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Barbara H. Peterson is retired from the California Department of Corrections, where she worked as a Correctional Officer at Folsom Prison. She was one of the first females to work at the facility in this classification. After retirement, she went to college online to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Business, and graduated with honors.
Barbara lives on a small ranch in Oregon, and believes that self-sufficiency and localization of food sources will be necessary to survive the coming depression. To this end, she has put up a website to share information at:
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 17, 2009 NAIS, Monsanto, and the Genetic Altering and Patenting of Animal Breeds
If NAIS goes through, our groceries will be filled with genetically modified meat, and of course, like the GMO grains and veggies, will require no labeling. The only ones who will be raising livestock are the big corporations, and any little guy who gets in their way will be effectively squashed by NAIS if his chicken happens to cross the road.
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 21, 2009 Responding to Monsanto – the Method and Madness
Believe this – we are the majority! Monsanto is not bigger than we are. We have just got to stand up and realize that we out-number them, and as more of us wake up and smell the monopoly, the better off we are.
SHARE Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Baby It's Cold Outside
The difference between courage and stupidity is merely a decision away. By standing up for what is right, one person can change the world, one decision at a time.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 14, 2009 NAIS vs. the Equine Owner
It is important for horse owners to know why NAIS is being forced on the equine industry within the United States.
(8 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 23, 2009 Thriving Freedom Gardens for Small Spaces
The truth is, for far too many of us, if we don't start developing some basic survival skills, we simply won't eat.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 6, 2009 HR 814 Supports CAFOs and Restricts Individual Animal Ownership
HR 814 lays the national traceability system referred to in HR 875 out in no uncertain terms. This traceability system applies to all livestock, chickens, and eggs, and is supposed to safeguard our food supply. The problem is, no one other than concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) can reasonably comply with its requirements.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, March 9, 2009 The Blood of Tyrants
When Glenn Beck starts to make sense, we are in a world of hurt.
(20 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 5, 2009 GMO Pushers and the Junkies They Create
This is the stranglehold that Monsanto and the other giant GMO pushers have on farmers. Once the farmer gets hooked, just like a Heroin junkie, he must go to the dealer to get his fix every year, or risk losing everything. And we are just getting started.
SHARE Saturday, February 28, 2009 American Aliens Invade Mexico
You've got it, folks. American aliens are invading Mexico. Not with backpacks and children in tow, but on the winds of cross-pollination.
SHARE Saturday, May 17, 2008 Marti Oakley on Mark Dankof's America!
Marti, my partner in a book-writing venture that is sure to blow the lid off corporate America and companies like Monsanto, will do what she does best; give an honest and no-holds-barred piece of her mind regarding the shadow government running our country, and what is in store for We the People in the months to come.
(12 comments) SHARE Monday, November 19, 2007 Internet Found Guilty of Promoting Terrorism
According to HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, the Internet is guilty of promoting terrorism, and is subject to sentencing by Congressional committee.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, February 18, 2008 In Bed Together
An elitist cabal composed of people so rich we the people cannot even comprehend it, have been busily creating terrorists for years.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, November 19, 2007 Media Consolidation and the March Towards a World Government
What we need is a diversity of information from media outlets that are not controlled by special interests, and not a monopoly of a few large corporations whose interests lie in reporting only government approved propaganda.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, November 5, 2007 Like Sacrificial Lambs Slain on the Altar of Globalization
Are you ready to sacrifice your standard of living on the altar of globalization? That is what is happening at an alarming rate. We the people are being asked to squeeze our belts until it hurts so that the global elite can continue their lavish lifestyle all at our expense.
SHARE Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Bay Area Population to be Sprayed with New Unregistered Pesticide
The people of the Bay area of California are about to be sprayed with a new pesticide not registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in a pre-emptive strive against a perceived threat from the Light Brown Apple Moth.