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Saphris (asenapine maleate): Drug Safety Communication: Serious Allergic Reactions

AUDIENCE: Psychiatry, Patients

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that serious allergic reactions have been reported with the use of Saphris (asenapine maleate). The Contraindications, Warnings and Precautions, Adverse Reactions, and Patient Counseling Information sections have been revised to include information about type I hypersensitivity reactions which may include anaphylaxis, angioedema, low blood pressure, rapid heart rate, swollen tongue, difficulty breathing, wheezing, or rash. In several cases, these reactions occurred after the first dose.

BACKGROUND: Saphris (asenapine maleate) is used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

RECOMMENDATION: Healthcare professionals should be aware of the risk of hypersensitivity reactions with Saphris and counsel patients who are receiving the drug about how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a serious allergic reaction. Saphris should not be used in patients with a known hypersensitivity to the drug.

Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA’s MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:

* Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm
* Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178

Read the MedWatch safety alert, including links to the Drug Safety Communication with Data Summary, and prescribing information, at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm270600.htm

Reclast (zoledronic acid): Drug Safety Communication - New Contraindication and Updated Warning on Kidney Impairment

AUDIENCE: Endocrinology, Pharmacy, Patient

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients of an update to the drug label for Reclast (zoledronic acid) regarding the risk of kidney failure. Cases of acute renal failure requiring dialysis or having a fatal outcome following Reclast use have been reported to FDA. The revised label states that Reclast is contraindicated in patients with creatinine clearance less than 35 mL/min or in patients with evidence of acute renal impairment. The label also recommends that healthcare professionals screen patients prior to administering Reclast in order to identify at-risk patients.

The Reclast Medication Guide for patients is being updated to contain information about the risk of severe kidney problems. In addition, the manufacturer of Reclast will issue a Dear Healthcare Provider letter to inform healthcare professionals about this risk.

BACKGROUND: Risk factors for developing renal failure include underlying moderate to severe renal impairment, use of kidney-damaging (nephrotoxic) or diuretic medications at the same time as Reclast, or severe dehydration occurring before or after Reclast is given. The risk of developing renal failure in patients with underlying renal impairment also increases with age.

These labeling changes are being made to the Reclast label only, although zoledronic acid, also sold as Zometa, is approved for treatment of cancer-related indications. Renal toxicity is already addressed in the Warnings and Precautions section of the Zometa label. Dose reductions for Zometa are provided for patients with renal impairment.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Reclast is contraindicated in patients with creatinine clearance less than 35 mL/min, or in patients with evidence of acute renal impairment. Healthcare professionals should screen patients prior to administering Reclast in order to identify at-risk patients. Healthcare professionals should also monitor renal function in patients who are receiving Reclast.

Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA’s MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:

* Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm
* Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178

Read the MedWatch safety alert, including links to the Drug Safety Communication, including a Data Summary, and prescribing information, at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm270464.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 2, 2011
Release #11-318

Firm’s Recall Hotline: (877) 924-4624
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

LED Night Lights Recalled by Camsing Global Due to Burn Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of product: LED night lights

Units: About 10,000

Importer: Corvest Acquisition Inc. (now Camsing Global LLC), of Largo, Fla.

Hazard: The LED night lights can overheat, smolder, and melt which may cause minor burns to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received five reports of the recalled LED night lights overheating, smoldering or melting. No injuries have been reported.

Description: The LED night light contains flame retardant elements, plugs into an electrical outlet, has a white or blue LED bulb, and a clear bulb cover. “Model SBD01”, the number “E314462” and “Made in China” are stamped on the back of the night light’s plastic white base. The night lights measure about 1 3/4 inches wide by 3 3/4 inches high.

Distributed by: Various companies as a free promotional product, imprinted with the company’s name from December 2010 through March 2011.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled night lights and discard them.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Camsing Global toll-free at (877) 924-4624 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, or visit the firm’s website at www.camsingglobal.com

To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11318.html

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm269869.htm

Vita Food Products Issues Voluntary Recall of 4 oz. Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon Packages with “SELL BY DEC 15 2011 01961” Purchased on July 25 or After
08/26/2011 05:22 PM EDT

Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that 8,088 individual retail packages of 4 oz. Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon are being voluntarily recalled due to the potential for contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
. For detailed information pertaining to this Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts message, please click the link at the beginning of this bulletin.

This message consists of the following:

1. Pacific Cycle Recalls Swing Sets Due to Fall Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Toys R Us, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11313.html

2. Petzl America Recalls Belay Devices Due to Fall Hazard, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11314.html

City Hall joining Flint’s urban agriculture movement

She also is part of what has become a social movement taking Flint by storm and
that is winning international praise.
And, now urban gardening is also getting the official endorsement of the status
quo.

Wonderful film showing city farming in Mumbai, India

Dedication by the filmmaker Suma Josson:
August 28th was my mother’s birthday. It is 2 months since she passed away. Daughter
of a farmer she was a kitchen gardener growing her own vegetables and fruits wherever
she moved. She carried the garden within her and the garden contained her energy.

I know up there she is tending and watering a garden filled with the light of regeneration
and hope. Let’s turn more earth organic in 2011.

Like Portland, Boulder rethinking concept of urban farming

Hunched over the miniature jungle growing along the street near his University Hill
home in Boulder, Scott Hoffenberg plucked a glistening purple object from the ground
and shook off bits of dirt.

“This is the first eggplant of the year,” Hoffenberg said. “In a couple weeks, we
should be pulling 100 to 150 of these off each week.”

City Chase explores Vancouver’s Compost Garden, for charity

City Chase brought a few hundred explorers to the Vancouver Compost Demonstration
Garden as part of a unique urban adventure. Participants had to dig through our
worm bins and find 10 worms and also answer questions about the composting process.

It was a wonderful way to introduce people to home composting.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Communications
Washington, D.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2011
Release #11-315

Recall Hotlines: See listing below
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Nine Manufacturers, Distributors Announce Consumer Recall of Pourable Gel Fuel Due to Burn and Flash Fire Hazards

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with nine manufacturers and distributors, is announcing a voluntary recall of all pourable gel fuels made or sold by these companies. Due to the serious risks of flash fire and burns when consumers add pourable gel to an already burning fire pot, consumers should immediately stop using the pourable gel fuel.

The recall involves an estimated 2 million units of various pourable gel fuels packaged in one-quart plastic bottles and one-gallon plastic jugs and sold in scented and non-scented formulations, which were sold since 2008 for between $5 and $20 by the companies listed below.

Consumers can contact these firms to obtain instructions for a refund of the product and for returning unused bottles and jugs:

Bird Brain Inc., of Ypsilanti, Mich.
Bond Manufacturing of Antioch, Calif.
Sunjel Company (2 Burn Inc.) of Milwaukee
Fuel Barons Inc. of Lake Tahoe, Nev.
Lamplight Farms Inc of Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Luminosities Inc (Windflame) of St. Paul, Minn.
Pacific Décor Ltd. of Woodinwille, Wash.
Real Flame of Racine, Wis.
Smart Solar Inc. of Oldsmar, Fla.

The pourable gel fuel can ignite unexpectedly and splatter onto people and objects nearby when it is poured into a firepot that is still burning. CPSC is aware of 65 incidents resulting in two deaths and 34 victims who were hospitalized with second and third degree burns of the face, chest, hands, arms or legs.

Of the 65 incidents, 28 of them, including 37 burn injuries and two fatalities, occurred with fuel gel products made by Napa Home & Garden, which conducted a recall of its products in June 2011, in cooperation with CPSC. Also in June, CPSC issued a press statement alerting consumers to the hazards of pourable gel fuels. All pourable gel fuel, regardless of manufacturer, poses flash fire hazards.

Consumers should not attempt to use or fix pourable gel fuel bottles with homemade remedies, or replace the fuel with other flammable materials.

Retailers should stop sale of existing inventory and immediately remove all stock of pourable gel fuel from shelves. Some firms are working on a design for caps that may prevent flash fire hazards.

To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11315.html

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This message consists of the following:

1. Nine Manufacturers, Distributors Announce Consumer Recall of Pourable Gel Fuel Due to Burn and Flash Fire Hazards, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11315.html

2. Wooden Rattle Recalled by Manhattan Group Due to Choking Hazard, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11316.html

3. Sunsations Agrees to $60,000 Civil Penalty for Failing to Report Drawstrings in Children’s Sweatshirts; Drawstrings pose strangulation and entanglement hazards to children, http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11317.html

ShoulderFlex Massager by King International: Safety Communication - Risk of Strangulation

AUDIENCE: Physical Medicine, Orthopedics, Consumer

ISSUE: FDA notified health professionals and consumers of serious health risks posed by the ShoulderFlex Massager. FDA is aware of reports to the Consumer Product Safety Commission of one death and one near-strangulation associated with the ShoulderFlex Massager. These incidents occurred when a necklace and clothing became caught in a piece of the device that rotates during use. Two other reports involved clothing and hair became caught in the device.

BACKGROUND: The ShoulderFlex Massager, distributed by King International, is a personal massage device designed for home use to provide deep tissue massage to the neck, shoulder and back while the user lies on a flat surface. King International has distributed 11,934 devices since Oct. 18, 2003. The devices were sold at various stores and online retailers in the United States.

RECOMMENDATION: Do not use or recommend use of the ShoulderFlex Massager. Dispose of the device components separately so that the massager cannot be reassembled and used. The FDA is evaluating King International’s plan for recall of the ShoulderFlex Massager, which may lead to additional action or communication by the FDA or King International.

Prompt reporting of adverse events can help the FDA identify and better understand the risks associated with this product. Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects to the FDA’s MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:

* Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm
* Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178

Read the MedWatch safety alert, including a link to the FDA safety communication, at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm269765.htm

Stress
Posted by: “Debbie Harlan”

Lemon and Stress

Some essential oils appear to have an effect on the neurotransmitters in the
brain that play a role in anxiety.

In Japan, a study has shown that lemon oil has anti-stress effects. It works
by modulating both the Serotonin and Dopamine neurotransmitter systems. In
Japan keypunch-operator errors were cut in half after piping lemon scent
through the ventilation system. Calming and less stress equals less errors.

How to Use: Try diffusing in the morning or use in a car diffuser on the way
to work.

Eucalyptus Radiata
Posted by: “Debbie Harlan”

If you haven’t tried this variety of Eucalyptus read on.

Eucalyptus Radiata has a sweet, soft scent and is used for

infections higher in the respiratory tract. It is highly effective

when used with Ravansara aromatica, against colds, flu and

sinusitis. A refreshing camphorus oil with a scent that is lighter

than Eucalyptus Globulus. Patricia Davis says this is the most useful

Eucalyptus as it has a pleasant smell and is easily assimilated. It

has many of the same uses as Eucalyptus Globulus but it is milder in

its chemical composition and gentler in action. Despite its mild

chemical composition, it is highly anti-bacterial and anti-viral.

Eucalyptus Radiata has been proven effective in laboratory tests

against many viruses, including staphylococci. It is also a powerful

decongestant: in chronic and acute bronchitis it reduces the swelling

of mucus membranes, loosens phlegm and increases the oxygen supply to

restricted cells.

Quit Smoking
Posted by: “Debbie Harlan”

For those who are trying to quit smoking this may help:

8d. cedar

4d. lavender

5d. lemon

5d. orange

6d. tea tree

Mix into 16oz of water & use as an air spray

Enjoy

Send us your favorite aroma tips to be

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Aunt Rose’s Famous Green Tomato Casserole

“Rainbow Cooks” Author: Rainbow Whole Foods Cooperative Grocery

3 large green tomatoes, skin on
1 large yellow onion
Bread crumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
Olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Thinly slice tomatoes and onion. Grease a 1- or 2-quart casserole. Layer tomatoes and onions. Salt and pepper each layer. Cover with a thin layer of crumbs. Drizzle with olive oil.

Bake 30-45 minutes. Serves 4.

Mississippi Cooks: Featured Cookbook
from the March 2003 issue of Today in Mississippi

Get recipes and money-saving tips at http://www.CheapCooking.com. Free newsletter, recipes, and much more.

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Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide): Drug Safety Communication - Abnormal Heart Rhythms Associated With High Doses

AUDIENCE: Psychiatry, Cardiology

ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients that the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) should no longer be used at doses greater than 40 mg per day because it can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart. Changes in the electrical activity of the heart (prolongation of the QT interval of the electrocardiogram [ECG]) can lead to an abnormal heart rhythm (including Torsade de Pointes), which can be fatal. Patients at particular risk for developing prolongation of the QT interval include those with underlying heart conditions and those who are predisposed to low levels of potassium and magnesium in the blood.

Studies did not show a benefit in the treatment of depression at doses higher than 40 mg per day. Previously, the citalopram drug label stated that certain patients may require a dose of 60 mg per day. The citalopram drug label has been revised to include the new drug dosage and usage recommendations, as well as information about the potential for QT interval prolongation and Torsade de Pointes. See the FDA Drug Safety Communication Data Summary for additional information.

BACKGROUND: Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) is in a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

RECOMMENDATION: Citalopram causes dose-dependent QT interval prolongation. Citalopram should no longer be prescribed at doses greater than 40 mg per day. Citalopram should not be used in patients with congenital long QT syndrome. Patients with congestive heart failure, bradyarrhythmias, or predisposition to hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia because of concomitant illness or drugs, are at higher risk of developing Torsade de Pointes. See the FDA Drug Safety Communication for additional recommendations for healthcare professionals and patients.

Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA’s MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:

* Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm
* Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178

Read the MedWatch safety alert, including a link to the FDA Drug Safety Communication, at:

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm269481.htm

Summer Vegetables on the Table

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:52 PM PDT
It’s hard to believe we are heading into the end of August. My oldest son started college as a freshman, my other two will go into 6th and 12th grade the Tuesday after Labor Day, and before we know it Fall will bring cooler weather. Vegetable and herb harvests are going strong around the country so I thought I would share more fresh vegetable recipes today. Remember, if you don’t grow your own, watch for roadside stands to pick up local produce.

Squash with Carrots

Ingredients:
3 tbsp. water
2 tbsp. vegetable or olive oil
3 cups summer squash, any variety
3 cups grated carrots
3/4 cup chopped onion
1 tsp. each minced fresh parsley, oregano and thyme
1/2-1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tbsp. butter or margarine

Saute the onions until tender in the oil. Add the squash, carrots and water to the onion. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, cover and cook, stirring occasionally until just tender. Makes 6 servings.

Note: You can substitute other fresh herbs such as dill, marjoram, summer savory, rosemary, sage or chives.

Green Bean Salad

Ingredients:
1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil
1 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. fresh, minced rosemary
1 clove garlic, mashed
3 cups green beans, cooked until just tender

Combine all the ingredients except the green beans. Whisk until combined, pour over the beans and toss gently. Cover and chill at least 4 hours. Remove the garlic clove. Serve chilled. 6 servings.

Lima Bean Basil Salad

Ingredients:
3/4 cup vegetable or olive oil
1/2 cup vinegar
3-5 tbsp. chopped fresh basil, any variety
1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup chopped green onion or chives
6 cups cooked lima beans (just tender)

Mix the oil, vinegar, basil, salt, sugar and onion. Pour over the lima beans, toss. Cover and chill at least 4 hours.

Lastly, I have a recipe for a buttermilk dressing that can be used as a dip for vegetables. I love cutting up green bell pepper, cucumbers and carrots for dipping.

Buttermilk Herb Dressing

Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup cottage cheese, any variety
3 tbsp. chopped green onion or chives
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. salt
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced

Process this in a blender or food processor. Keep refrigerated.

On OFL I have some great recipes for using basil:
http://oldfashionedliving.com/basil.html

NaturalNews Insider Alert ( www.NaturalNews.com ) email newsletter

Dear NaturalNews readers,

Astonishingly, most mainstream consumers actually believe that Vitamin Water is a healthy beverage. What they don’t realize is that Vitamin Water is mostly sugar water.

Even Coca-Cola’s own attorneys have publicly admitted that Vitamin Water is not “a healthy beverage.”

Today, the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center releases the latest Food Investigations video that exposes what I call the “Vitamin Water deception.”
http://www.naturalnews.com/033390_Vitamin_Water_deception.html

Is Alex Jones for real? People keep asking me that, so I decided to answer it publicly. As you’ll read in this article, Alex Jones is a courageous voice whose fast-growing InfoWars media group does an outstanding job warning us all about the challenging times ahead:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033389_Alex_Jones_radio_show.html

Obama has a love affair with GMOs, it seems: Although he once promised to push for mandatory GMO labeling of grocery products, in reality he has appointed pro-Monsanto puppets into key positions within the government. That’s why I now call him GMObama! Here’s the latest on this failed President who has broken virtually every campaign promise we once hoped he might actually keep:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033387_Obama_GMOs.html

Did you know that authorities in Texas actively conspired to bury test data showing the municipal water supply to be radioactive? It’s true. Here’s the report:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033386_radiation_drinking_water.html

On the nutrition side of things today, check out this article on alpha lipoic acid and its numerous health benefits:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033382_alpha_lipoic_acid_mitochondria.html

More stories continue below on benefits of lemon water, setting the record straight on bentonite clay and much more (see below)...

Colourful brassieres support weighty cantaloupes

Now in August, tomatoes and cantaloupes are crowding the plastic shelter and the
heavy, growing cantaloupes need some support. They are “EarliChamps” from West
Coast Seeds. Using a tip from a visitor, Maria visited a local Sally Ann thrift
store and bought a variety of different sized brassieres to help hold up the growing
melons.

PBS Video: Seeds of progress: How urban farming is changing Detroit’s future

If the Republican presidential hopefuls agreed on anything at last week’s Iowa debate,
it was the need for America to create jobs. And one city that needs jobs is Detroit.
The city itself has an unemployment rate hovering around 24 percent. The lack of
jobs is one reason that nearly one-quarter of the population left the city in the
last decade.

Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has Bee-Love

The sweet smell of success is in the air at O’Hare International Airport with an
unusual collaboration aimed at giving honeybees and their keepers a second chance.

Twenty-three beehives were installed on a vacant piece of property on the airport’s
east side this spring.

Paris Community Gardens

Just by chance, we met Sylvie Laurent-Begin and her husband Christophe at “Grow”,
a small garden on False Creek. Sylvie is Deputy to the Paris Vice-Mayor in charge
of Parks and Gardens. Christophe her husband is president of Potager des Oiseaux
in le Marais neighborhood.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
1978-2011
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Colourful brassieres support weighty cantaloupes
Now in August, tomatoes and cantaloupes are crowding the plastic shelter and the
heavy, growing cantaloupes need some support. They are “EarliChamps” from West
Coast Seeds. Using a tip from a visitor, Maria visited a local Sally Ann thrift
store and bought a variety of different sized brassieres to help hold up the growing
melons.
PBS Video: Seeds of progress: How urban farming is changing Detroit’s future
If the Republican presidential hopefuls agreed on anything at last week’s Iowa debate,
it was the need for America to create jobs. And one city that needs jobs is Detroit.
The city itself has an unemployment rate hovering around 24 percent. The lack of
jobs is one reason that nearly one-quarter of the population left the city in the
last decade.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport has Bee-Love
The sweet smell of success is in the air at O’Hare International Airport with an
unusual collaboration aimed at giving honeybees and their keepers a second chance.
Twenty-three beehives were installed on a vacant piece of property on the airport’s
east side this spring.
Paris Community Gardens
Just by chance, we met Sylvie Laurent-Begin and her husband Christophe at “Grow”,
a small garden on False Creek. Sylvie is Deputy to the Paris Vice-Mayor in charge
of Parks and Gardens. Christophe her husband is president of Potager des Oiseaux
in le Marais neighborhood.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
1978-2011
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http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm268798.htm

Atlanta Oriental Food Recalls Cut Napa Kimchi Because Of Possible Listeria Monocytogenes
08/19/2011 11:32 AM EDT

Atlanta Oriental Food Wholesale Company of Atlanta, GA, is recalling its 1 gallon plastic containers of Cut Napa Kimchi and 5 gallon buckets of Cut Napa Kimchi because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

. For detailed information pertaining to this Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts message, please click the link at the beginning of this bulletin.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Urban Homesteading

Last August I was approached by the editors from Penguin Publishing, who oversee
“The Complete Idiot’s Guide” books. Despite their goofy-sounding titles, I’ve always
been a fan of the Idiot’s Guides. I like the way they’re structured, and I feel
like I’m getting comprehensive information when I read them.
The editors asked me if I would write the book, and what followed was a period that
was both challenging and immensely rewarding.

Atlanta Grows Lettuce in Freight Containers as Urban Farms Bloom

More farmers are marketing their products directly to consumers than ever, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture said Aug. 5 when it released its 2011 National Farmers
Market Directory. The guide lists 7,175 markets, up 53 percent from 4,685 in 2008.
States experiencing the most rapid growth aren’t in the West or Northeast, where
the local-food movement germinated, the USDA found. The agency reported a 46 percent
increase in markets in Alaska, and a 38 percent jump in Texas, Colorado and New
Mexico.

Salt Lake County’s urban farming project yields bumper crop

That’s the goal of the farming leases, said Julie Peck-Dabling, director of Salt
Lake County’s urban farming program. The three parcels - one in Holladay and two
in Draper - were originally bought for future parks land, but funding shortages
left them undeveloped.

“It actually takes staff time to go out there a few times a year and cut the weeds
and spray them,” Peck-Dabling said. Until the space is converted to parks, leasing
the land to local farmers is more productive, she said.

Urban agriculture group to launch petition for public consultations in Montreal

MONTREAL - A group of Montrealers is about to test the public’s newly bestowed right
to initiate public consultations in the city.
The threshold is high, though.
The Work Group on Urban Agriculture, composed of university and community groups,
will have to collect 15,000 signatures on a paper petition by Nov. 8 to oblige the
city to hold a public consultation on the state of urban agriculture in Montreal.
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The often-invoked story of polar bears drowning in arctic waters because of melting ice caps was a complete fraud, invented by dishonest scientists who have now been publicly outed for fabricating their data.

Here are the details on this latest example of politically-motivated fraudulent science:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033370_polar_bars_scientific_fraud.html

I recently interviewed Sally Fallon from the Weston A Price Foundation about the Rawesome Foods raids and the arrest of a Weston Price representative (Victoria Bloch). Hear the full interview in this article:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033371_Sally_Fallon_Weston_A_Price.html

Ridiculously, more corn is now being used to make corn ethanol than is being consumed as food. Apparently, the USA would rather burn its food as fuel instead of keeping food prices affordable for American families:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033369_corn_ethanol_food_prices.html

Farmers are speaking out against GMOs in a new mini-documentary that explains how GMOs are a “Monsanto trap” that ensnares farmers in a situation from which they can almost never escape:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033368_farmers_Monsanto.html

Watch out for these top five dangerous ingredients in deodorant products:
http://www.naturalnews.com/033364_deodorants_chemical_ingredients.html

P.S. Dont’ miss the Leigh Erin Connealy event this weekend, which presents breakthrough information on conquering diabetes and cancer - naturally!
http://www.naturalnews.com/Leigh-Erin-Connealy.html

More stories continue below on the Orwellian attack on raw milk, how to stop obsessive compulsive behaviors, how to improve the health of your hair with a little-known source of silica, and much more (see below)...