Archive for January, 2010
Posted by Paul Ericson on January 31, 2010
The recent court decision in Ontario, Canada that acquitted Michael Schmidt has profound implications both in Canada and the United States. The judge ruled that the
government cannot interfere with private citizens and private contracts without a compelling state interest to do so. And of course in Michael’s case, there is no compelling state interest since a cow share is a private contract between two private citizens.
Food protection laws have their origins in the early 20th century when the government determined that to protect the public health and safety, it needed to control the various kinds of “persons” it created. In the case of these new laws, the “persons” include corporations and other artificial or fictitious entities that handled food. Because the government created these “persons,” they have both the duty and the right to do whatever is necessary to regulate, control or oversee them.
However, the government did not create “the people”. We are neither corporations nor any other artificial or fictitious entities. We are natural people and private citizens. Both the United States’ and most state Constitutions protect our rights. When we are involved with private, not public sales, the state has no compelling state interest. This distinction is critical to preservation of our basic rights as free citizens. For if there is no difference between private and public, as those in government would like us to believe, then the government can determine, as it sees fit, that anything is public. With this interpretation, nothing is really private and the Constitution become irrelevant as the state can thus set rules without any consideration for our individual rights or liberties. And considering the extent that corporate interests have infiltrated regulatory agencies and influence legislators, this is indeed a terrifying notion.
The Schimdt decision says that the government has no authority to regulate a cow share since it’s a private matter. No advertising is used to attract new “customers”. In fact, there are no customers as the raw milk is not actually sold, more importantly, the ownership of the milk never changes. The owner of the cow is the consumer of its milk–which is legal in Ontarion as in most jurisdictions. Some contend that cow shares present a risk to public health and public safety. This attitude misunderstands the fundamental principles of trust in a commercial context. Farmers running a cow share are extremely concerned about the health and safety of their members and have to develop standards that exceed those of government inspected and regulated programs. Remember that regulated food sickens and kills people every year and those responsible have millions to spend on lawyers and public relations campagins. And virtually no company has been put out of business for sickening or killing it’s customers.
Instead, cow share owners must trust their producer and in return the producer has to keep the food safe or chance losing their livelihood. And it’s not from a law suit, but from a fleeing of customers. But the producer also has to look their cow share owners in the eye every time they hand over food, so there is constant pressure on the producer. When you’re at the grocery store, you can’t look into the eye of the person that produced the food.
No greater incentive for safety, security and accountability exists than having to look every customer in the eye with every sale or to put your family name on every food item. If they fail to provide safe, quality food, at best, we’re out of business. And exactly how does regulation provide more safety, security or accountability? The recent major problems with tomatoes, peppers, ground beef, lead paint, etc., all regulated, controlled and/or inspected by the government, does little to raise one’s comfort level that our health and safety are in good hands with the government.
Anyone who believes that government is the answer needs to ask, what has the government actually done well? What problem has it solved? Poverty? Education? Health care? Energy? Illegal immigration? Pick anything. The issue is bigger than raw milk. It’s bigger than agriculture. The whole system is sick. The government has a lawful role for sure. But it’s a sad commentary when we say we trust politicians, bureaucrats and their associated special interests, more than our neighbors. The real food movement shows that we need to rebuild communities and relationships. Local farmers and their customers responsibly exercising their rights are the nucleus of that process.
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 30, 2010
“What do you mean, ‘Fat doesn’t make you fat’?”
January 26, 2010 – The confusion between dietary fat and body fat has helped sales of fad foods and pharmaceuticals, but may not have served consumers hoping to lose a few inches. Healthy fat is, in fact, an essential part of any healthy diet, according to author and fitness expert Kevin Brown, who will be presenting in Sarasota in 2 weeks.
Eat fat and lose weight? Exactly.

Mr. Brown’s book, The Liberation Diet, “shatters myths to bring a commonsense approach to eating and living.” Only a fraction of human history includes so-called “low-fat” foods, and yet it is this fraction that has seen skyrocketing rates of obesity and disease. Are we missing something? Indeed we are, and Mr. Brown’s answers to that question are as delicious as they are refreshing.
Mr. Brown will be presenting his book at a talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 3975 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34232, on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 7:00 P.M.
Contact:
Cynthia Calisch, Leader
Weston A. Price Foundation
Cell: 941-914-0299
Email: WAPFSarasota@gmail.com
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 30, 2010
Action Alert
Contact the White House – Don’t Let Lobbyists Weaken New Organic Dairy Standards
Farmers and consumers concerned with the integrity of organic dairy farming need to contact the White House (IMMEDIATELY) and urge the President to support a strong pending standard governing organic livestock and dairy management practices.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is nearing the end of its critical review of proposed new regulations clarifying the requirement that dairy cows and other ruminants consume a meaningful amount of feed from pasture and grazing. Powerful factory farm interests opposed to the rule – who want to continue to principally confine animals in feedlot style operations – have privately met with OMB officials and are seeking to weaken the new rule.
In the past, USDA officials have used the excuse that they needed tighter rules for enforcement against factory farms scofflaws — this has allowed the rapid rise of feedlot factory farms in organic dairying, milking as many as 7200 cows. These new regulations will negate that illegitimate excuse.
The giant operations have produced so much milk with their cheaper, suspect practices that a surplus is now driving legitimate, ethical family farmers off their farms and out of organic dairying. A strong new rule, coupled with promised enforcement from the Obama/Vilsack administration at the USDA, will level the playing field and prevent factory farms from continued cheating.
Contact the White House today and urge them to support a strong new standard for organic dairy cows and livestock that will require meaningful pasture and grazing. Tell them you support testimony from The Cornucopia Institute and FOOD Farmers.
To share your view:
· call 202-456-1111
· email president@whitehouse.gov or comments@whitehouse.gov
· write President Obama at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
For more information visit The Cornucopia Institute’s website at www.cornucopia.org.
The decision by the administration could come within, literally, hours or days, so please do not wait. Make sure that the farmers’ and consumers’ voice is just as loud as the powerful agribusiness lobbyists bending the ears of administration officials!
For a better understanding of the issue you can read the detailed backgrounder, prepared by The Cornucopia Institute, that was submitted during our meeting with the OMB Friday, January 22, 2010:
http://www.cornucopia.org/USDA/PastureLivestockRuleBackground.pdf
Mark A. Kastel
The Cornucopia Institute
kastel@cornucopia.org
608-625-2042 Voice
866-861-2214 Fax
P.O. Box 126
Cornucopia, Wisconsin 54827
www.cornucopia.org
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 29, 2010
Elizabeth’s Journey on the Liberation Diet
Friday, January 29, 2010
I woke this morning …
Like any other … had some coffee and cream – yum – and then a thought entered my head … I was not hungry … now, this may not seem so unusual to some of you but … for me it was noticeaby different.
As in, “hmmm, not hungry” … not full, not feeling yucky, just not hungry … so I decided to ride that wave and see where it took me.
I got up at 5:00 and had to train a client at 6:45 so I convinced myself to eat a hard-boiled egg before leaving the house – ok, not a big deal – ate it, went and trained the client … came home, collected some stuff from a neighbor, and then at 8:30, was actually feeling kind of hungry … ate a little cheese, some nuts, a coconut-oil and cocoa “thing” that I had made (like a truffle?) … went to the gym, did the recumbent bike for 45 minutes, stretching and abs with a friend and had coffee … not until around 11:30 when I got home did I actually feel really hungry. Ate some steamed spinach with butter, cheese, and sun-dried tomatoes; some cream and cocoa powder with stevia ….
Weird … just weird …. Like I said, I am going to continue to ride this wave and see where it takes me
Posted by Elizabeth at Friday, January 29, 2010
Comment From Kevin Brown – Elizabeth didn’t need the egg in the morning, but thought it should be eaten. Accessing stored fat for energy and not hungry. She is almost naturally down to 2 meals a day. Although to her it seems weird, it is a very normal, very healthy protocol. If you are following the Liberation Diet~
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Posted by Debbie Wysocki on January 29, 2010
One of the courses I’m taking on leadership has a module on coaching which I find, has a use in many areas of my life with the multiple hats I wear as a parent, boss, client, team builder , and leader.
This module is called ‘Principle-Centered’ Coaching which includes:
TRUST – to have faith, confidence and belief in another. It is the basis of meaningful healthy relationships.

Trust & Respect Go Hand In Hand
Trust is the cornerstone for ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. This can mean trusting your kids to make the right decision or having trust that your employees or Team will step up and do what needs to be done.
As a footnote to this, sometimes it’s hard for us to trust others because we’re not sure they can do it the way we do it. In listening to a lecture on effective time management, it’s smart to delegate if the task can be done at least as ’70% as good as you can do it.’
RESPECT – is treating another human being with dignity and kindness. In coaching it means we honor who they are, what they have accomplished, and who they can become.
Respect those for those within your team means being willing to consider and value the ideas and skills they bring to your team and guiding them without interfering in their process. You recognize each member is competent and communicate that they are valuable — help them build self-esteem, be an encourager, help them to become a confident leader.
SERVICE – is the driving force behind all we do. In our families, communities, and business. Service to others represents a commitment to assist those who are part of your team (kids or business) in developing their talents and always put their best interests first.

Serving At Home and in the Community is Important
INTEGRITY – is when our thoughts, words, and actions are in alignment. We are honest, do what we say we will do, and keep our commitments. It means being truthful at all times and striving to do what’s right — rather than what’s easy.
AUTHENTICITY - is when we are natural and genuine with no need to appear more successful than we are or to have all the answers they are looking for.
Authenticity means being open and honest, even about our own human frailties. You rely on your strengths and seek growth and assistance.
Let me share with you an example of how to apply these principles as it applies to children. See if you can identify which principles we are embracing.
WITHOUT PRINCIPLE-CENTERED COACHING:
Amanda, way to go selling 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies.
WITH PRINCIPLE-CENTERED COACHING:
Amanda, that was courageous stepping out in faith and giving it everything it needed to reach your goal
to sell 1,000 boxes of cookies. I’m proud of you. I can’t wait to see you swim with the dolphins.

Girl Scout Cookies
One last point in this area for today . . .
Your child, employee, or team member has the answers . . .
As leaders, we have the natural desire to nurture, solve, and yes, even rescue. But what does this accomplish?
Does this help the person grow in the area of leadership? I know my tendency is to ‘go into solution mode.’
A better choice to develop leadership in others is to ask open ended questions that cannot be answered with a yes or no, but which require the person to look deeper inside themselves.
Usually these questions begin with WHAT or HOW not WHY.
For example:
What steps will you take to move forward on that project?
How committed are you to that action plan?
What do you think you would do differently?
These are questions WE CAN ASK OURSELVES!
I’d like to give credit to the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance — and tremendous organization dedication and education they give to
the networkmarketing and directing selling industry — for women — but as you can see so much of what they teach assists us in becoming better individuals who JUST DO LIFE BETTER.
For more information, you can visit their website at http://snipurl.com/dswa-info
To learn specifically about their coaching programs which frankly I believe can help us be better communicators and teachers, check out:
http://snipurl.com/dswa-coaching The whole idea is behind Principle Centered Coaching is to learn how to ask better questions — leading to a better outcome for all parties.
Remember, How you do anything, is how everything!
Debbie Wysocki is the owner of Women with Dreams and residual Money secrets – companies that empower the average person to live an extraordinary life by teaching how to build profitable businesses in the network marketing arena. She is a wife, mom, volunteer, a top producer in the MLM industry, a real estate investor, author, trainer, and former Beverly Hills financial analyst who is passionate about helping others succeed. Her motto is ‘How you do anything, is how you do everything!’For more information or to contact Debbie directly: Debbie@WomenWithDreams.com 954-781-6629
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 29, 2010
NOURISHING TRADITIONAL DIETS
THE KEY TO VIBRANT HEALTH
By Sally Fallon Morell
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010
LOYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Presented by
HEALTH BY CHOICE
EDUCATION & RESEARCH
LEARN ABOUT
–Butter, the number one health food
–The vital role of high cholesterol foods
–Dangers of modern soy foods and soy infant formula
–The conspiracy to promote vegetable oils and hydrogenated fats
–Foods that help babies grow up smart and strong
–Old fashioned foods that give limitless energy and vibrant health
–The unfortunate consequences of modern farming methods
SALLY FALLON MORELL, MA, is the president and founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation, author of the bestselling book Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats, and an internationally acclaimed nutrition educator.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
1:00pm
A traditional meal will be served at 5:00pm
A benefit auction will take place after the meal.
Auction item donations are being accepted.
LOCATION
The Cove Lions Community Building
5695 Churchview Road, Loysburg, PA 16659
FEES
$50/Person
Tickets can be purchased at www.HBCER.org
or by calling 814-766-2181
265 Angel Lane, New Enterprise PA 16664
OR purchase at the door.
All proceeds benefit Health By Choice Education and Research a Nonprofit 501(c)(3),
established to do integrative and natural research for the purpose of documenting
and proving how natural care promotes and maintains optimal health.AN EVENING LECTURE WITH SALLY FALLON MORELL
REAL MILK: WHAT’S THE REAL DEAL?
Saturday, March 27, 2010
7:00-9:00 PM
Subud Chelsea Center
230 West 29th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, will speak about
the safety, health, economic and legal issues surrounding milk. Learn why full-fat
raw milk from grass-fed cows on pasture is nature’s safest and healthiest food, and
the key to revitalizing small family farms and reclaiming our constitutional rights.
REGISTRATION
General Admission: $20
Weston A. Price Foundation or Traditional Nutrition Guild Member: $15
Space is limited. Pre-registration is strongly suggested
Credit card registration: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97887
Please send payments by check
(made out to Weston Price Foundation – NYC chapter)
to: Claudia Keel
One Union Square West Suite 309
New York, NY 10003
Sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation NYC
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 29, 2010
On Thursday January 28, 2010, 7:33 pm EST
BUENOS AIRE
S, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s president thinks eating pig meat is really sexy.
Many people in this beef-loving nation reacted with surprise Thursday after Cristina Fernandez promoted pork in a speech during which she not only said pork is better than Viagra, but suggested she’s personally proven it.
“I didn’t know that eating pork improved sexual activity,” Fernandez said in a meeting with representatives of the swine industry late Wednesday. “It is much more gratifying to eat some grilled pork than to take Viagra.”
She even joked that “it was all good” after she enjoyed some pork with her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner.
“I think they might be right,” Fernandez said to a laughing audience.
The president’s half-joking speech in which she announced subsidies for the pork industry won prominent play on television and radio stations, prompting discussions on whether Argentines should add more pork to their diet.
Argentines are among the world’s biggest consumers of red meat, and most people here stubbornly reject the idea of replacing beef with chicken, pork or other meats. Despite Argentina lying along rich South Atlantic fisheries, seafood is rarely seen on dinner tables.
Fernandez approved subsidies to keep the price of pork low despite inflation, and her government has also recently subsidized red meat producers after beef supplies sharply declined in the South American country.
The head of the association of pork producers, Juan Luis Uccelli, supported Fernandez’s speech by saying that Denmark and Japan have a much more “harmonious” sexual life then the Argentines because they eat a lot of pig meat.
“In Osaka, Japan, there is a village in which the people who reached 105 years old and ate a lot of pork had a lot of sexual activity,” he told radio Mitre.
Others were skeptical.
“There is no study showing that pork meat significantly improves sexual activity,” Amado Bechara, a specialist in sexual disfunction, told the Web site of the newspaper La Nacion. Read Story Here…http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Argentine-president-Eat-pork-apf-13832280.html?x=0&.v=1
Maybe they call it Makin’ Bacon for a reason!
Kevin Brown
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 28, 2010
Julie H. Burns
Julie H. Burns, MS, RD, CCN is founder of SportFuel, Inc. and Eat Like the Pros® – an integrative nutrition consulting firm with nutritional services and products including personal chef services, both located in Western Springs, IL.. Past and current clients include the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, Chicago White Sox baseball team, Chicago Bears football team, Chicago Bulls basketball team, Northwestern University’s varsity teams, Next Level Performance and individual pro and elite athletes.
Julie regularly provides nutrition guidance to coaches, athletic trainers, amateur athletes, and health care professionals. As a mother of teenage active triplets, she is often asked to address mother’s groups, parent associations, and other lay audiences. Julie also consults with food and public relations companies.
Julie previously served as Director of Research at the Chicago Center for Clinical Research, a former affiliate of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, where she specialized in cardiovascular experimental nutritionals and pharmaceuticals. She has an adjunct faculty appointment at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in the Department of Nutrition.
Julie is a regular presence on Chicago-area network and cable television and is frequently quoted in major newspapers and magazines. She co-edited the second edition of Cardiovascular Disease: Nutrition for Prevention and Treatment, a manual for health professionals, by the American Dietetic Association (ADA). She has published articles in major medical journals, and authored a brochure for the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) based on their Position Stand on Exercise and Fluid Replacement. Julie’s sports nutrition chapter contributions include a Sports Beverage chapter for Macroelements, Water, and Electrolytes and Basketball: Power Jam Nutrition, in Sports Nutrition: A Guide for the Professional Working with Active People-3rd edition.
Julie earned her bachelor degree in Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (1983) and her Masters of Science in Clinical Dietetics from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions (1987). Julie is a registered and licensed dietitian (R.D, L.D.) in the state of Illinois and is a Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) and IACCN).
Julie is a member of Nutritionists in Complementary Care (NCC) and Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN), practice groups of the American Dietetic Association. She is also a member of the Chicago, Illinois and West Suburban Dietetic Associations. She had an Executive Board appointment and was Cardiovascular Editor for the Pulse newsletter, a SCAN quarterly publication. Julie served on the Gatorade Sport Science Institute’s Sports Nutrition Advisory Board from 1995-2003.
Julie was rated “one of the top ten experts to help revamp your diet” by Harper’s BAZAAR magazine. She received the American Dietetic Association Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) 2002 “Achievement Award” and has also been awarded “Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year” awards by the Chicago and Illinois Dietetic Associations.
The Liberation Wellness Hour Radio Show can be heard each week on Saturday at 12noon EST on
Liberty Works Radio Network, on BlogTalkRadio.com/LiberationWellness, and on Zubeo
The Shows Website is LiberationWellnessHour.com

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Posted by Sadiqua Hamdan on January 27, 2010
I came across this story that was recently reported by Natural Foods Merchandiser, the official publication of Natural Products Expo.** It states that genetically modified maize can damage the liver and other internal organs in mammals, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Biological Science.
Click here to read to read the full report: naturalfoodsmerchandiser.com
** Attended by more than 53,000 industry professionals from across the globe, Natural Products Expo West is the premier trade show for the healthy products industry. Co-located with SupplyExpo, the Nutracon conference, the Healthy Baking Seminar and the Fresh Ideas Organic Marketplace, these combined events showcase the entire value chain of healthy products from start to finish, identifying the bestsellers of today and the trends of tomorrow. Natural Products Expo West is ranked as one of the top 100 shows in the US and one of the fastest 50 growing tradeshows in the US and Canada.
** Natural Products Expo has two trade shows per year. Anaheim, California hosts Expo West in the month of March, while Expo East takes place in Boston, Massachusetts — usually in October. For more information, visit www.expowest.com and www.expoeast.com
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Posted by Kevin Brown on January 26, 2010

Start Eating The Foods You Always Wanted To Eat!
I must say that after Kevin took the time to sit with my husband and I and explain the Liberation diet, I actually felt liberated!
The diet has the right name.
It took us no time to realize that what Kevin was saying was the absolute truth.
I remembered as a child, my grandmother used to cook exactly the way that Kevin showed us in the presentation.
He is really passionate about helping you change your way of thinking and eating and it did not take long for us to believe him.
I am really excited about this change and I can not wait to start eating the foods that I actually always wanted to eat, but was told that it was not healthy for me.
You have got to hear what he has to say and you too will feel liberated even before you start the diet! I am a believer!
Thank you Kevin!!

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