TED: Deliberate Food Poisoning in America

In 1990 new proteins were engineered into the American food supply.  Other countries don’t allow it.  Walmart, Kraft and Pepsi actually formulate different food for export.  America has highest cancer rates in the world. Robyn O’Brien gives us information and patterns she has assembled and synthesized about how our food “industry” makes us sick (allergies, …

Link TV Educating Americans About Real World

Dear Friends far and wide: Link TV in San Francisco is a precious resource for the progressive/transpartisan communities, and we¹re asking you to join us in making a gift to Link. In December 1999, our good friend and colleague, Kim Spencer, http://www.linktv.org/whoweare/staff launched Link TV, the first nationwide television network dedicated to providing Americans with …

Worth a Look: Digital (Interactive) Citizens Project

The Digital Citizen Project builds upon the new digital capabilities of television broadcasting and the Internet’s advances in social engagement, to bring an unprecedented degree of citizen participation to news programming for the 2012 election period. The project is premised on the belief that, when offered the chance to appear in media as “informed citizens,” …

Robyn O’Brien’s Tedx Talk: Food’s Erin Brockovich — Allergy Kids/health care costs/global competitiveness

Robyn O¹Brien lives in the Boulder area. She is a fresh, inspiring and credible voice for the information/patterns she has assembled/synthesized about how our food ³industry² makes us sick (allergies, cancer, etc., etc.), raises our health care costs, weakens our global competitiveness, also etc. etc. and what we can do about it.  And, she brings …