It's been touch and go; but here it is, our fifth consecutive Newsletter, which I thought was going to be a two-Part Series; but it just turned into a 3-Part Series.

You're not going to want to miss Part 3 where we delineate the Battle Fields and talk about the Adversaries, which are legion.

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The FOOD REVOLUTION!

Part 2:

What is it?

Why is it?

Who are the Revolutionaries?

See our April Newsletter for Part 1: History

See our June Newsletter for Part 3: The Battlegrounds and the Adversaries

Dear Subscriber:

The Food Revolution is a multi-faceted insurgency rebelling against the industrialization of the World's food production over the last 70 years. Those who are proponents of the Food Revolution are determined to reaffirm our right to eat healthy, nutritious, locally grown food that is not laden with chemicals, pesticides and GMO's.

Some of our mottos like: "Taking Our Food Back" in which the word "Taking" is an acronym for "The Assured Knowing It's Naturally Grown", "NO to GMO's" in which the GMO's stands for Genetically Modified Organisms, "Real Food" and "Right to Know" are slowly seeping into the mainstream consciousness.

It's becoming widely known that food and health are intricately interconnected in spite of the embarrassing fact that in the 21st Century, doctors in the U.S. still get less than 25 hours of nutritional training as a prerequisite for receiving their licenses to diagnose and treat diseases in the human body. It's also becoming widely known that Americans are the most unhealthy people on the planet. A recent study at the National Academy of Sciences found we die sooner than people in 16 other developed countries due to drug abuse, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and lung disease to name just a few of the causes of our early demise.

The U.S. Population has been designated as one of the Guinea Pigs for the BioTechs! Several nations have declined the offer.

These sad statistics are understandable once you realize the U.S. was the flash point for the industrialization of food, which started on a grand scale after World War II. We were also one of the first populations to unknowingly ingest genetically modified organisms, which were brought into our food supply in the mid 1990's without us having one word to say about whether or not we wanted to serve as the guinea pig for the grand GMO experiment.

GMO's have been in our food for nearly 20 years, and we're still fighting for the right to know which foods contain them so we can choose whether or not we want to eat them and remain on the biotech's experimental treadmill.

Let Them Eat Any Damn Thing We Choose to Put in Their Food and Keep it a Secret! Because we've been given a pass by our U.S. Food Safety Czar, Michael Taylor, a former VP of Monsanto. That must mean Monsanto runs the FDA!

It's our prediction that by 2020, given the success of the Food Revolutionaries, we'll look back at the practice of medicine, the mass production of food, the use of GMO's and the collusion between our enforcement agencies like the FDA and big corporations like Monsanto as the Dark Ages with Monsanto standing in for Marie Antoinette and her infamous line: "Let them eat Cake".

In Monsanto's case it's "Let them eat Agent Orange", OOPS, I mean "Glyphosate", which is one of the toxic ingredients in Monsanto's weed killer, Round Up.

". . .one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty [to Choose what's in our food] and justice for all."

CHOOSE REAL FOOD!

The People of Vermont Did IT!

We Can All Do IT!

The Food Revolution has arisen for the same reasons every revolution arises--to bring drastic CHANGE. The word "Revolution" is from the Latin word, "Revolutio", which mean "a turn around". Revolutions trigger "a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that take place in a relatively short period of time." (Wikipedia)

In the case of the Food Revolution, it's about putting food production back in the hands of the people and taking it away from the mega corporations that have turned food into processed poisons that bolster their bottom lines.

The Food Revolutionaries are just plain sick and tired of being sick and tired; and they aren't going to take it anymore.

We're giving you a list of the Revolutionaries below; but you'll need to do your homework to learn more about who they are and what they're doing.

The Revolutionaries include:

#1 Mr. Jeffrey Smith

Meet Jeffrey Smith, a tireless Activist and "the leading consumer advocate promoting healthier non-GMO choices, Jeffrey Smith's meticulous research documents how biotech companies continue to mislead legislators and safety officials to put the health of society at risk and the environment in peril. His work expertly summarizes why the safety assessments conducted by the FDA and regulators worldwide teeter on a foundation of outdated science and false assumptions, and why genetically engineered foods must urgently become our nation's top food safety priority." (From About Jeffrey)

Don't miss Jeffrey Smith's Award Winning Film, "Genetic Roulette, The Gamble of Our Lives", it's a Must See if you're a budding Food Revolutionary!

And now you can purchase it at Whole Foods.

It's received the 2012 Movie of the Year (Solari Report) and the Transformational Film of the Year (Aware Guide) Award.

Along with his Assistant Writer and Associate Producer, Samm Simpson, Jeffrey links genetically engineered food to toxic and allergic reactions, infertility, digestive disorders, and numerous problems that have been on the rise in the US population since genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were introduced. It's a mind altering experience. It might even make you mad enough to join the movement.

Here's the Trailer:

Genetic Roulette Movie Trailer

The Revolutionaries include:

#2 Dr. Dean Ornish

"For over 35 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating, for the first time, that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. Recently, Medicare agreed to provide coverage for this program, the first time that Medicare has covered a program of comprehensive lifestyle changes. He directed the first randomized controlled trial demonstrating that comprehensive lifestyle changes may stop or reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer. His current research showed that comprehensive lifestyle changes affect gene expression, "turning on" disease-preventing genes and "turning off" genes that promote cancer and heart disease, as well as increasing telomerase, an enzyme that lengthens telomeres, the ends of our chromosomes which control aging (in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2009).

He is the author of six books, all national bestsellers, including: Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease; Eat More, Weigh Less; Love & Survival; and his most recent book, The Spectrum."

Watch his famous TED Talk below:

Dean Ornish: The world's killer diet

The Revolutionaries include:

#3 Dr. Vandana Shiva

Dr. Vandana Shiva has fought for changes in the practice and paradigms of agriculture and food. In the photo above, she is campaigning for California's mandatory labeling of GMO's Measure that was defeated in November 2012 after Monsanto, Dupont, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Kraft and the Grocery Manufacturers Association spent a combined 22 million to fool Californians into thinking the price of food was going to rise if mandatory labeling of GMO's was passed.

Vandana Shiva has assisted grassroots organizations of the Green movement in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Ireland, Switzerland, and Austria with campaigns against genetic engineering.

In 1982, she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, which led to the creation of Navdanya in 1991, a national movement to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources, especially native seed, the promotion of organic farming and fair trade.

She has many talks posted on YouTube. Below is a link to one called:

Vandana Shiva on the Problem with Genetically-Modified Seeds

The Revolutionaries include:

#4 Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is fiery Brit who came to the U.S. to help us deal with our abysmal health challenges. He was the first one to coin the term "Food Revolution" in his ABC TV Series by that name that debuted on March 21, 2010.

The show, which was produced by English chef Jamie Oliver and Ryan Seacrest, followed Oliver as he attempted to reform the school lunch programs, help American society fight obesity and change their eating habits in order to live healthier and longer lives.

The series had its UK premiere on Channel 4 on September 13, 2010. The Greek premiere was on Fox Life Greece on November 2010. The premiere in Italy was on Raisat Gambero Rosso Channel in January 2011. The show was cancelled in the U.S. the summer of 2011 because a calcitrant school Board Member in the LA School District refused to cooperate with Jamie and his production team.

If you don't watch anything else on TV, catch a few of the episodes that were aired on this incredible reality TV show at:

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

You can also watch this reality series on YouTube. Here's Part 1 of the first episode from YouTube.

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Episode 1 Part 1 Above

Jamie declared a Food Revolution Day for May 16, 2014 and is sponsoring a FREE Cooking Classroom in the San Diego Area from May 10-31, 2014. Sign up for the Cooking Classroom today.

The Revolutionaries Include:

#5 & #6 John and Ocean Robbins

John and his son, Ocean, Robbins founded The Food Revolution Network, which is an online-based education and advocacy-driven initiative committed to healthy, sustainable, humane and conscious food for all.

Guided by John and Ocean Robbins, with more than 100,000 members and with the collaboration of many of the top food revolutionary leaders of our times, the Food Revolution Network aims to empower individuals, build community, and transform food systems to support healthy people and a healthy planet.

Together, they have sponsored three annual Food Revolution Summits featuring an A-List of top people in the world of healthy food advocacy. If you really want to be up on who are the movers and the shakers among the Food Revolutionaries, go to the 2014 Food Revolution Summit Page and scroll to the bottom to get your empowerment package.

Watch the Video Introduction to The Food Revolution Network below:

A Welcome Message from John and Ocean Robbins

The Revolutionaries Include:

#7 Joel Salatin

Joel F. Salatin is an American farmer, lecturer, and author whose books include "Folks, This Ain't Normal", "You Can Farm" and "Salad Bar Beef".

Salatin raises livestock using holistic management methods of animal husbandry, free of potentially harmful chemicals, on his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley. Meat from the farm is sold by direct-marketing to consumers and restaurants.

Joel's Polyface Farms and his down home and straight-forward demeanor was first debuted in a beautiful documentary called "Fresh" that was made in 2009. From there, he spun off to become one of the most outspoken critics of factory farming and the use of drugs and harmful chemicals in modern day farming practices. One of his monikers is his use of phrases like:

"The chicken-ness of the chicken"

"The cow-ness of the cow"

To indicate the importance of feeding animals what they naturally eat not some concocted mixture of food and antibiotics that is not part of their natural diet.

Below is the Trailer for "Fresh"

Fresh The Movie - Official Trailer

Below is his "You Can Farm E-School: An Online Semester with Joel Salatin."

Joel Salatin Semester - Pastured Poultry Lesson

You're going to love this guy.

The Revolutionaries include:

#8 Alice Waters

Here she is, Alice Waters, the mother of the movement with one of her best selling books, "The Art Of Simple Food". "Alice Louise Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, activist, and author. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its organic, locally-grown ingredients and for pioneering California cuisine.

Waters opened the restaurant in 1971. It was consistently ranked among the World's 50 Best Restaurants from 2002 to 2008. Waters has been cited as one of the most influential figures in food in the past 50 years, and has been called the mother of American food. She is currently one of the most visible supporters of the organic food movement, and has been a proponent of organics for over 40 years. Waters believes that eating organic foods, free from herbicides and pesticides, is essential for both taste and the health of the environment and local communities." (Wikipedia)

Ms. Waters single handed spearheaded the School Garden Program, which she called the Edible Schoolyard program at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, California. She serves as a public policy advocate on the national level for school lunch reform and universal access to healthy, organic foods, and the impact of her organic and healthy food revolution. Another one of her famous books is named after that program, "Edible Schoolyard".

Below is the 60 Minutes Segment that focused on Alice Waters:

60 Minutes - Alice Waters

She's a living legend.

The Revolutionaries include:

#9 Mike Adams, The Health Ranger

Mike Adams, known as The Health Ranger, is an outspoken Activist and Author. His website, Natural News, is dedicated to alternative medicine and various health concerns such as chemtrails, the dangers of fluoride in drinking water, monosodium glutamate (MSG), aspartame and health problems caused by "toxic" ingredients in vaccines.

He features guest authors such as anti-vaccinationists Joseph Mercola and and Jon Rappoport.

Mike works tirelessly to promote alternative medicine over pharmaceuticals and follows questionable activities perpetrated by the FDA swat teams that have been raiding raw milk farms and pig farms in the recent past under the guise of protecting Americans while GMO's are allowed to flood the market unlabeled.

Watch his introduction YouTube Video for his new website called SCIENCE.naturalnews.com below:

SCIENCE.naturalnews.com announced by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

The Revolutionaries include:

#10 Dr. Gabriel Cousens

Dr. Gabriel Cousens is an American physician M.D., homeopath, and spiritual writer who practices holistic medicine. Cousens advocates live foods therapy, a nutritional regimen which he says can cure diabetes, depression and other chronic degenerative diseases.

He is the founder of the "Essene Order of Light", an offshoot of a New Age religion based upon modern interpretations of the Essenes, an ancient Jewish sect, teachings from the Jewish Kabbalah and the Torah, and Hindu beliefs. Essene Order of Light is taught by Cousens at "Tree of Life Foundation", an organization directed by Cousens and headquartered at its "Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center" in Patagonia, Arizona.

Cousens has written books, made movies and tours internationally promoting his ideas on food and his spiritual beliefs.

Below is a YouTube Video of Gabriel discussing his movie, "Simply Raw:Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days".

Green Lifestyle Film Festival "Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days"

Below is the Trailer for the documentary, "Simply Raw".

Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days Trailer

The Revolutionaries include:

#11 David Wolfe

"David Wolfe is the rock star of the superfoods and longevity world, America's TOP CEOs, Global Ambassadors, Hollywood celebrities, busy professionals, and even the most powerful buying influence in the nation-Moms-all look to David for expert advice in health, beauty, herbalism, nutrition and chocolate!

David is co-founder of TheBestDayEver.com online health magazine and is President of The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation with a mission to plant 18 billion fruit trees on planet Earth.

With over 20 years of dedicated experience and understanding of the inner workings of the human body, David is a true living master of what it means to "walk the talk" on the road to higher and higher levels of natural beauty, vibrant health, and peak-performance.

David is the author of many best-selling books including Eating for Beauty, The Sunfood Diet Success System, Naked Chocolate, Amazing Grace, Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, and Chaga: King of the Medicinal Mushrooms. His latest book, Longevity Now, shares a multi-faceted approach to rejuvenation, beauty and radiant health. David empowers and inspires people to take charge of their own health because. After all, your health is your wealth!" (From davidwolfe.com/about)

Watch this YouTube Video by David Wolfe on the important subject of inflammation.

David Wolfe on Inflammation

The Revolutionaries include:

#12 Murray Hallam

Murray Hallam is the Founder and Director of Practical Aquaponics, an all-around Aquaponics company working out of Australia and offering Kits, System Plans and DVD's. For many, he is regarded as the father of Aquaponics and has mentored a growing bevy of up and coming Aquaponics entrepreneurs including our own system designer, Oliver Duffy.

Murray himself has become an international image and influence in the field of Aquaponics through his consulting services, his seminars, workshops and popular DVD's on the subject.

Watch this 60 Minutes Australia segment about Aquaponics featuring Murray and his company Practical Aquaponics:

60 Minutes Australia - Food Security - Aquaponics

We're not the only folks talking about the Food Revolution this Month. Be sure to check out the National Geographic May Issue entitled: THE NEW FOOD REVOLUTION.

The article inside poses this question:

Where will we find enough food for 9 billion?

It goes on to propose that "It doesn't have to be industrial farms versus small, organic ones. There's another way and lists the "Five-Step Plan to Feed the World".

Those steps include:

1. Freeze agriculture's footprint

2. Grow more on farms we've got

3. Use resources more efficiently

4. Shift diets

5. Reduce waste

We recommend you check out this article and see if you agree with the Five-Step Plan. We have mixed feelings.

The good news, National Geographic is addressing the most important topic on the planet--our FOOD.

Look for FOOD REVOLUTION Part 3 in our June Newsletter

You'll learn:

1. About The Battlefields

2. About the Adversaries Fighting Against our Revolutionaries.

In every war there are at least two sides and sometimes more. This war is no different. The FOOD REVOLUTION is a War for the right of the people to be SOVEREIGN EATERS of SAFE Food. This is a serious FOOD FIGHT. We are fighting for our rights to have clean, safe, nutritious food in a clean, safe environment; and we're determined to TAKE BACK OUR FOOD!

Be sure to watch for our June Newsletter, which will continue this look at the FOOD REVOLUTION!

This time it's We the People of the World!

This time we're ALL Fighting for

FOOD FREEDOM!

We have featured 12 Revolutionaries in the FOOD REVOLUTION; and we're sorry we can't keep going because we're leaving out many. Do your Home Work, find out who the others are and start supporting ALL of them.

These Heros and Heroines are the ones standing between the rest of us eating fake food filled with more and more toxins as we line the coffers of the Big Agra, Big Chema and Big Pharma companies who have taken over our food supply while we stand around the coffins of our fallen loved ones who are dying from chronic diseases that could have been prevented with proper education and "REAL FOOD".

Thank You for joining us in this look at the

FOOD REVOLUTION

We hope to see you again in June for Part 3

Until then, Be Healthy and Strong

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