A Non GMO Gift Idea For Teenagers Against GMOs - #CyberMonday

Let's face it, buying great gifts for teenagers this holiday season will be challenging to say the least. And unfortunately there's nothing substantive from the No GMO movement offered on Black Friday, Small Saturday, nor this Cyber Monday, which is a total surprise to me and missed opportunity. Especially in California where 4.2 million registered voters (many with kids) voted in favor of Prop 37's labeling requirements for genetically modified processed foods! So what do you do? Well, let me ask you this... do your teens play sports?

Do you buy your teen athlete supplements (vitamins, fish oils, fiber products, etc)? Are they GMO free?

Did you know that teenagers are just as worried about GMOs as adults are? The problem is they may not show it or talk about much as they feel helpless to do anything about it. They don't control the money and what and where their parents buy food. In fact most teens are beginning to ask their parents to purchase healthy organic foods, since the battle to label GMOs became heated in local politics across the Country, even if it means spending a little more cash and altering family favorite recipes.

Here's one teens wake up moment that her favorite cereal was made with high-fructose corn syrup(GMOs) and now's she taking a Non-GMO challenge:    

Teenagers are now seriously getting involved in the debt to label GMOs in droves and 2012 will be looked back on as the tipping point for the youth becoming educated about this issue! Here's another 15 year old teen getting focused and crying out for attention to get parents to listen:



They even launched a Facebook page called... Teens Against GMOs: https://www.facebook.com/TeensAgaintsGmOs

So, what's a solution? Support these bright teenagers and consider purchasing them GMO free supplements made by the world renowned Science based nutritional leader, USANA, which is made in the USA and uses no genetically modified materials in its product line. The product can be personalized and I can recommend a few great USANA products that 600+ world-class athletes including the US Ski and Snowboarding Association and the Women's Tennis Association already rely on without breaking the budget.

Click the picture to buy yours today and share this gift idea with your friends!

Men And Our Meat - The No GMO Way

There's just no doubt that Beef prices are about to get whacky in early 2013. And with GMO, hormone injected cuts projected to be the most economical choice, well then maybe it's a good time to quit.

Now I'm not going to tell someone to stop eating red meat. I still eat it from time to time and it's un-American to tell people what to do.  However, meat eaters must beware of the new normal created by the devastating realities of Climate Change. The Great Drought of 2012 by in large will change how and where you buy your next prime and if you choose to shop at the big box stores, you better believe your "Choice" won't be GMO free.

So, let talks about What you should buy and how you do it. A buddy of mine once joked that Whole Foods really means Whole Paycheck. While that may be funny now, no one will be laughing over the rise of food cost by 3% - 4%, and Beef to rise by 4% - 5% (not to mention the pending bacon apocalypse)! But I'm determined and joyous after searching around San Diego for solutions.

First, I can join a beef CSA. My new buddy, Justin Noble, works for his Father Phil Noble at Sage Mountain Farm and they both tout that their steers only eat grass and vegetables and have never even seen corn or dry grains. These are good people selling local certified organic food and their prices are reasonable. I believe that buying into a CSA now will lock in the price for 2013 but you'll have to check with my boys. http://www.sagemountainfarm.com/

Also check with Edibles San Diego: http://www.ediblecommunities.com/sandiego/

The other way to do this is to find a good ole fashion butcher who sells Grass Fed Beef where the cows graze on native, organic grasses (aka a GMO free diet) like our new friends at Homegrown Meats up on Palomar Mountain.

I recently tried a Chuck Roast (top picture) for a beef stew and it was amazing! Their selection was great, their hours are convenient, and their prices are decent considering we might have another Dust Bowl on our hands.

By the way, did anyone see Ken Burn's The Dust Bowl on PBS? It was awesome!

Read more about their cows and take a trip over to see them before the lines look like a Black friday sale! http://www.homegrownmeats.com/about-our-cows/about-our-cows

I also recommend a good GMO free Digestive Enzyme.