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  • From: paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] New Cob Rocket Oven
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:50:47 -0600

Any drawings of what the innards are like?

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Ray Cirino <cobanation@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
> It's here, a wood burning oven that is ready to start baking in 15 minutes.
> Less wood and way cleaner exhuast. You can see it at the LA Arboretum this
> weekend at the Living Green Garden Show.
> Check out our progress:
>
> http://people.tribe.net/raycirino/photos
>
> If anyone wants more info we are ramping up with kits in coming months.
> Stay tuned,
>
> Ray Cirino
>
>
> The Great Challenges we now face as a species present the very
> opportunities that are giving birth to Ecological, Psychological, and
> Spiritual Sustainability.
>  > participants and protecting organic consumers against
>> fraud.
>>
>> Cornucopia researchers were shocked when they started
>> investigating the
>> DHA/ARA oils, manufactured by Martek Biosciences
>> Corporation, Columbia,
>> MD, and found they were implicated by parents and
>> healthcare professionals
>> in severe and chronic health problems in infants around the
>> country.
>>
>> "Organics should be the last bastion of pure, natural and
>> unadulterated
>> food for consumers," said Charlotte Vallaeys, lead author
>> of Cornucopia's
>> report, Replacing Mother - Imitating Human Breast Milk in
>> the Laboratory.
>>
>> Through a separate FOIA request to the FDA, Cornucopia
>> learned that there
>> was an apparent correlation between the use of Martek's
>> nutritional oils
>> and severe gastrointestinal problems sometimes resulting in
>> highly-
>> invasive testing procedures and hospitalizations.
>>
>> "Based on FDA adverse reaction reports, we discovered that
>> many parents,
>> physicians and healthcare practitioners found that chronic
>> problems with
>> infants, often resulting in 'failure to thrive,' acute
>> dehydration (caused
>> by dangerous diarrhea/vomiting) and severe emotional stress
>> on the babies
>> and their families, were often immediately resolved when
>> switching to
>> formula without DHA/ARA supplementation," stated Vallaeys.
>>
>> After learning about the health problems, Cornucopia
>> immediately stepped
>> up its legal efforts at the USDA to remove Martek's oils
>> not only from
>> organic infant formula, but also from organic baby food and
>> organic milk
>> manufactured by the nation's leading brand, Horizon, owned
>> by the dairy
>> giant Dean Foods.
>>
>> "It's concerning enough that these Martek oils are being
>> widely introduced
>> in the marketplace, in both organic and conventional
>> products, but there
>> is no authoritative research that suggests they actually
>> benefit
>> children's development, as is claimed by the industry,"
>> said Marsha
>> Walker, RN, IBCLC, Executive Director of the National
>> Alliance for
>> Breastfeeding Advocacy.
>>
>> Infant formula manufacturers like Enfamil (Mead Johnson)
>> promote their
>> products as being "our closest formula to breast milk," and
>> research
>> indicates such advertisements might have discouraged some
>> women from
>> breastfeeding, which is universally recognized as being
>> superior to
>> formula in numerous ways, including for the health and
>> development of
>> babies.
>>
>> "This seems to be a crass marketing gimmick, using our
>> children as guinea
>> pigs to enhance the bottom line at the major pharmaceutical
>> companies that
>> manufacture infant formula," lamented Kastel. "The fact
>> that this material
>> is being illegally added to certified organic formula is
>> highly repugnant
>> and left mothers, who could not breastfeed for whatever
>> reason, with few
>> alternatives in the marketplace."
>>
>> Over the past few years, infant formula manufacturers have
>> raised their
>> prices after adding Martek oils to their products. With the
>> exception of
>> some prescription formulas, available with approval from
>> pediatricians,
>> only one over-the-counter formula is available without
>> synthetic DHA/ARA,
>> Baby's Only, an organic product manufactured by Nature's
>> One in Columbus,
>> Ohio.
>>
>> "After today's official announcement by the USDA, all other
>> organic
>> formula manufacturers will need to remove Martek's oils
>> from their
>> products," Cornucopia's Vallaeys stated.
>>
>> In the meantime, The Cornucopia Institute also has filed
>> petitions with
>> the FDA requesting that their Generally Recognized as Safe
>> (GRAS)
>> designation for the Martek oils be revoked.
>>
>> "When Martek's additives were originally granted GRAS
>> status, it was with
>> extreme reservations on the part of the FDA review panel
>> because of
>> adverse reactions to these oils" said Valleys. "When we
>> reviewed FOIA
>> documents, we were astonished to find that none of the
>> infant formula
>> manufacturers had complied with the FDA's request to
>> monitor adverse
>> reactions and perform post-market surveillance of these
>> materials."
>>
>> Like baking soda or any other synthetic ingredient that
>> manufacturers
>> would like to use in organic products, Martek and the
>> infant formula
>> manufacturers who would like to use synthetic DHA/ARA oils
>> will now be
>> allowed to petition the National Organic Standards Board
>> for a safety
>> review. Cornucopia projects an aggressive lobbying fight
>> with public
>> interest groups and powerful manufacturers once again
>> squaring off.
>>
>> "We have to say we are continuing to be impressed by the
>> ethical
>> turnaround at the USDA, in their oversight of the organic
>> industry, since
>> the new administration took control in Washington and
>> Secretary Vilsack
>> promised members of the organic community that he would
>> appoint leadership
>> who 'shares our values'," Kastel affirmed.
>>
>> According to The Cornucopia Institute, widely recognized as
>> one of the
>> industry's most aggressive independent watchdogs, organic
>> consumers have
>> every reason to feel more confident every day in the
>> integrity of the USDA
>> organic label.
>>
>> MORE:
>>
>> USDA memorandum reversing previous position on nutrient
>> vitamins and
>> minerals in organic foods, available upon request: cultivate@cornucopia.org
>>
>> Link to The Cornucopia Institute report, and other
>> background documents:
>> Replacing Mother - Imitating Human Breast Milk in the
>> Laboratory:
>> http://www.cornucopia.org/2008/01/replacing-mother-infant-formula-report/
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