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Episode-2460- Understanding Disease Resistant Vegetable Varieties

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The typical story about disease and vegetables is something like this from the all natural crowd…. Just use compost and good organic fertility, build good soil and it won’t be a problem. Yea, um, about that, look good soil, good fertility and abundant soil life and minerals go a long way to healthy plants, but they don’t eliminate all diseases.  Some of my beans are developing a fungus referred to as rust this year.  Why?  It is so much wetter then normal.  The same beds are growing jalapenos the size of cigars, there is nothign wrong with the soil. In … Continue reading →

Episode-1818- Dr. Steven Lewis on GMOs and Human Health

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Dr. Stephen Lewis and Janet have a long history of helping people achieve their maximum potential. Dr. Stephen Lewis stays current on the latest research pertaining to nutritional supplements and optimal health. Janet Lewis is a Certified Natural Health Consultant with a unique perspective on alternative and complimentary nutrition from studying with numerous national leading alternative health experts. Paramount in their education was their trip to China while studying with traditional Chinese medical doctors. Dr. Stephen Lewis and Janet know the importance of proper nutrition in the healing process and maintenance of the human body. They incorporate the latest medical … Continue reading →

Episode-1463- A New Look at GMO’s – Can There Possibly be an Upside

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I am known as a staunch opponent of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and with good reason.  I loathe companies like Monsanto and consider many of their products as primary contributors to many of America’s modern disease epidemics. What many don’t know is in the beginning I didn’t oppose GMO at all and had the same reaction many today have to those of us in the “anti GMO camp”.  I figured all the anti GMO hype was nothing but a bunch of people afraid of science and some ultra natural purple breathing uber-hippies! In the beginning the promise of GMO was … Continue reading →

Episode-1148- Tom Stearns of High Mowing Organic Seeds

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Tom Stearns began gardening at an early age at his family home in CT.  Prior to completing a degree in Sustainable Agriculture from Prescott College in AZ, he began saving seeds.  A hobby was born in 1996 in Vermont, when Tom began sharing these seeds with others through a small seed flyer. Today High Mowing Organic Seeds has since expanded into one of the leading organic seed companies in the U.S., supplying both home gardeners and commercial growers.  Tom’s vision has always been to create a company that would help support the re-building of healthy food systems, first in Vermont, … Continue reading →

Episode-1054- The How, What and Why of Saving Seeds

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I was talking with Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design yesterday about how more and more small seed companies are now buying at least some seed from companies associated with the ilk of Monsanto. Ben was pretty shocked to hear the Johnny’s Selected Seeds is buying some of their seeds from Semanis, which is owned by Monsanto. There is a lot of fear about GMO contamination both legitimate and ridiculous specifically when the word Monsanto comes up. The best solution is to save your own seeds but we are going to also discuss how to know who you can trust … Continue reading →

Episode-1023- Listener Feedback for 11-19-12

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It’s Monday and time for another round of you your feedback, questions and commentary sent to jack at thesurvivalpodcast.com. Make sure if you submit content for a feedback show that you put something like “comment for jack”, “question for jack” or “article for jack” in the subject line to assure proper identification for my screening process. Today we discuss, fear, HOAs, responsible law enforcement, GMOs, drugs in our water supply, common sense and the destruction of the resiliency of our children . Please understand I receive several hundred emails a day and can’t get them all on the air. I … Continue reading →

Episode-613- Listener Feedback on Genetically Modified Organisms

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The concept of GMO’s (generically modified organisms) is largely misunderstood and I feel somewhat hyped as both overly safe and overly dangerous by both sides of the debate.    Today we dig deeply into this issue to fully understand the dangers of GMO’s including the often missed larger implications and impact on the biosphere and system level life webs. Also remember today is the last day of our MSB special.  You can get your first year of MSB today for only 30 dollars.  Just join the MSB and use the discount code “positive” and get your first year for only 30 … Continue reading →

Emergency Seed Banks and Open Pollinated vs Hybrid vs GMO

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In this video I don’t just review the emergency seed bank from Directive21.com I dispel many myths about GMOs vs. Hybrid Variety seeds.  Emergency seed vaults are in my view an outstanding addition to your long term preps but the hype in the emergency seed industry is really misleading.  Tune into this video for hard and somewhat harsh facts about emergency seed products and the real reasons to invest in them vs. the fear based marketing of many other manufactures. Having seeds is a vital part of preparation and survival. One really great seed bank is the seed bank that … Continue reading →

Episode-524- Developing Personal Seed Vaults

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Governments, corporations and international organizations are all developing “seed vaults” for many reasons.  One is that seeds in and of themselves are life, they feed us and they are the way species of plants survive and continue to propagate themselves.  Second while telling us that GMO crops are safe, they are acutely aware of the damage potential they pose and the potential for entire varieties of plants to be wiped out by cross pollination with GMO based crops.  Third due to monopolization and marketing by seed companies many varieties are simply no longer being grown and due to that the … Continue reading →

Episode-523- Listener Feedback 10-4-10

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This Monday is a bit more politics centric than typical but only because of how much has been going on lately.  Join me today as I give props to Alex Jones for two stellar pieces of journalism last week, tell you more than you really want to know about new GMO initiatives, answer questions on chest freezers, biltong and more. Today on TSP we Discuss… Two Articles from Alex Jones you need to read and share with others What Congress is doing to counter the Chinese trade imbalance and why it won’t work Thoughts on using a chest freezer outside … Continue reading →