Getting Healthy, Saving Money, and Living Well
Over the past week, there’s been a real buzz in the whole foodie blog realm about the government’s apparent push to add Nutrasweet (aspartame) to milk–with no labeling.
No label for Nutrasweet in milk? You’ve got to be kidding me.
How could the government add anything to milk without putting it on the label?
Hi everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to New Year’s.
My wedding anniversary is sandwiched in between (tomorrow) so this season has just a little too much crammed in it for comfort.
Honestly, I have been feeling quite under the weather, so we aren’t doing too much busy celebrating. I appreciate your prayers, if you are so inclined.
It’s been a rough few weeks for me.
As a result, I’ve been taking a bit of a blogging break.
I have a lot to catch up on due to the “diversions”, but I must say that I read about this raw milk mess this morning in this post on food freedom at Homestead Host and felt I just had to share it with you all. (By the way, I am a proud affiliate of Homestead Host. They host my blog and own my domain. And have FABULOUS service. If you’re looking to have better service than the “big box blog companies”, please check her out! You’ll be glad you did!
Our government is at it again. What’s it doing this time?
Outlawing raw milk.
So–you mean that you could actually go to jail for being part of a cow share?
Looks that way to me.
So here is my final “Top 10″ post of the year.
I have to say, these have been a lot of fun.
It was so neat seeing what interested you all!
Anyway, I already shared the Top 10 Recipe Posts and the Top 10 DIY / “Make Your Own” Posts, and these are well, the others 
. Everything from autism to food freedom to kitchen tips.
I really hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them – that they give you help in your home, something to ponder – and in some cases, I hope that they inspire you to action.
That started out like a great recipe post title, didn’t it? What – almonds and fuel? What’s wrong with this picture?
Everything.
Did you know that the “raw almonds” in the grocery store, health food store, or at Costco, are most certainly not raw almonds at all?
And did you know that they are most likely coated with a fuel additive. Jet engine fuel additive, to be specific. As in for racing cars and motorcycles.
I know. I couldn’t believe it either. Ick.
The United States’ government’s war on food took another step in the wrong direction when Rawesome Foods, a private food buying club in Venice, CA, was invaded yesterday by an armed SWAT team.
Who was arrested?
- James Stewart, the owner of Rawesome
- Victoria Bloch, volunteer Weston A. Price Foundation chapter leader of Los Angeles (apparently a part-time worker at Rawesome), and
- Sharon Palmer, farmer and owner of Healthy Family Farms, Rawesome’s primary farm supplier
Stewart is being held on $125,000 bail, which is more than the bail in LA for a rapist.
And what is the charge? CONSPIRACY. CONSPIRACY TO SELL RAW MILK.
The hypocrisy here is clear and disgusting.
Now, before you read on, please know that this is not JUST an accusation of hypocrisy against this current administration. There is plenty of evidence of hypocrisy on both sides of the political aisle. However, all of the evidence is getting just a bit too hard to ignore. And if you follow the money, it seems pretty clear at least some of what is going on here.
“Oh, Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say…”
Seems our culture has gotten a lot less careful about a lot of things, especially things regarding sexuality.
But what about our words?
Language reflects a great deal about who we are.
I think that, as Christians (and moral persons of every religious persuasion), we need to be careful what we say and think more carefully about what our words mean rather than just pick up what the culture is using and adopt it as our own.
To quote one of my husband’s colleagues, John Leonard (a Milton scholar), “The corrupting of innocence begins with a corrupting of language.”
So true!
Now I already was concerned and uncomfortable whenever I heard words like
.More recently, however, I have been increasingly discouraged to hear this newcomer in our common everyday speech.
The word “hottie.”
Please come over to Modern Alternative Mama for the rest of my thoughts on Sexuality and Speech.
And if you have a moment, I’d love it if you dropped back over here to tell me your thoughts as I can read comments, but cannot interact with readers over there .
Shared at Biblical Womanhood Friday.
Two lemonade stands. Two governments. Two different outcomes.
Big government leads to a lot of bad things. One of them is big spending and another is too much control.
If you read my posts on the FDA being poised to ban supplements, or my other post on how the FDA is shutting down natural supplement companies while allowing the supplementing of our chickens with arsenic, then you know what I mean.
Well, here is more evidence and a clear demonstration of how our nation is heading down the wrong path.
Jail time for planting a vegetable garden in your front lawn? This is a definite possibility for a mother in Oak Park, Michigan. The government authorities there have some real concerns over her front yard raised bed garden and claim it violates community standards.
But is this just another example of government intruding on individual liberties?
Well, the FDA is at it again.
Recently, I wrote a post describing how the FDA has been pressuring natural product companies to stop making health claims about their products.
They are seizing products, making demands on natural health care providers and supplement companies, and shutting down websites.
Well, the situation appears to be getting even more dire.
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