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One Issue that Can Bridge the Political Divide in America
There is one topic these days that is uniting people across the political divide. It is the issue of health. Food is one of the most crucial links between us and the natural web of life surrounding us. By focusing on how we grow food we also take bold steps towards healing our soil, waterways, economy and climate. Our economy is ruled by consumer spending habits. Here’s how we can eat our way to a more enlightened society.
“Let medicine be thy food and let food be thy medicine.” — Hippocrates
We absorb a lot from our environment. This includes pollution, constant media influence, electromagnetic frequencies and the people around us. There are some things about our immediate environment that we can’t change. Yet we do get to decide the food that we put, and don’t put, into our bodies. These choices not only effect our personal health, they influence the health of our environment and community.
The Organic Effect
In May of 2015 the organic effect was released. Since then the movement towards organic food and regenerative agriculture has continued to gain traction. The video is about a family who switches to an all-organic diet. It shows the results on their health…