People think that if you want farm fresh organic food, you have to trek out to the country. However, thanks to the demand for locally grown organic food, conscious urban consumers are opting to grow their own food with whatever means they have available. In Your Farm in the City, An Urban Dweller’s Guide to Growing Food and Raising Animals by Lisa Taylor and the Gardeners of Seattle Tilth, readers will find a myriad of helpful information and kid friendly instructions for utilizing space in the concrete jungle. Some of the chapters feature advice on sowing raised beds, containers and vertical planting to raising chickens, bees, rabbits and goats! This is a comprehensive guide specifically designed for people who are interested in options for farming in an urban environment, which can be tricky due to space limitations, regulations and zoning laws. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by special guest Lisa Taylor, Program Manager, Childrens Education Seattle Tilth to discuss how you can create your own farm in the city! Lisa is the co-author of the Maritime Northwest Garden Guide and a frequent speaker on soils, compost, edible landscaping and children’s gardening. She facilitates trainings for teachers and others interested in schoolyard gardening and is passionate about teaching children and their parents where their food comes from and how to care for living things. Lisa lives in Seattle, Washington. Stay tuned!

Attracting Native Pollinators is the most comprehensive guide available for anyone interested in creating and managing pollinator habitat. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and dozens of specially created illustrations, Attracting Native Pollinators is divided into the following four detailed sections, pollinators and pollination, taking action, bees of North America, and creating a pollinator-friendly landscape. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, founded in 1971 and named after the extinct Xerces blue butterfly (Giaucopsyche xerces) is a nonprofit organization at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement habitat conservation programs. Over the last fifteen years, the Societys Pollinator Conservation Program has protected at-risk bumble bees, successfully advocated for new conservation provisions in the Farm Bill, and trained thousands of farmers, gardeners, educators, and land managers to protect and manage pollinator habitat. Contributing authors include Xerces Society scientists Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd, Mace Vaughan, and Scott Hoffman Black, as well as Gretchen LeBuhn, Associate Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University and director of the Great Sunflower Project, the worlds largest citizen-science bee monitoring program. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by special guest, Eric Mader, Assistant Pollinator Program Director, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

On March 28, 2012, in Federal District Court in Manhattan, family farmers filed their Notice of Appeal to Judge Naomi Buchwalds February 24th ruling dismissing Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will hear the farmers appeal, seeking to reinstate the case, which has received worldwide attention. The farmers are determined to move forward with their lawsuit challenging Monsantos patents on genetically engineered seed technologies in order to continue their pursuit of Declaratory Judgment Act court protection from Monsantos claims of patent infringement should their crops become contaminated by Monsantos seed. The large group of 83 Plaintiffs in OSGATA v. Monsanto is comprised of individual family farmers, independent seed companies and agricultural organizations. The total number of members within the plaintiff group exceeds 300,000 and includes many thousands of certified organic farmers. The Plaintiffs are not seeking any monetary compensation. Instead, the farmers are pre-emptively suing Monsanto and seeking court protection under the Declaratory Judgment Act, from Monsanto-initiated patent infringement lawsuits. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by special guest, Jim Gerritsen, Maine organic seed farmer and President of lead Plaintiff, Organic Seed Growers And Trade Association to discuss the plight of these organic farmers who are determined to defend the right to grow food. Stay tuned!

Honey has been used in medicine for ages. The Ancient Egyptians recognized the value of honeybees and found a multitude of uses for honey as well as other gifts from honeybees such as bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly, etc. In Cal Orey’s book, The Healing Powers of Honey: A Complete Guide to Nature’s Remarkable Nectar, you will find a comprehensive collection of information about honey ranging from recipes to historical facts and information. If you value your health and value the gifts from the honeybee, tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer talks to Cal Orey. Stay tuned!

It was only 5 years ago that, the USA and Canada suffered the largest pet food recall in history due to the use of Melamine. This additive is used for the purpose of increasing protein levels when added to vegetable proteins such as corn, soy and wheat. Subsequently, melamine is lethal to cats and dogs yet it is still being used! In fact, it was the primary reason for import refusal for numerous products including Jerky Treats all within the last several months. Recently, the FDA released a pet food safety video which according to expert, Susan Thixton, is full of misleading statements. Susan also researched the entire list of imported foods, both human and for pets which were rejected due to melamine. She has pleaded to no avail with major retailers who continue to sell these products to remove them from the shelves until there is solid proof that these pet products are not harmful. In support of Susans efforts, The Organic View left an invitation to Walmarts public relations voicemail on Thursday to join the conversation during this interview. Susan is taking action! She has now waged a campaign for pet parents to take action to protect our pets. In a letter to the FDA, she wrote, “our pleas to retailers to pull the treats are not helping. Any advice the FDA can share would be helpful.” If the imported pet food contains ingredients that are toxic to our pets, what can we do about it if there is no cooperation from the regulatory agencies, the manufacturer or the retailers? Can pet parents do something to protect their animal companions from consuming these toxic treats and foods? Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer is joined by special guest, Susan Thixton, Founder of Truth About Pet Food about how you can take action! Stay tuned!

Approximately 1 in every 6 babies in the USA are born with harmful mercury levels in their blood. Consumption of fish contaminated by mercury is the main route of human exposure. The mercury drops from the air into the water system, where fish we eat eventually take it up. Mercury is extremely toxic to the brain and nervous system, especially to the rapidly developing brain of the unborn child during early pregnancy. When a pregnant woman eats mercury-contaminated fish, the mercury in the fish enters the mother’s blood stream. Once in the mother’s bloodstream, mercury can move directly across the placenta to enter the body of her unborn child. One of the body’s protective shields against damage to the brain, called “the blood-brain barrier,” is not fully developed until the first year of life. Thus, in the unborn child, mercury can cross this incomplete barrier and accumulate in the brain, causing developmental disabilities and brain damage resulting in lowered intelligence and learning problems. This has lifetime implications. One study found that “the resulting loss of intelligence causes diminished economic productivity that persists over the entire lifetime of these children.” The unborn are also being harmed by air pollution (SO2) that will be reduced as a co-benefit of the mercury standard. This pollution has been linked to birth defects, low birth weight, premature births, stillbirths and infant deaths. The Evangelical Environmental Network is a ministry dedicated to the care of Gods creation. The Rev. Mitchell Hescox serves as President/CEO of The Evangelical Environmental Network publisher, Creation Care Magazine. He has testified before Congress, appeared on CNN, NPR, PRI and numerous radio programs both Christian and secular. He has also been named one of the ten Environmental Religious Saints by Huffington Post. Stay tuned!

There is nothing better than the mouth watering flavor of freshly baked bread. As more and more people opt to make their own food, the art of bread making has become a renewed trend amongst connoisseurs and conscious consumers alike. With the abundance of ingredients available online and in most supermarkets, baking your own bread can be fun and delicious. It also helps you to reconnect with your food as you source ingredients. In Bread Making: A Home Course, Lauren Chattman has created the ultimate guide for you to learn techniques for making a wide variety of breads such as simple breads, sourdough starters, straight doughs, yeasted pre-ferments, flatbreads, whole grain breads, and bread machine baking. It is a great book for foodies and also a fun way to teach kids about baking! Each chapter also includes a Q & A section that addresses questions and concerns encountered by beginning bakers. Lauren Chattman is a cookbook author and former professional pastry chef who has written 10 books, including Bread Making and The Baking Answer Book. She has collaborated with former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier on Dessert University and with Daniel Leader on Local Breads, which won an IACP award. She can be seen demonstrating baking techniques on www.howdini.com. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Sag Harbor, New York. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer talks to Lauren Chattman. Stay tuned!

“Control oil and you control the nations; control food and you control the people…” Henry Kissinger. In F. William Engdahl’s book, Seeds of Destruction, Engdahl explores the topic of population growth and the concerns about national security. He takes a historical encyclopedic approach to demonstrate the power of food as the new choice weapon. As disturbing as the subject of eugenics may be, there is concern whether this agenda is very much alive and part of the hidden agenda of genetic manipulation. Author, William Engdahl, a leading economist and analyst of geopolitics, has written about the issues pertaining to energy, politics and economics for over 30 years. He contributes regularly to publications like Japans Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Foresight magazine, Grants Investor.com, European Banker and Business Banker International. Hes also a frequent speaker at geopolitical, economic and energy related international conferences and is a distinguished Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization where he contributes regularly. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer talks to F. William Engdahl. Stay tuned!

According to Merriam-Webster, eugenics is defined as ascience that deals with the improvement (as by control of human mating) of hereditary qualities of a race or breed. Mark Crutcher produced a documentary called MAAFA21, which focuses on eugenics in the African-American community. The title comes from the Swahili term "Maafa", which means "tragedy" or "disaster", and is used to describe the centuries of oppression of African people, globally, during slavery, apartheid and colonial rule. "21" refers to the maafa of the 21st century. With the terminal disease rates within the African-American community, it almost seems to be expected that inevitably their fate should be tied in to a disease that is caused by diet or environment. Maafa21 seeks to prove that with the eugenics movement, African-Americans are being targeted even at an earlier point in life, straight from the womb. Tune in to this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, as host, June Stoyer talks to Mark Crutcher to discuss Maafi21. Stay tuned!

"All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” - Chief Seattle. When it comes to our food, there is a divine presence in nature that cannot be denied. The good health of the environment has afforded human beings the luxury of organic sustainable nourishment long before mankind decided to perfect what has already been perfected by nature with the introduction of GMO’s. Only with good soil health can we produce the life giving food which we need as humans to survive. With the relentless goal to please shareholders, regardless of the potential and proven catastrophic effects, the agro-chemical companies have pushed their propaganda, insisting that without their technology, we will not be able to produce enough food to feed what they claim is an overpopulated world. While most people are somewhat familiar with GMO’s, the companion technology, neonicotinoids, makes them one dynamic duo that makes their existence in nature sheer ecocide: a crime against all living beings. Organic agricultural leaders such as David Vetter have been advocating organics for decades. Organic agriculture is not only better for the environment but is better for human health and is more economic. David is the past president of the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA), contributed to the development of organic standards, has conducted organic farm and processor inspections, and has reviewed applications and inspections for certification domestically and internationally. Dave now runs Grain Place Foods milling. He received a BS in agronomy from UNL and Masters in Divinity. Although he never intended to be a preacher, Dave sees a connection between farming and spirituality. Dave has built the business into a $4.2 million enterprise with 21 employees.