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23rd Annual Womens Herbal Conference

The New England Women’s Herberal Conference is held at a beautiful retreat center in the Monadnock Region of southern New Hampshire and provides excellent facilities, camping, indoor ccommodations and large meeting rooms. Join us in this special celebration of our radiance, our bodies, and our work as wise women and healers.

AUGUST 20^th-22^nd, 2010

Join us for over 60 workshops on Women’s Health, Herbs and Well Being offered by some of the country’s most respected herbalists.

Topics for all level of interest from Beginner to Advanced.

• 3 Hour Intensive Workshops for more in-depth learning.
• Kids Camp for kids between 2 – 12.
• Circle Within A Circle, workshops for the young woman (13 – 18)
• Crafts, Activities, Herb Walks, Canoeing on Half Moon Pond
• Massage and The Popular Relaxation Oasis

Over 35 highly respected Herbalists & Natural Health Care Practictioners:

Rocio Alarcon, Dona Enriqueta, Ann McIntyre, Kathleen Maier, Kathi Keville, Julie Mitchell, Susan Belsinger, Claudia Keel, Camille Freeman, Peeka Trenkle, Dina Falconi, Kate Gilday, Nina Spiro, Mz Imani, Nicky Scully, Donna Bryant Winston, Trishuwa, Bevin Clare, Rosemary Gladstar, Fearn Lickfield, Amy Goodman, Monica Giacomin , Mary Niles, Betzy Bancroft , Crystal June Maderia, Sandra Lory, Gale La Scala, Maureen Burns-Hooker, Margi Flint, Sylvia Gaboriault, JoAnn Darling, Amelia Hirota, Kay Parent, Lydia Russell and several more still to be confirmed.

Dietary Supplements, Clean Foods – Next Victims of Fake “Safety” Bills

Dietary Supplements, Clean Foods
Next Victims of Fake “Safety” Bills
McCain’s “Dietary Supplement Safety” Bill
Joins Fake “Food Safety” S510
Farmers, Food and Your Freedom Under Attack…

02/04/10 – UPDATE: while the fake “Food Safety” Bill S510 remains stalled in the Senate, after our November Blitz sent more than 150,000 emails to the Senate over one long weekend, this week Sen John McCain announced that he was offering another “safety” bill, S 3002. This alleged “safety” bill is aimed at the type of food called “Dietary Supplement” in a blatant attempt to undermine your freedom to access high potency vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements which Americans have enjoyed since a unanimous Congress adopted the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). The McCain bill seeks to overthrow major provisions of the current law and force “HARMonization” with international Codex Alimentarius (so-called “World Food Code”) restrictions on our food and health freedoms.

See our analysis of the bill at: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4608 and please take the Action below; we’ve modified it to include the new bill; please send this new message to your Senators, even if you’ve already used the earlier version of this Action Item. See also: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4615 for our Health Freedom Action eAlert eblast on this issue — and please forward that link to all your contacts.

11/17/09 – UPDATE: the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) “marked-up” S.510, the Senate version of the (sic) “Food Safety” bill on Tuesday, November 18, 2009. This is the last step before a full Senate vote. The Senate bill can be read at: http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.510: — this bill has an even weaker Family Farm and Ranch, Community and Home Garden exemption than the bill (HR.2749) which passed the House at the end of July. Some minor changes were made, as a result of hundreds of thousands of emails to decsion makers generated from this Action Item and other citizen actions — so now it’s time to continue to Push Back! We have until early in the new year to make our voices heard, since the Senators, after considering the nearly 150,000 messages they received from this Action Item, will not vote on the bill until January.  For updates: see our blog entry at: http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=4014

Genetic food giant Monsanto is at it again.

Its next target: a new product that could eliminate all organic alfalfa, a key food for raising organic-fed cows and pigs without any genetic engineering.

The USDA is well on its way to approving Monsanto’s genetically modified alfalfa. In its own report, the USDA says that not enough consumers care enough about organic foods for the USDA to block Monsanto’s modified alfalfa seeds. [1]  This is absurd since one of the main reasons people buy organic food is to avoid genetically engineered crops.

The USDA is only accepting public comments for the next two weeks. We need you to write to the USDA right now and tell them they must not approve Monsanto’s mutant alfalfa. We’ll deliver your comments before the deadline. [2]

Click here: http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1753

Why Haven’t Fruit & Vegetable Eaters Been Told About This Toxic Waste Overload?

The U.S. government is encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from coal-fired power plants on their fields to loosen and fertilize soil.

The material is produced by power plant “scrubbers” that remove acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide from plant emissions.  The substance is a synthetic form of the mineral gypsum, and it also contains mercury, arsenic, lead and other heavy metals.

The Environmental Protection Agency says those toxic metals occur in only tiny amounts. But some environmentalists say too little is known about how the material affects crops, and ultimately human health.

Acupuncture Orlando – Prescription drugs aren’t the only way to get pain relief.

Acupuncture Orlando may have your solution if you are one of the millions afflicted by a chronic pain condition. In a treatment that is thousands of years old, you may find the answer to your suffering.

Many forms of pain may result. Resulting from trauma and surgery, you will suffer from back pain, joint pain, headaches, and pain. They are seeking alternatives to help alleviate their suffering without further risking their health as people become more aware of the negative side effects of pain medication. Acupuncture is among the most successful natural methods of relieving pain. For over 3500 years, acupuncture has been used effectively. More than any other treatment known to man, it is said that throughout history, acupuncture has been performed on humans.

Does acupuncture clear your pain? Ancient Chinese medical theories contend that pain is symptom caused by blockages in the flow of energy through the body. Illness, injury, poor diet and even negative emotions can result in blockage. When the acupuncture needles are inserted, the blockage is removed and energy can flow freely as it should. The pain is eliminated once the energy flows. It is a safe, natural and effective form of treatment for people who have suffered many years with chronic pain, if performed by a trained and licensed Orlando acupuncturist. Acupuncture is an effective treatment method for many conditions and is now recognized by the World Health Organization. In the battlefield, even the United States Government is utilizing acupuncture to manage pain. Auricular (ear) acupuncture is providing soldiers with immediate and lasting pain relief from injuries.

What types of pain can be alleviated by acupuncture? A wide number of painful conditions can be treated with acupuncture according to modern medical studies. Tendonitis, back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, neck pain, migraines and headaches, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, heel pain, menstrual pain, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, diverticulitis, and pain from gout are some of the more common ailments that respond to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine can treat a very diverse spectrum of disorders.

If a person in Orlando has never had acupuncture, they probably wonder whether it is painful. In both children and adults, needle phobia is very common. With new patients, it is one of the biggest hurdles that acupuncture physicians must overcome. Acupuncture uses a very tiny needle. When a needle has been inserted, in most cases, a patient does not even know. What they feel rather, is the needle drawing energy from the acupuncture point. You will feel a tingle, pull, or pressure during this procedure. A medical syringe pinching your skin is much worse.

There is still hope for those that just can’t bear the thought of any needle coming close to their body. Most acupuncturists in Orlando currently use electric stimulation and/or lasers in their treatments. Without the use of any needles, it is possible to stimulate the acupuncture points and eliminate your pain with these tools.

The use of Chinese medicinal herbs to speed recovery time even more is used in addition to needles, like a classically trained acupuncture physician. The nature of the condition determines what different herbs are used. Helping millions of people, these herbs have been used in the clinical setting for thousands of years.

Millions of people suffer from a condition causing chronic pain; if you are one of these and you are not finding relief, look for an acupuncturist in Orlando who is licensed and board certified. You deserve good health. You deserve a life that doesn’t hurt. The answer you have been searching for could be acupuncture.

What Is The Slippery Slope Index?

What Is The Slippery Slope Index? Our diets and our health from the womb to the grave are now shaped by three sectors of the economy: the processed foods corporations, the medical/pharmaceutical giants, and the chemical industry. Together these economic interests have fostered a belief system — a belief that most of us have naively embraced — promoting synthetics as benign and superior to naturally occurring foods and medicines. Blinded by ambition and the spirit of progress and commerce, we have unwittingly created an unstoppable force. The following factual chronology of the changes we have seen in the last 100 years documents the slippery slope of discoveries, industrial developments, government actions, and accumulating health problems.

Headaches & Peppermint

By Master Herbalist Susie Ransom

Migraine headaches have plagued me most of my life.  When I was happy, when I wasn’t happy, when I ate well, when I ate wrong, when the sun shone, when it was cloudy, I would get miserable headaches.  Nothing takes the fun out of going for a summer drive with your family, when you know you’ll come home with a headache and spend the rest of the day in bed.  I looked for some common denominator that would explain why these headaches would come on, but I couldn’t seem to find an answer.

Action Alert-Stop GMO Contamination of Organic! Don’t Let Obama’s USDA Approve Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready Alfalfa!

USDA TO LAUNCH HIGH TUNNEL PILOT STUDY TO INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF LOCALLY GROWN FOODS

Eco-Nomic Living Expo Feb 6th

Eco-Nomic Living Expo

8:30 am – 9:00 am EXHIBIT HALL OPENS & REGISTRATION
9:45 am – 10:00 am BREAK / VIEW EXHIBITS
10:00 am – 10:25 am Edible Landscapes, Food Preservation , Home & Health, & Indoor Air Quality
10:30 am – 10:55 am Landscape for Less $$,  Sustainability: Omnivore vs. Vegetarian, Home & Health – Water Quality
11:00 pm – 11:25 pm How to Make a Rain Barrel Ed Thralls,  Managing Your Money in Tough Times, Solar & Alternative Energy
11:30 pm – 11:55 pm Greener Indoor Plant Pest Management, Slow Food – Raise Your Own Plants & Animals
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm General Session Gardening Challenges
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm TREE GIVE-A-WAY / EXHIBITS / VENDORS