tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:56:43 +0000coalgreenpeacestand uponenessclimate changeC'MON IN...HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT FOOD WATER AIR and more.http://www.ogcafe.net/noreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)Blogger126125OrganicGrandmamasCafehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-9201052065241377995Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:45:00 +00002011-12-29T17:45:13.231ZProgressive American Liberal: Obama Administration Reverses Bush's "No More Wilderness" Policy:'via Blog this'http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/12/progressive-american-liberal-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-4461644369629458194Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:21:00 +00002011-08-12T17:21:05.220Z New York City is not alone. Older communities across the U.S. sit atop aging combined sewer and stormwater systems, and are subject to increasingly frequent extreme rain events that come with the changing climate. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/rain-sewer-oveflows-dirty-water_n_920940.html http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/08/sewer-overflows-heavy-rain-old-pipes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-4574315931337550095Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:02:00 +00002011-08-12T16:02:06.056Z  9 – The average American uses about 575 liters of water (151.9 gallons) per day, with about 60 percent of that being used out-of-doors (watering lawns, washing cars, etc.). The average European uses 250 liters of water (66 gallons) per day. 1.1 billion people lack adequate water access, using less than 19 liters (5 gallons) per day. 1 – One drop of oil can make up to 25 liters (6.6 gallonshttp://www.ogcafe.net/2011/08/ten-things-you-should-know-about-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-7316826831591724637Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:51:00 +00002011-08-12T15:51:26.765Z “That’s a frightening graph if you make money selling water,” Lewis said. As a result, water conservation is not a big part of Milwaukee’s agenda. Milwaukee Water Works (MWW) rejected a suggestion from the state public service commission to institute a block tariff rate structure, which would have raised prices for high-volume users to encourage using less water. The city is actually looking tohttp://www.ogcafe.net/2011/08/water-conversation-comparison-of-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-2104075517731453895Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:01:00 +00002011-07-23T03:01:36.544Z“Currently, raw meat and poultry products that contain added solutions such as water, teriyaki sauce, salt, or a mixture thereof may have the same name on their labels as products that do not contain added solutions,” according to a USDA statement released today. “For example, a single-ingredient chicken breast and a chicken breast with added solution both may be labeled as “chicken breast,” evenhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2011/07/brine-injected-into-meat-reading-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-2770269115492753651Sat, 21 May 2011 15:09:00 +00002011-05-21T15:16:33.453ZI still maintain that GM salmon is a disaster in the making on many levels, we all have to decide for ourselves. For my money, stick with wild, and the folks that are regulated. This is, at least, an article that gives you a bit of insight, and may I suggest that you do even more. Your health depends upon it - and not for just today, but long-term. As you look around at our population, we http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/05/farmed-or-wild-whats-best-salmon-to-buy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-6206626376561192979Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:30:00 +00002011-05-21T15:18:49.952Zhttp://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-18-think-chinese-pork-is-scary-check-out-the-nearest-supermarket-me Snippets from article:Something similar could never happen here, right? Well, the poultry industry quite legally laces its feed with arsenic -- for similar reasons. Traces of arsenic do end up in chicken meat, in the poisonous "inorganic" form. And the pork industry regularly doses pigs with http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/03/think-tainted-chines-pork-is-scary-take.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-1312547108197017056Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:45:00 +00002011-02-27T20:45:53.767ZCheck it out and see how your officials did...2010 National Environmental Scorecardhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2011/02/2010-national-environmental-scorecard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-5164870937103791293Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:27:00 +00002011-02-27T01:30:26.973ZNAIROBI, Kenya, February 17, 2011 (ENS) - Enormous amounts of the fertilizer phosphorus are discharged into oceans due to inefficiencies in farming and a failure to recycle wastewater, the United Nations Environment Programme warns in its 2011 Year Book released today. An emerging concern over plastics pollution of the oceans is identified in the Year Book as "persistent, bio-accumulating http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/02/phosphorus-and-plastic-pollute-worlds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-505800986176499815Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:34:00 +00002011-01-27T21:34:41.739ZNever again will I buy at Whole Foods. They are no better than Monsanto and care nothing NOTHING for the consumerwho wants to eat REAL whole foods, organic as much as possible, and certainly not GM.WHOLE FOODS and their ilk are just one more group of corporate whores - and We the People are the ones who will pay for it.The Organic Elite Surrenders to Monsanto: What Now?http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/01/organic-elite-surrenders-to-monsanto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-5718792860267164590Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:26:00 +00002011-01-02T14:26:16.673ZPlease, please, watch and LISTEN to this speech. It is simply stated, Truth spoken, and powerful.We are all One.Stand up.Together.And let's rock - Todos Somos Uno.YouTube - CHRIS HEDGES: "HOPE" SPEECH (UNEDITED)http://www.ogcafe.net/2011/01/youtube-chris-hedges-hope-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-8590663569136838729Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:59:00 +00002011-01-02T13:59:48.835ZAre you thinking of getting ready to plant? This is an excellent site, gifted me by a Facebook FriendCheck it out! Peace and a New Year chock-filled with Blessings enough to share!Non-Hybridhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2011/01/non-hybrid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-7079752488377401555Sun, 02 Jan 2011 13:06:00 +00002011-01-02T13:06:12.621ZAn excerpt from the Post-Carbon Reader - check it out!FOOD: Growing Community Food Systemshttp://www.ogcafe.net/2011/01/food-growing-community-food-systems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-5461085023529079505Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:03:00 +00002010-12-31T15:03:41.811Z"If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." - Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994"Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job." - Phil Angell, http://www.ogcafe.net/2010/12/usda-recommends-coexistence-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-686873122913519197Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:17:00 +00002010-12-30T17:17:16.545ZMake no mistake: It is a deliberate and sustained drive to eradicate all organic and non-gmo crops, whatever it takes. Remember, from Monsanto's own memo: We cannot afford to lose even one penny of profit!And remember Anniston, Alabama (pcbs); Agent Orange; Aspartame; bovine growth hormones.Monsanto and their related entities (corporations are NOT people, no matter who on the not-Supreme Court http://www.ogcafe.net/2010/12/take-action-with-grassroots-netroots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-7753979116700744486Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:53:00 +00002010-12-29T21:53:58.924ZGreat discussion piece with lots of information - including the responses (refreshing to seemost responses are not the typical epithet-laced, non-issue related, inane attack commentsa la 2Minute Hate Fox not-news type.Peace.AwarenessStand up. Together We the People are all One. Todos somos uno.Beyond Oil in 20 years - January/February 2011 - Sierra Magazine - Sierra Clubhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2010/12/beyond-oil-in-20-years-januaryfebruary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-2532129258178022808Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:50:00 +00002010-12-26T16:50:56.279ZPaul Achitoff of Earthjustice, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said, "USDA thumbed its nose at the judicial system and the public by allowing this crop to be grown without any environmental review. Herbicide resistant crops just like this have been shown to result in more toxic chemicals in our soil and water. USDA has shown no regard for the environmental laws, and we're pleased that Judge http://www.ogcafe.net/2010/12/winning-battle-on-gmos-in-united-states.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-8399287522478702325Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:09:00 +00002010-12-09T00:09:47.625ZI truly believe that many of We the People have no clue as to the crisis of Water (know as BLUE GOLD to the Profit-at-any-cost folks) that is real and here. I suppose some of us believe the prayers will bring more water from the skies; or that technology - for some the Saviour and the way out of all the disease, death & destruction that has been done unto this planet.Monsanto and its lesser http://www.ogcafe.net/2010/09/our-water-crisis-will-be-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-8029689934224566038Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:54:00 +00002010-07-23T17:54:12.945ZIn light of Vilsack's actions in recent days, it might be nice for youto remember that this is a Monsanto Groupie. What is wrong with that picture?Daily Kos: Tom "I Heart Monsanto" Vilsack, This One's For Youhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2010/07/daily-kos-tom-i-heart-monsanto-vilsack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-5863226354545444489Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:58:00 +00002010-07-11T22:58:32.983ZI lived in Santa Cruz County - what a fantastic place...These are Everyday People who live in Santa Cruz and Felton and the surrounding Sea and Mountains. They coexist in large and small ways.Privatization of the Water, then a London-based company took over and planned to do a 74% rate hike...yep, that's what I said allright...74%.These fine Felton co-existing folks...won. :-)Peace.Standing up. http://www.ogcafe.net/2010/07/how-tiny-town-sent-international-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-451489524920729962Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:27:00 +00002010-07-07T13:27:01.351ZIf you're still using Aspartame (or any of its subsequent incarnations, geared to fool the "Great Beast" (that would We the People), thenyou may consider yourself a Monsanto Groupie, as it was their Child. You are - and continue to be, until We the People just plain stop buying the flippin' frankenfoods filled with stuff that has no reason to even be in them (other than http://www.ogcafe.net/2010/07/dr-joseph-mercola-americas-deadliest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-823637278608117896Wed, 12 May 2010 18:04:00 +00002010-05-12T18:04:44.447ZBravo Berkeley!SimplicityHealthyWorking TogetherWhat no-brainers these are - and yet...what is your community/your school doing/being?Peace.Awareness.Standing up Together.We are all One. Somos Uno.No more nuggets: Berkeley schools serve Epic Chicken | Gristhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2010/05/no-more-nuggets-berkeley-schools-serve.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11582254.post-906078645968304138Wed, 12 May 2010 18:02:00 +00002010-05-12T18:02:32.079ZWhat an excellent article...and what a novel 'new'/old idea: Parents (and family, extended family, friends, neighbors) getting involved. Involvement: What a Concept! :-)Berkeley school food revolution’s secret ingredient: parents | Gristhttp://www.ogcafe.net/2010/05/berkeley-school-food-revolutions-secret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Organic Grandmamá)0