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“What do you mean, ‘Fat doesn’t make you fat’?”

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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Don’t Let Lobbyists Weaken New Organic Dairy Standards

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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