WHAT THE HELL IS "FARM WASHING?"

farm·wash·ing (noun): A marketing technique used by some industrial food producers in which idyllic images of farming are deployed to create misleading messages about how their products are made.

In recent years more and more consumers have expressed distrust with the way most of our food is grown, processed, and handled before we eat it. Many people have even taken to growing their own food to ensure that it is organic, or grown without use of chemical alteration. In addition, many companies have also tried to capitalize on this movement by using more organic ingredients and presenting themselves as green companies. Some of these claims are valid but some, however, consist of little more than companies trying to present themselves as users of organic ingredients when in actuality they are just using the organic movement as a marketing ploy. This is referred to as farmwashing.

Farmwashing

Save the Orangutan. Stop Using Palm Oil!

Borneo and Sumatra are two of the most bio-diverse regions of the world, yet they have the longest list of endangered species. This list includes the magnificent orangutan. These two South-East Asian islands are extremely rich in life, containing around 20,000 flowering plant
species, 3,000 tree species, 300,000 animal species and thousands more being discovered each year. Despite this amazing biodiversity and delicate web of species, an area the size of 300 football fields of rainforest is cleared each hour in Indonesia and Malaysia to make way for the production of one vegetable oil. That's 6 football fields destroyed each minute. This vegetable oil is called palm oil, and is found in hundreds of the everyday products, from baked goods and confectionery, to cosmetics and cleaning agents... many of which you buy in your weekly shopping.



Say NO to Palm Oil! Please!

DEALING WITH ENERGY SUCKING VAMPIRES!

And a big "THANK YOU" to Dr. Judith Orloff! Absolutely love her books and audios! 


Relationships are always an energy exchange. To stay feeling our best, we must ask ourselves: Who gives us energy? Who saps it? It's important to be surrounded by supportive, heart-centered people who make us feel safe and secure. It's equally important to pinpoint the emotional vampires, who, whether they intend to or not, leech our energy.

To protect your sensitivity, it's imperative to name and combat these emotional vampires. They're everywhere: coworkers, neighbors, family, and friends.

Vampires do more than drain our physical energy. The super-malignant ones can make you believe you're an unworthy, unlovable wretch who doesn't deserve better. The subtler species inflict damage that's more of a slow burn. Smaller digs here and there can make you feel bad about yourself such as, "Dear, I see you've put on a few pounds" or "It's not lady-like to interrupt." In a flash, they've zapped you by prodding areas of shaky self-worth.  Read on...



Vampires!