Archive for September, 2011

MALIBU FILM FESTIVAL, SPONSORED BY JOAN VALENTINE FOUNDATION

Joan Valentine, A Foundation for Natural Cures, Inc., is proud to sponsor the 12th Annual Malibu International Film Festival, taking place October 6-8, 2011 at the Hollywood Theaters Malibu and Malibu Lumber Yard. For more information, visit malibufilmfestival.com

Wouldn’t you like to know if the foods you eat are made with genetically modified ingredients? It seems like a no-brainer yet not everyone agrees. GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, are combining the genes of separate organisms to engineer a new one using DNA technology — and are a hot topic these days. Some GM foods include maize, soybean, oilseed rape (canola), chicory, squash, potato, pineapple and strawberries. GM foods may provide greater resistance to ...

If you’re wondering if Food Day is October 16 or October 24, you’re not alone.

October 16, 2011 is World Food Day, which the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates  each year on October 16, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. And October 24, 2011 is Food Day that  focuses on the ...

Yoga instructor Tari Prinster is a seven-year cancer survivor

The positive impact yoga has on our bodies is one of the reasons it is practiced by more than 20 million people in the United States. Yoga can also be useful to those battling cancer.

That’s just one of the terrific messages in Yogawoman, a new, inspirational and empowering feature documentary narrated by Academy Award nominee Annette Bening ...