination, mainly by honeybees.

The Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch is a world-renowned animal sanctuary in Murchison, Texas.

Its nearly 1,300 acres are home to more than 1,200 domestic and exotic animals, many of whom have been rescued from near-death situations such as slaughterhouses, biomedical research laboratories, and trophy hunting