11.24.09
Update from Miami Metro Zoo
"Sean and his crew have been using Ocean Solution on their vegetable garden, getting great results. He's been able to provide the zoo kitchen with fresh produce on a regular basis reducing purchases. I've also been using it on landscape materials and recently planted annuals throughout the zoo with beneficial affects. One of the samples you gave us initially I've been using on my interior foliage at home and the condition of the plants is excellent." - Tom Trump
More news coming soon!
Update from Juliana Trigoso
Friday at the Zoo was a great success. John Hartman and I met with Tom Trump and his staff.
Sean and Don will be leading up the OceanGrown project. Don will be applying it to their fruit, vegetable, fodder and specialty food gardens. Which, up until OceanSolution, the vets had not permitted the use of any products to be used. “The farm is struggling with caterpillars, especially,” said Don. Hartman explained, “Unhealthy plants are especially vulnerable to pests, OceanSolution will help to fortify your plants from the inside out, and that should help keep the caterpillars at bay.”
Sean will be using OceanSolution on the landscaping plants. Sean was telling John Hartman, that applying anything to the landscaping is a bit tricky for a few reasons. First, the animals have to be moved away from the area during application and then returned, which is not only labor intensive but also takes staff coordination. Second, some areas were not ever permitted to be treated due to the sensitivity of the animals nearby. Furthermore, the areas being treated were still having some major plant health issues. Thanks to OceanGrown, now the application of Plant Nutrients will be a cinch. “No more having to relocate animals or starving plants because you fear harming the wildlife,” said Hartman.
We will be checking back in with the Miami Metro Zoo soon and we will keep everyone posted!
09.12.09
Miami Metro Zoo & OceanGrown
The Miami Metro Zoo is the newest member of the OceanGrown family. On September 12, 2009 Miami Metro Zoo received their first 275 Gallon donation of OceanSolution. Juliana Trigoso and John Hartman, CEO of OceanGrown, made a special trip down to Miami Metro Zoo to help set up their personalized program and demonstrate for Tom Trump and his staff the most effective way to use OceanSolution.
07.23.09
Training session July
We had over a dozen attendees from two of our new distributors. We plan on having another training Session at the beginning of September. We will keep everyone posted!
06.23.09Dear Readers,
Are you ready for some "innovative" new vegetables? If you are concerned about this approach to our food system, I encourage you to write to the Monsanto contacts highlighted after the first article.
Monsanto and Dole Combine Strengths in New Collaboration to Bring Innovations to Vegetables
Distributed by Press Release
ST. LOUIS and MONTEREY, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., to develop new products that will enhance consumer vegetable choices.
The five-year collaboration will focus on broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and spinach. Plant breeding will be used to improve the nutrition, flavor, color, texture, taste and aroma of these vegetables. Any new products realized from this collaboration could be commercialized by Dole in North America. Read more
06.15.09The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009
HR 2749 would impose an annual registration fee of $500 on any "facility" that holds, processes, or manufactures food. Although "farms" are exempt, the agency has defined "farm" narrowly. And people making foods such as lacto-fermented vegetables, cheeses, or breads would be required to register and pay the fee, which could drive beginning and small producers out of business during difficult economic times. Read more
May 2009, Tampa Bay, Florida is recognized and known worldwide as the home of the Annual International Cordon d’ Or – Gold Ribbon Culinary Academy Awards for Culinary Books, Cookbooks & Culinary Arts. Every year, Award Winners fly into Florida from across the USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Korea and Australia, to accept their ‘Culinary Academy Awards’.
03.28.09Dear Friends,
There is something going on in Washington that we need to inform everyone about. Especially if you are tired of over-empowering government and big corporations. It is called the Food Safety and Modernization Bill of 2009. It is a bill that is currently being moved through the US Congress. The bill has been introduced by a Connecticut Congress Woman Rosa DeLauro (D) whose husband Stanley Greenburg works for Monsanto. What the bill essentially does is regulate small farmers out of the business of growing food leaving the Monsantos and Archer Daniels Midlands of the world free to feed us whatever they please. We cannot afford to allow industrialized agriculture squeeze our smaller Ag and Livestock producers out of business.
Please take a few minutes to research the subject by searching " Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2009", or "HB 875"
If you want to ship all that you can click on this link and sign a petition that will be forwarded to the President.
You can call the White House switchboard at 202-456-1414 and the comment center 202-456-1111.
To reach congress click on link
Link to the actual bill
03.21.09
Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?
AS tens of thousands of people recently strolled among booths of the nation’s largest organic and natural foods show here, munching on fair-trade chocolate and sipping organic wine, a few dozen pioneers of the industry sneaked off to an out-of-the-way conference room.
Although unit sales of organic food have leveled off and even declined lately, versus a year earlier, the mood among those crowded into the conference room was upbeat as they awaited a private screening of a documentary called “Food Inc.” — a withering critique of agribusiness and industrially produced food.
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