Govt OK’s Growing Rice For Public Sale Within Fukushima Contamination Zone

“Wild monkeys that reside in a forest near Fukushima are now showing alarming changes in their blood composition. This doesn’t bode well for humans who were exposed to radiation from within several hundred kilometers of the Daiichi site.” C Sarich

FukushimaRiceJust recently, farmers in the city of Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, have begun planting rice in a district previously designated as a ‘no-plant zone’ due to of radioactive fallout. This will be the first time since March, 2011’s core meltdowns that rice intended for public sale will be planted in fields that are possibly still contaminated with radioactive cesium and other toxic materials.

While the Japanese public is vehemently opposed to GMO, do they really want to eat radioactive rice? The government of Japan seems not to care.

Despite the urging of the people of Japan, the government continues to allow farming in radioactive areas while also permitting large quantities of imported GM canola from Canada. There is also now GM canola growing wild around Japanese ports and roads to major food oil companies.

Genetically modified canola such as Monsanto’s RoundUp Ready canola has been found growing around these ports when being tested for GM contamination. Japan was also recently duped into accepting Monsanto’s GM soybeans. Does this country really need any more toxic food? Continue reading

Make Your Own Healthy Indian Rice Pudding In A Few Simple Steps

Wake Up World  August 19 2013

Kheer is an Indian style rice pudding that is simple, sweet and delicious. It is one of my favorite desserts, and it’s also something I love to eat for breakfast. And it really only takes about 5 minutes to make!

Traditionally Kheer is made with cow’s milk, but we are going to use coconut milk. So this kheer is suitable for vegans, and doesn’t have any of the undesirable impurities most available sources of dairy have. My recipe also includes brown Basmati rice, instead of the usual white Basmati rice, so it is a wonderful source of fiber, B vitamins and energy!!

No sugar blues after this sweet moment!

The other wonderful thing about this recipe is that I always use rice I have leftover from dinners during the week. Cook once, eat twice! I think it is always a great idea to cook enough rice to use throughout the week for whatever you please, or at least enough for another meal, and this is the perfect way to use some of it up!

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