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How Organic Honey is Made

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Ice Cream Has Meat in It? 7 "Vegetarian" Foods That Actually Contain Meat Products | | AlterNet

When you became a vegetarian, you quickly learned it wasn’t just about skipping... more

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Airport shut down by incompetent TSA authorities after jars of honey flagged as explosives

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Behind Mass Die-Offs, Pesticides Lurk as Culprit

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Veganism defined

Veganism may be defined as a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as possible and practical, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose.
In dietary terms, it refers to the practice of dispensing with all animal products, including meat, fish, poultry, eggs, animal milks, honey, and their derivatives. (ref. International Vegetarian Union)

Veganism equals Respect for life

Veganism is a lifestyle designed to respect all living things as fully as possible. In particular, vegans try very hard to treat other sentient animals with real concern for their interests. We do not use their bodies for our own purposes. This means that we do not use their flesh, milk, eggs, fur, feathers, fiber, cocoons, honey, or wax. We do not use their organ systems for research, or manipulate their behavior for our entertainment or education. We try to engage in relationships with others only when they freely engage with us. Most importantly, we consider them not as property, but as living beings.

Veganism equals Not harming others

Insofar as is possible, vegans try to live their lives without harming others. An easy (but not foolproof) way to see if something is vegan is to ask yourself, “did someone have to suffer and/or die so that I could have this?” Dairy cows suffer when they are forcibly impregnated, separated from their newborns, milked exhaustively, and then slaughtered. Egg-laying chickens suffer when their bodies are manipulated to optimize egg production without allowing for natural behaviors like pecking on the ground or roosting in trees, or natural cycles like day/night or ovulating/not ovulating. They suffer when their beaks are seared in half and they are kept in tiny cages, unable to spread their wings. They suffer when they are either killed as male chicks or slaughtered as spent hens.

Veganism equals Not exploiting others and respecting the planet's ecosystems

We may not be sure that bees suffer in any way we can imagine, but they are certainly exploited when we take the honey and wax that they laboriously make and store for winter food or hive construction. They are killed when we harvest these products of their labor, and when we decide to start over with a new hive, rather than maintain an old one.

Salmon, which naturally swim hundreds of miles from rivers to oceans and then back again, are often kept in crowded tanks that breed disease and stress. Wild salmon and tuna are thought to feel pain in their lips and certainly suffer when they suffocate outside the water. Like every other animal-derived product, fish flesh, eggs, and oil are all unnecessary for us to live healthy, fulfilling lives, but they deprive fish of life and liberty. Vegans therefore choose not to use them.

By refusing to support fishing, vegans also allow the rest of the aquatic ecosystems to flourish. Farmed salmon are fed on large quantities of smaller fish, which are becoming rare, spelling trouble for the many other species that feed on them. Fishing nets kill other species as well, and some of the techniques devastate the habitat of ocean-dwelling organisms.

Vegans are against any form of exploitation

By refusing to use products that were derived from animals against their will, vegans protest all forms of exploitation. We would like for everyone to see that enslaving non-human animals and forcing them to perform demeaning tasks is wrong, and that enslaving human animals is also wrong. We want to encourage people not to pay for the products of any such labor.Veganism defined Veganism may be defined as a way of living which seeks to exclude,... more

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Jrm Says.. "Corn Porn!"

I loves me some corn. Well, I AM from Iowa. No, that's not where potatoes OR... more

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Bumblebees Now Vanishing Too: Yeah, We're Screwed...

What will happen when these bee's slip away for good, followed by our native... more

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Super Honey Helps Fight Off MRSA Superbugs

Honey lovers, you have a whole new reason to feel dedicated to the sweet sticky stuff.... more

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Recipe: slow cooker pork with rakomelo

Raki is made from the dregs leftover after the wine fermentation process, making it a... more

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….The $411 Massage…. (That's 4 Benjamin's 1 Alexander Hamilton & 1 George Washington)

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Natural Beekeeping Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture

The various chemicals used in beekeeping have, for the past decades, held Varroa... more

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Your vote needed today: Support EarthKeepers/Zaagkii project/Vote daily thru August 30, 2009

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Pesticide Kills Over 100 Billion Honey Bees...Who's Responsible?

New research from the Washington State University has confirmed that a microscopic... more

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That's Gay: Commercials

Bryan goes undercover to investigate gay characters in TV ads. That's Gay is a... more

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infoMania: best media clips from the week of Aug. 6

This week on infoMania Spike TV tells you how stupid people die, reality tv stars have... more

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Häagen-Dazs extends its "Help the Honey Bees" campaign

Haagen-Dazs, which has been winning awards with its "Help the Honey Bees"... more

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Two Powerful Enzymes for a Beautiful Body and Health

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Manuka honey can kill superbugs

Honey has been used to treat wounds since ancient times, but recent years have seen a surge of medical interest in the sticky stuff. Manuka honey has been the subject of particular interest, with the results of a study just published by Sydney University finding that it has powerful antibacterial properties, and is even effective against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Associate Professor Dee Carter, from Sydney University's School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences said: "Our research is the first to clearly show that these honey-based products could in many cases replace antibiotic creams on wounds and equipment such as catheters. Using honey as an intermediate treatment could also prolong the life of antibiotics."

"Most bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one antibiotic, and there is an urgent need for new ways to treat and control surface infections."

She added: "We don't quite know how these honeys prevent and kill infections, but a compound in them called methylglyoxal seems to interact with a number of other unknown compounds in honey to prevent infectious bacteria developing new strains that are resistant to it."

Honey is a complex substance, containing up to 800 compounds and its complexity means it has been difficult to pinpoint exactly how it kills bacteria.

Manuka is a type of honey that is made by bees pollinating the flowers of the Manuka bush, a member of the Leptospermum family that grows naturally in New Zealand.

Now, an Australian company is claiming to have produced the world's most potent medical-grade antibacterial honey, made by bees pollinating the Australian jellybush, also a member of the Leptospermum family.

Australia's Medi Bioactive Honey Company claims its Berringa antibacterial honey has twice the antibacterial content of normal manuka honey, and has launched the product in the UK.

Dr Rose Cooper of the University of Wales Cardiff School of Health Sciences has researched honey's antibacterial action and has written a book called "Honey in Modern Wounds Management."

Cooper told CNN that there are many components in honey that contribute to its antibacterial nature. She says its high sugar content, low water content and low pH are all factors. Additionally, some honey produces hydrogen peroxide, which can kill bacteria.

Since 2004, Britain's National Health Service has licensed the use of manuka-honey wound dressings and sterilized medical grade manuka-honey creams.Honey has been used to treat wounds since ancient times, but recent years have seen a... more

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Curious cub gets head stuck in feeder

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