The Organic View

It has been one hundred and fifty-two years since the United States fought the War between the States otherwise known as The American Civil War.  In this segment of The Organic View, host, June Stoyer talks to author, Thomas Fleming, who recently published, A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War.

By the time John Brown hung from the gallows for his crimes at Harper’s Ferry, Northern abolitionists had made him a “holy martyr” in their campaign against Southern slave owners. This Northern hatred for Southerners long predated their objections to slavery. They were convinced that New England, whose spokesmen had begun the American Revolution, should have been the leader of the new nation. Instead, they had been displaced by Southern “slavocrats” like Thomas Jefferson. This malevolent envy exacerbated the South’s greatest fear: a race war. Jefferson’s cry, “We are truly to be pitied,” summed up their dread. For decades, extremists in both regions flung insults and threats, creating intractable enmities. By 1861, only a civil war that would kill a million men could save the Union.

Thomas Fleming is a distinguished historian and the author of more than fifty books. A frequent guest on PBS, A&E, and the History Channel, Fleming has contributed articles to American Heritage, MHQ, and other magazines. He lives in New York.

On todays show, I decided to air this encore segment of The Organic View because of the great interest on in my interview without attribution. I hope this will give those of you who are sincerely interested in this situation, the opportunity to hear the original interview with Terry Ingram. Terrence Ingram is a well-educated farmer who holds degrees in physics and math, with minors in history, biology and education. He has been farming for over 50 years, has been a beekeeper, apiary instructor and bee researcher for over 56 years. He was also a columnist with the prestigious American Bee Journal. Terry has been working to raise awareness about the devastating impact of agro-chemicals on bees as well as other beings such as the Bald Eagle. He has been monitoring the impact and decline for many years. Terry Ingram believes his bees were recently confiscated by the Illinois Department of Agriculture because he was developing a glyphosate resistant bee. This confiscation destroys years of his research. Mr. Ingram will have an opportunity in greater detail to explain what he believes has occurred here.

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer talks to Terrence N. Ingram, President & Executive Director, Eagle Nature Foundation, Ltd. If you are not receiving our most recent interviews, please re-subscribe to our new Official RSS feed on iTunes, Youtube or you visit our podcast archives which can be found at www.theorganicview.com. Stay tuned!

Listen to this segment of The NLP View Radio Show, as host, Donna Blinston RGN is joined by Helen Oakwater a certified trainer of NLP, political campaigner, and activist within adoption. Helen has served on the government’s task force for adoption services and as an active member of adoption charities. During the show we will discuss how NLP is successfully used within adoption to deal the trauma of adoption and for the re-parenting of the adopted child. Helen is the author of the best-selling book Bubble Wrapped Children: How Social Media is Transforming the face of 21st Century Adoption which provides tools and techniques to help adopting parents find solutions to heal and future proof their children. Stay Tuned!

In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Tom Theobald will be joined by Mark Emrich, the past President of the Olympia Beekeeper’s Association in the state of Washington. He is currently the President of Washington State Beekeeper’s Association. He will discuss the efforts to restrict the sale of neonicotinoids for ornamental use to individuals without a state applicator’s license.

In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host, June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Tom Theobald will be joined by Sandra Romero, the Commissioner of the Board of Health, Thurston County in the state of  Washington. Commissioner Romero will discuss recent efforts to protect pollinators by educating the public as well as efforts to restrict the use of neonicotinoids.

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Who is Percy Schmeiser? He is a canola farmer from Saskatchewan, Canada and was the first farmer to win a law suit against Monsanto. This landmark case, which went before the Federal Court of Canada, has attracted international attention because it could help determine how much control a handful of powerful biotech companies can exert over farmers. Schmeiser believes this precedent setting agreement ensures that farmers will be entitled to reimbursement when their fields become contaminated with unwanted Roundup Ready canola or any other unwanted GMO plants. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer talks to Percy Schmeiser about his battle with this agro-chemical giant.

Are the chicken eggs sold as cage free and cruelty free truly raised humanely and in healthy environments? What are the true conditions by which these animals are raised? Have conscious consumers been duped? Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by Stefan Heller from the Animal Legal Defense Fund regarding new regulations requiring clarity in egg labeling. Stefan Heller graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2011, with an emphasis in Animal Law, Natural Resources, and Environmental Law. While a student, Stefan participated in activities with the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS), and clerked for its director, Pamela Frasch. He also served on several board positions in Lewis & Clark's SALDF chapter and was a member of both the Animal Law Review and the Cornelius Honor Society. If you are not receiving our most recent interviews, please re-subscribe to our new Official RSS feed on iTunes, Youtube or you visit our podcast archives which can be found at www.theorganicview.com. Stay tuned!

Listen to this segment of The NLP View Radio Show, as host, Donna Blinston R.N. author of Psychobabble, A Straight Forward Plain English Guide to the Benefits of NLP is joined by special guest co-host, June Stoyer, Executive Producer of The Organic View  Radio Network,  to discuss how NLP can be used to enhance relationship with your Father, resolve conflicts within your relationship and remove the negative emotions that have clouded the events in your past. Stay tuned!

There has been a huge debate over the impact of Neonicotinoids, which are a class of systemic pesticides with a common mode of action that affects the central nervous system of insects, causing paralysis and death. Neonicotinoids are often applied as seed treatments which means coating the seeds before planting. They also generate billions of dollars for the agro-chemical companies that manufacture these chemicals and are available not only for agricultural applications but also can be found in a myriad of garden products available all over the world.

As the peer-reviewed, independent scientific evidence mounts from reputable scientists around the world that these chemicals are the cause of global honey bee decline, the industry still claims that they are not to blame. In fact, industry is now shifting the blame on the beekeepers insinuating that beekeepers who have been managing hives for generations are at fault.

The industry argues that without these systemic pesticides, agriculture will suffer, resulting in crop failure. Perhaps what should be considered is the number of commercial beekeeping operations that have been operating for generations which will be forced to close due to exposure from Neonicotinoid pesticides.

In this special series called "The Neonicotinoid View", host, June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Tom Theobald will be joined by New York State commercial beekeeper, Jim Doan to discuss his recent decision to sell his farm after losing his bees to Neonicotinoid exposure. At one point during his tenure, Jim grew his business to manage up to 5300 hives and just a few short years later was reduced to nothing due to a never-ending war against Neonicotinoid exposure. If you would like to hear Jim's heart-breaking story, stay tuned!

In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host, June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Tom Theobald talk to commercial beekeeper, Steve Ellis about an unusual bee mortality event due to corn planting. Steve Ellis owns the Old Mill Honey Company which operates roughly 2,300 hives of bees in Minnesota for honey production and pollination for crops in California. Steve is the secretary of the National Honeybee Advisory Board (NHAB) and has been involved in pesticide issues for the past 15 years.

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