June, 2011

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Bethany Learn: The Fit2BMama’s Transition to Organic - Jun 30,2011

When it comes to being healthy, people have many different definitions of what constitutes good health. While many may strive to maintain a healthy lifestyle, one of the most overlooked aspects of good health is incorporating organic foods. Bethany Learn is very passionate about fitness and has a very successful business that offers online yoga and Pilate’s instruction called Fit2BStudio. She is also a mother and active member of her community. As a conscious consumer and avid health professional, Bethany realized the importance of incorporating organics into her family and her business. In January of this year, Bethany also made a concerted effort to eliminate all soda from her diet which was extremely difficult because it was a part of her daily diet. The more research she did, she realized that non-organic foods such as soda were not only bad for your body because of the caloric intake but primarily because they are full of sugar and additives which are very bad for your body. Bethany has since begun her journey into the organic world with a deeper understanding that organics is not just about eating healthy but the impact of what food does to your body and as a mother, to her children’s bodies. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to the social media sensation of fitness, Bethany Learn about her journey! Stay Tuned!

Chef Ani Phyo: Ani’s Raw Food Asia - Jun 29,2011

When it comes to eating healthy, most people think you need to eat flavorless, boring foods to satisfy your nutritional requirements. However, that is clearly not the case when it comes to Chef Ani Phyo. Ani Phyo is on a mission to show the world that eating healthy doesn’t mean forcing down boring salads every day. Ani is an award-winning raw foods chef and uses seasonal, local grown organic produce to create recipes that are delicious, will help lower cholesterol, shed unwanted pounds, boost your immune system, all while promoting a healthy planet!

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Ani Phyo about how her new book, Ani’s Raw Food Asia, the ultimate cookbook for easy East-West Fusion recipes! Stay Tuned!

Pet Food Expert, Susan Thixton: Summer Pet Health - Jun 28,2011

There is nothing like a glass of icy cold water on a very hot day but what about the water you give your pets? Does it matter if the water is cool or warm? Isn’t is enough to leave water out for them or should it be changed frequently? Just how much water should be made available? What about your pet’s food? Does the temperature and humidity affect your pet’s food? How can you make sure your pets are not eating food that has spoiled because of the heat? We have food safety and food handling guidelines but do they also apply to pet food?

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will talk to world renowned pet food expert, Susan Thixton, Founder of Truth About Pet Food (www.truthaboutpetfood.com) how pet owners can be better pet parents during the hazy, hot and humid days of summer. Stay tuned!

Author Nicole Hunn, Gluten-Free On A Shoestring - Jun 27,2011

More and more people are discovering that they have an intolerance for wheat and seek gluten free products. For some that have diseases such as Celiac’s disease, there is no choice in the matter. Gluten free foods are a staple. The problem is, most of the gluten free foods taste like cardboard and are very expensive.

Is it possible to find gluten free foods that are appetizing and won’t empty your wallet? In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Nicole Hunn about how you can get gluten free without going broke! Stay Tuned!

Bryan Pullen, Summit Spring Water: The Raw Unfiltered Truth! - Jun 24,2011

Pure drinking water is clearly the most precious commodity. Without it, no living being can survive. Unfortunately, as our drinking water resources are becoming contaminated with pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals and other runoff waste, the sources for pure drinking water have becoming scarce. Even in South America, the cost of soda is by far cheaper than the cost of drinking water. How is it even possible that something that is free flowing is this difficult to find? Most people simply think that bottled water is bottled water. Just what exactly are you buying when you purchase bottled water? Is there such a thing as “raw” water? Yes, there is! Summit Raw Spring Water is a unique company that is able to bottle water right from the source! When you are drinking a bottle of Summit Raw Spring Water, you are drinking water that is gravity-fed, unfiltered and untouched. Their raw "living" spring water is gathered from one of the oldest and most revered natural spring water sources in North America. The water is actually shielded from harmful sunlight the entire way and comes straight from Mother Nature, without ANY treatment or filtration.

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Bryan Pullen, CEO of Summit Spring Water about the things you need to know about your drinking water and why “Raw” water is really making a splash!

Dr. Claudia Welch, Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life - Jun 23,2011

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Over seventy percent of American women with children under the age of eighteen are also part of the country’s workforce. While more and more of today’s women juggle work and family life, achieving balance—both physically and mentally—has become essential as new studies continue to expose the impact stress hormones can have on a woman’s health. In Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and Western Science, author Dr. Claudia Welch explores the counterbalancing effects of sex and stress hormones, and outlines easy-to-follow strategies for self care to help women combat stress-induced medical problems ranging from painful periods, mood swings, fatigue, and insomnia to infertility, uterine fibroids, hot flashes, heart disease, and osteoporosis.

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Dr. Claudia Welch, MSOM about how you can achieve balance in your life.

Who’s Watching The Watchdogs? - Jun 21,2011

The EPA was created in 1970. Its fundamental charge was the protection of man and the environment from unreasonable risks from pesticides. As a part of this, the EPA was responsible for protecting pollinators and what is commonly referred to as the bee hazard warning. For the first 20 years of the EPA’s existence, the label was the law. In the subsequent 20 years, the EPA has failed increasingly to see that the laws are honored and enforced with the respect to pollinators. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to beekeepers, Tom Theobald, Jeff Anderson and Dave Hackenberg, Co-Chair of the National Honeybee Advisory Board.

Author, Anjum Anand: Eat Right For Your Body Type - Jun 20,2011

In Anjum’s Eat Right for Your Body Type: The Super-Healthy Diet Inspired by Ayurveda, beloved author and cooking show host Anjum Anand puts a fresh spin on this ancient medical system, making it easy for readers to incorporate Ayurvedic concepts into their busy 21st-century lives. A lifestyle quiz provided in the beginning of the book helps readers quickly determine their body type, or Dosha, thereby revealing what foods are best for them to eat. Ayurveda medicine teaches us “how to maintain harmony within ourselves and with nature.”Anjum’s Eat Right for Your Body Type reveals how the right diet can promote weight loss, improve mood, increase focus,and prevent disease. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Author, Anjum Anand, who is an experienced chef and the host of Indian Food Made Easy on the Cooking Channel in the United States. She gained fame as the presenter of two, six-part BBC series of the same name. Her books are bestsellers in the United Kingdom, where she lives with her family. Stay tuned!

Is There Such A Thing As Healthy Chocolate? - Jun 15,2011

Why is it that chocolate bars are always loaded with all sorts of artificial ingredients, flavors and additives? Can chocolate actually be healthy? Yes, it can! Did you know that chocolate is derived from an actual plant? Pure dark chocolate has many health benefits such as flavonoids, which act as antioxidants and are beneficial to the heart! So, why do manufacturers have to add all sorts of junk to something that already tastes great? Which kinds of chocolate should you buy and why? In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to chocolate expert, Jean Kelsey about chocolate and your health! Stay tuned!

Stephan Otto, ESQ: ExposeAnimalAbusers.org - Jun 13,2011

The Animal Legal Defense Fund drafted and added an "Offender Registration and Community Notification" section to ALDF’s model laws collection in 2001. It was based on the statutory equivalents, that all state have since adopted, dubbed "Megans Laws" that deal with sex offenders. Since then a number of jurisdictions have followed this model concept introducing legislation to accomplish this goal with respect to animal abusers. To view a complete list of all states, please click here. Stephan K. Otto is an attorney and director of legislative affairs for the Animal Legal Defense Fund. In this capacity he oversees the development of animal protection laws at the local, state and federal levels. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School where he teaches an animal law legislation clinic. Mr. Otto is the author of various animal protection bills, statutes and ordinances in jurisdictions throughout the country. He is the publisher and editor of the Animal Protection Laws of the United States of America & Canada compendium (currently in its fifth edition), ALDF Model Animal Protection Laws collection, and annual comparative reports, State Animal Protection Laws Rankings and Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings. Mr. Otto speaks on an array of animal-related issues at hearings and presentations across the country.

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Stephan Otto about this victory!

Author, Linda Watson: Wildly Affordable Organic! - Jun 10,2011

Eat Fabulous Food, Get Healthy and Save the Planet All on $5 a Day or Less! The organic industry has come a long way. Consumers now can buy organically grown food as well as other staples just about anywhere they shop. Many people still do not understand what to look for or how to buy the most on a limited budget. Unfortunately, people will opt to resort to conventional (ie: non-organic, non-foods) instead. Author Linda Watson has written a fabulous book which outlines your options in full detail. The book also enables you to make your own staples with her kid-friendly recipes. Her book also contains a great deal of insight as far as why you should shop for particular ingredients and how to compromise with alternatives. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will talk to Author, Linda Watson about her new book and her valuable tips. So, if you are feeling the pinch of the economy but do not want to sacrifice your healthy by opting for the chemical foods on the market, this is one book you need to read!

Valerie McMurray: Soleil Organique- What's In Your Sun Care? - Jun 09,2011

It is officially summertime and as the temperature continues to rise, more people eagerly head to the pool or the beach. While the sun does provide essential Vitamin D, too much sun can harm your skin. Typically, sun-worshipers have slathered on a myriad of tropical scented lotions and sprays in order to protect themselves from the sun’s harmful UV rays not really paying too much attention to the ingredients in the products. The focal point has been primarily what number the SPF is. This is simply not enough! However, thanks to many consumer awareness groups, issues have been raised about the purity and kinds of ingredients used in sun care products. The reason for this concern is that the chemicals in your sun care can actually cause more damage than good. Thanks to these groups and other resources, consumers are becoming aware of some of the most common sunscreen ingredients that are suspected or known carcinogens and/or hormone disrupters. Read your labels to see if your sun and skin care product contains any ingredients that are harmful. Another major issue is whether or not these products are tested on animals and contain animal derived ingredients. Conscious consumers are especially particular about how the products that they choose to buy are made. Once a conscious consumer is hooked, the loyalty is instantaneous mainly because there are not many companies out there that produce a pure, high quality and vegan sun care product. So what should you look for when it comes to sun care? Is there anything particular you should pay attention to when it comes to small children or infants? What ingredients that are commonly used are derived from animals? How do you know if a company uses the barbaric practices of animal testing?

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer talks to Valerie McMurray, CEO of Soleil Organique Stay tuned!

How To Make Melt & Pour Soap Base From Scratch - Jun 08,2011

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make your own soap or even start a small side business to generate a little bit of extra cash flow. Soap making seems to be a lost art but thanks to Author and soap expert, Kayla Fioravanti, many people are finding that it is not as difficult as you might think. Recently, Kayla published her new book How To Make Melt & Pour Soap Base From Scratchwhich not only gives a complete “idiot’s guide” type in depth instruction for making your own soap but also provides a myriad of resources, reference materials and descriptions so that anyone can have fun making home-made soaps! In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, Kayla Fioravanti, Chief Formulator from Essential Wholesale Labs (www.EssentialWholesale.com) and also the star of the hit series on YouTube, Kitchen Chemistry with Kayla . Stay tuned!

Bill Bullard: Fighting For The U.S. Cattle Producer - Jun 07,2011

Recently, the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives released its version of the Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, which slashes funding to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agency charged with preventing meatpackers from engaging in unfair, deceptive and discriminatory livestock procurement practices that have forced independent farmers and ranchers out of the business. According to Bill Bullard, the meatpackers have enlisted the aid of key congressional members to help them avoid U.S. laws that prohibit meatpackers from engaging in unfair trade practices against U.S. farmers and ranchers who sell their livestock into one of the most concentrated, monopolistic marketing systems in the entire U.S. economy. “Four powerful meatpackers now control about 85 percent of the U.S. fed cattle market and these four meatpackers have coerced Congress into derailing a USDA rulemaking that would, for the first time, properly implement the 90-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act that was intended to prevent monopolistic meatpackers from taking advantage of independent farmers and ranchers,” he said. The meatpackers have specifically targeted an important rulemaking by the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) that belatedly implements the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (PSA). The GIPSA rulemaking, known as the GIPSA rule, does this by imparting fairness and transparency in the livestock marketplace and by holding meatpackers accountable for their unfair cattle procurement practices that have contributed to the loss of over half a million U.S. cattle farmers and ranchers during just the past three decades. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Bill Bullard, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA). Stay tuned!

Defending The Bee Hive: Bee Experts Speak Out! - Jun 06,2011

Neonicotinoids continue to contribute to the rapid decline in the honeybee population. The agencies designated to protect our honeybees seem confused as to their role. During a time when there should be solidarity between the two groups, there is a huge divide. It is now up to the leadership within the beekeeping community to take a stand and act. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to beekeeping experts and activists, Tom Theobald, author, Graham White and Phil Chandler, who is also the host of The Barefoot Beekeeper.

Using Permaculture For Increased Production & Sustainability - Jun 03,2011

Permaculture provides a core set of design principles that allow individuals to create their own environment and build increasingly self-sufficient human habitats. The term permaculture, meaning "permanent agriculture" was coined in the 1970s by Australian Bill Mollison. This is done by actually working with nature, not against it. Initially, it was created as a method to enable people to be able to work with the land and animals for sustainable food production. The basic principles have actually evolved to encompass economic and social systems. Implementing permaculture principles can help minimize human reliance on industrial systems of production and distribution that are identified as being destructive to the ecological system. Permaculture also uses the same fundamental principles found in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Vegetative Management Systems. By creating a series of semi autonomous processes that work together simultaneously, you can produce a higher quality system that is holistic and sustainable.

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Horticultural expert, John Peter Thompson, who is President of the National Agricultural Research Alliance (http://www.NARA-B.org ). John Peter will talk about how to utilize permaculture practices to make your garden more productive and sustainable.

John Peter Thompson: Grow Your Own Fun! Host A Garden Party! - Jun 02,2011

The summer has arrived and with it come the invitations to graduation parties, family picnics, beach parties and country getaways. With all of the work that goes into your own garden, why not have a party in your own garden? Garden parties are a way to show off your collection as well as your taste in landscape design.

In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Horticultural expert, John Peter Thompson, who is President of the National Agricultural Research Alliance (http://www.NARA-B.org ). John Peter will talk about some really creative tips and tricks to making your garden party THE party of the summer!

emergin C Scientific Organics: It's Skin Deep! - Jun 01,2011

Throughout time, women have sought the finest ingredients to preserve, heal and restore their complexion. Nature provides an endless supply of plants and minerals which have tremendous healing properties. Science continues to gather these ingredients, combining them to heal and restore our skin’s vitality. Due to the risk of over exposure from the sun, the skin must be protected from the UV rays. The quality of ingredients used in sun care products on the market is also a great concern due to parabens, synthetic fragrances and of course, the disturbing practice of animal testing. Scientific Organics combines the latest breakthroughs in skincare as well as potent, proven botanicals and marine extracts to ensure visible results. One of the unique key ingredients Scientific Organics uses is Kombucha; a tea traditionally consumed for medicinal purposes. Its medicinal properties are tremendous for the health, restoration and healing of the skin. Scientific Organics is also doing its part to care for the environment by using packaging printed on First Stewardship Council and Sustainable Forestry initiative certified paperboard. One tree is planted for every product sold. These initiatives are a great example of how companies can get directly involved with protecting our environment. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June Stoyer will speak to Ian Lirenman, CEO, Emergin C Scientific Organics about skin care and protecting our skin. Stay tuned!