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Barbara H. Peterson is retired from the California Department of Corrections, where she worked as a Correctional Officer at Folsom Prison. She was one of the first females to work at the facility in this classification. After retirement, she went to college online to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Business, and graduated with honors.
Barbara lives on a small ranch in Oregon, and believes that self-sufficiency and localization of food sources will be necessary to survive the coming depression. To this end, she has put up a website to share information at:
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 6, 2009 HR 814 Supports CAFOs and Restricts Individual Animal Ownership
HR 814 lays the national traceability system referred to in HR 875 out in no uncertain terms. This traceability system applies to all livestock, chickens, and eggs, and is supposed to safeguard our food supply. The problem is, no one other than concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) can reasonably comply with its requirements.
(12 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Monsanto's Global Pollution Legacy
Do we really want to eat food created by Monsanto, and sprayed with Monsanto's chemicals? Before we take another bite, a bit of research is in order.
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, April 24, 2009 Link Found Between GMOs & Deadly Tuberculosis
Naked viral DNA (virus without its protein coat) is infectious and may well be taken up by mammalian cells including our own! In addition, viral DNA has been shown to resist digestion in the gut of mice, and enters the bloodstream to infect white blood cells, spleen and liver cells. One such virus most commonly used as a promoter in genetic engineering is the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV).
(8 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 23, 2009 Thriving Freedom Gardens for Small Spaces
The truth is, for far too many of us, if we don't start developing some basic survival skills, we simply won't eat.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 22, 2009 NAIS and the Family
Over 1000 livestock producing families per month go broke or terminate their businesses. Each day Congress and the Senate pass more laws to increase cost of agriculture production. Look close at these American families and realize they are a vanishing species.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 17, 2009 On the Airwaves this Sunday - Join Us!
This Sunday, April 19, 2009, I will be on the air with Dave Hodges. We will be discussing HR 875, Livestock Tracking, Homeland Security's Stamping Out program, GMO, and Monsanto. You are welcome to join us in what should be a lively discussion.
(33 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 15, 2009 You might be a terrorist if...
Well, here it is folks, straight from the horse's mouth. The Department of Homeland Insecurity has determined that the "Current Economic and Political Climate [is] Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment."
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 14, 2009 NAIS vs. the Equine Owner
It is important for horse owners to know why NAIS is being forced on the equine industry within the United States.
(14 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 7, 2009 The Food Police - Coming to a Home Near You!
The Stowers had the audacity to run an organic food co-op. The charges? Well, there weren't any. Charges? We don't need no stinkin' charges.
(20 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 5, 2009 GMO Pushers and the Junkies They Create
This is the stranglehold that Monsanto and the other giant GMO pushers have on farmers. Once the farmer gets hooked, just like a Heroin junkie, he must go to the dealer to get his fix every year, or risk losing everything. And we are just getting started.
(17 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Death by Multiple Poisoning, Glyphosate and Roundup
Scientists pinpoint how very low concentrations of the herbicide and other chemicals in Roundup formulations kill human cells, strengthening the case for phasing them out, and banning all further releases of Roundup-tolerant GM crops.
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 21, 2009 Responding to Monsanto – the Method and Madness
Believe this – we are the majority! Monsanto is not bigger than we are. We have just got to stand up and realize that we out-number them, and as more of us wake up and smell the monopoly, the better off we are.
(31 comments) SHARE Friday, March 20, 2009 America's Silent Killing Fields - 2009 Update
On April 1, 2008, I published the following article. Here it is again, because I believe that this information needs to be in the forefront of our minds when confronting the GMO invasion of our food supply. At the end of the article is a current update on the status of the GMO takeover. We are facing a takeover so complete that it makes a tsunami look tame in comparison.
(13 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 19, 2009 A Call to Boycott Monsanto - Seminis Seeds
Did you know that Seminis, "the largest developer, grower and marketer of fruit and vegetable seeds in the world," is owned by Monsanto?
It is up to us to do the research, ask the questions, then follow through by action. Boycott Monsanto/Seminis seeds.
(11 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 15, 2009 Why I'm Planting A Garden
They say dark days lie ahead for the economy. But, whatever happens, we don't have to go hungry. We can feed ourselves. Come on my Beloved Country, let's get organized. Let's start digging. Let's do something economically beneficial, wonderful, brilliant and powerful. Let's all plant gardens.
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 12, 2009 GMO and Morgellon's Disease
One health concern that seems to coincide with the GMO revolution is Morgellons disease. What if the advent of Morgellons disease has something to do with the ingestion of GMO foods?
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, March 9, 2009 The Blood of Tyrants
When Glenn Beck starts to make sense, we are in a world of hurt.