“Organic” By Every Other Name
• The term “organic” as the FDA uses it is not useful or meaningful
• The definition is the result of lobbying by agribusiness & other special interests
• Many people have allergies and sensitivities to everyday products
• There are companies that strive for a higher standard than the FDA standards
• Three of them are Eden Foods, Organic Sleep Products and ___ Cleaning Supplies
• Consumers are responsible for their own knowledge and protection
• Elected officials and bureaucrats will not protect you
• Websites for consumer information are http://www.organicconsumers.org,
www.cleanclothes.org and http://www.naturalingredient.org,
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The field of organics represents the cutting edge of intelligent consumer consciousness in the 21st century. People who are aware of the personally destructive effects of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and other invasive products upon them and their children, read labels, websites and other information available in order to make informed decisions. A person who experiences a severe allergic reaction or develops an autoimmune deficiency that might be caused by “polluted” food, clothing or cleaning supplies does not have to think twice about forming a hard-and-fast definition of the words “organic” “natural” “green” or other terms relating to wholesomeness in products.
Not only is the field of organics a hot-button topic, it can also be very profitable – becoming more so each year -- bringing in hordes of interests that do not have anything beyond cash profitability in mind. These interests benefit from a muddying of the waters of English, thereby twisting and turning the definitions of the words listed above until they bear no resemblance to anything sensible.
Character Based Learning
The Key to Helping Your Children Thrive in the 21st Century
Part 1
by George L. Rogers
President, ChoiceSkills, Inc.; Author "The Seven C’s of Thinking Clearly"
As we enter the 21st century, young people are confronted with unparalleled opportunities and challenges that will require of them greater intelligence and greater strength of character than perhaps any previous generation in history. At the end of World War II, Winston Churchill wrote:
"Mankind has never been in this position before. Without having improved appreciably in virtue or enjoying wiser guidance, it has got into its hands for the first time the tools by which it can unfailingly accomplish its own extermination."
Since he wrote those words, the march of science has pierced the innermost secrets of the atomic world, has plunged travelers into the outer reaches of space, has deciphered the genetic code, and has made instant communication possible with almost any spot on the globe. Similar progress may be observed in medicine and every other field of technological endeavor. Yet, though the need has increased exponentially, man still has not improved appreciably in virtue nor do we enjoy wiser guidance.
Midlife Crisis Begins in Kindergarten . . .
with labels such as ADD, ADHD, slow, dyslexic, learning disabled, just average, and even gifted!
by LearningSuccess(tm) Coaches Mariaemma Willis, M.S. Special Education and Victoria Kindle Hodson, M.A. Psychology
Did you know that midlife crisis begins in kindergarten? Yes, it’s true! It is in kindergarten (and sometimes in preschool!) that our society begins the process of teaching children that they are not smart enough, not quick enough, not working to potential, not high enough on the bell curve, not as good as the next guy...just plain not measuring up!