126 Forgotten Survival Foods
This video is a sales pitch for his book. In it is some valuable data.
https://thelostsuperfoods.com/book/
One Tasmanian’s 54-year obsession to catalogue all of the world’s edible plants to end malnutrition
When agricultural scientist Bruce French was teaching agriculture in Papua New Guinea, his students had a strong message for him.
They were sick of being taught about western plants and wanted to learn more about their native produce.
“I knew nothing about those, so I had to learn them,” Mr French said. “And I just kept going. What about the next country, and the next country?”
In the five decades since, Mr French has created a database of more than 31,000 edible plants, which is almost every plant from every country on earth.
His work is used to address malnutrition across the globe and in 2016, he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia.
“I’m not trying to make fame or fortune. I’m interested in hungry kids not dying before they get to school,” Mr French said.
His database focuses on five primary nutrients: protein, iron, vitamins A and C and zinc.
They are often abundant in plants native to areas of the developing world where malnutrition is rife but western foods are favoured.
“It’s really getting them to look and learn what their local plants are because often they are much more nutritious than introduced ones,” said Deborah French, Bruce’s wife and partner in the food plants project.
For example, cassava leaves and amaranth are loaded with iron, compared to cabbage.
“I remember one Kenyan man who said, ‘I know cabbage is not good for my children, it fills their stomach up and there’s not much room for anything else, but it has prestige,'” Mrs French said.
Agronomist Buz Green helped found Food Plant Solutions to promote Mr French’s database.
After hearing Bruce French give a presentation on his database back in 2007 to a rotary club, agronomist Buz Green helped found the not-for-profit Food Plant Solutions to spread the message.
“As an agronomist, I’ve been involved in trying to grow crops in places where they weren’t suited to or meant to be,” Mr Green said.
“But Bruce’s work is about, ‘What plants grow best in this location and what are the plants that are most appropriate for nutritional needs of the people?'”
He said farmers and agronomists produced fresh, safe, healthy food but often did not consider the nutritional value.
“You go and talk to western-trained agronomists and say, ‘Here’s a number of plants, can you rank them in terms of their concentration of different nutrients? Which one would have the highest zinc and which one would have the lowest zinc?’ Most of them wouldn’t have any idea.”
Food Plant Solutions partners with organisations that are already working in other countries and shares knowledge about the best plants to meet the nutritional needs of the community in that region.
AOG World Relief Vietnam works in the country’s rural areas, where around a quarter of children are malnourished.
It used the information to set up 16 gardens near primary schools.
Mr French’s work has helped a Vietnamese primary school develop a food garden.(Supplied: AOG World Relief Vietnam)
“Malnutrition rates are dropping, enrolments are going up, kids staying in school is going up because before, kids would only stay in school until lunchtime then go home and most wouldn’t come back after lunch,” said Rebekah Windsor, project manager with AOG World Relief Vietnam.
Ms Windsor said knowledge of native plants had been lost and not passed down through the generations, which was why guides and handbooks created in Tasmania provided so much value in Vietnam.
“So when we go through, sit down with the teachers, principals, parents, with the guide and go through the amazing nutrition of a certain plant, their mind is blown,” she said.
“They learn that the root is actually more valuable than other parts of the plant and often say, ‘Wow, I didn’t know this was so nutritious, this grows down the road and we’ve never even thought about it before.”
Agricultural engineer John McPhee helps turn the immense database of more than 31,000 plants into the easy-to-read guides.
“What Bruce has done with the database is fantastic,” Mr McPhee said.
“There’s just so much information in there from so many sources.”
“Bringing that information together, as he has done over his life, has been a monumental task.”
31 Ways To Detox
Our body is bombarded with toxins relentlessly both externally and internally. The more toxic we are, the more weakened our immune system becomes. So detoxification is vital!
But a natural body detox doesn’t have to be complicated. Did you know that you can help your body detoxify on a daily basis in simple ways?
https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/wake-up-world/31-simple-ways-to-detoxify-every-day/
De-banking a weapon in the war on cash
Westpac has reportedly “de-banked”—cut off from banking services—hundreds of business clients in recent weeks. Westpac’s excuse is it is going out of its way to be squeaky clean following its record $1.3 billion fine for its breaches of anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML-CTF) laws revealed in late 2019. The businesses targeted by Westpac are involved in the non-bank/cash economy, including gold and silver bullion dealers, Bitcoin traders, and cash remittance (international transfer) companies. However, unlike Westpac, these businesses are fully compliant with AML-CTF requirements—Westpac and the other major banks are targeting them as part of their war on cash to destroy competition to the banking system and force everyone to transact electronically through the banks.
Channel 7 News reported on 19 June that the banks are boasting of using the COVID-19 pandemic to ram through their pre-existing cashless economy agenda. According to the banks, they achieved in just 10 weeks a goal of reducing cash use they thought would take five years! The Big Four banks closed 170 branches during the national lockdown months, Channel 7 reported, some of which aren’t expected to reopen. The banks are on track to reduce the number of ATMs from 28,000 nationwide to just 15,000.
The Morrison government tried to assist this goal through its bill to ban cash transactions above $10,000; however, following a massive public backlash it has gone quiet on the law. The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) has launched a Change.org petition to protect cash use in the economy by mandating that businesses must accept cash as a form of payment for transactions below $10,000 (above that it’s up to the business). In a position paper, the ATMIA stated:
“Some retailers have gone cashless, which denies members of the public the freedom to choose how they wish to pay for goods and services. Cash, as public money, is guaranteed as legal tender and yet cannot be used at these cashless retail outlets. In addition to being public money, cash is a back-up when systems fail or malfunction. With the recent [attempted] introduction of a $10,000 limit on cash transactions in Australia, it is essential to secure the role of cash as a payment option for transactions below this amount. The ATM Industry Association proposes a mandate for cash as a payment option for in-person transactions below $10,000.” (Sign the petition, “Save cash—our right to access and use cash must be protected by law” on Change.org).
While the banks boasted of being able to fast-track cash reduction goals, in the same period the Australian public voted with their feet and demanded record quantities of cash. The Australian on 15 October reported that between mid-March and the end of June the Reserve Bank issued $7.7 billion in high-value banknotes to the private banks to meet a surge in demand by the public. This year cash in circulation increased by 12.6 per cent compared with an average of 5 per cent in recent years. Due to concerns about the banks and the financial system and policies such as the “bail-in” of bank deposits to prop up failing banks, Australians withdrew cash in enormous quantities either to hoard, or to put in alternatives to the banks, including gold and silver bullion, and Bitcoin.
On 14 October, Paul Thomas of Commander Security Services received a letter from Westpac dated 2 October giving him effectively 12 days’ notice that Westpac was closing his accounts. Commander Security is a cash-in-transit business based in Sydney (a small competitor to Armaguard) that provides cash to ATMs and remittance companies, which is why Westpac is targeting the business. However, unlike Westpac and the other big banks, Paul Thomas’s clients are fully compliant with AUSTRAC, the regulator that enforces AML-CTF laws. Westpac didn’t give a reason for closing the accounts—a Westpac contact said the decision was made by a “faceless division” which doesn’t deal directly with customers—but another Westpac source confirmed the bank’s excuse is a determination to be squeaky clean following its record AUSTRAC fine. Yet this is clearly a smokescreen for knocking out businesses that compete with the banks.
Michael Kukulka of the Melbourne Gold Company has had the same experience, but from all the banks. His business was first de-banked by Westpac, then by CBA, and then NAB. Effectively none of the major banks will bank with him, and neither will most smaller ones. The banks were ruthless: not only did they close his business accounts, they also closed the personal accounts of all staff and family members connected to the business. Cut off from almost all banking services, the Melbourne Gold Company was forced to deal almost entirely in cash, which had to be stored onsite in company safes. This proved to be too much temptation for one employee, who in April conspired with a friend to rob the business of $3.9 million—the third biggest heist in the history of Victoria!
On 27 October One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts questioned banking regulator APRA on “bail-in” and de-banking, and the cases of both Paul Thomas and Michael Kukulka, pointing out that they are in areas of the economy that are in competition with the banking system. “APRA appears to be turning a blind eye to banks de-banking their rivals—can you explain that?” Senator Roberts asked. APRA chairman Wayne Byres tried to deflect from Roberts’ questions by saying consumer protection isn’t APRA’s responsibility, but he agreed to look into their cases.
The major banks in Australia enjoy an implicit government guarantee—they are too big to fail. That must come with conditions, such as not being allowed to de-bank customers unless they have committed crimes. Otherwise, a permanent solution to de-banking is a public bank, such as a Post Office bank, owned by the government, which would be required to provide banking services to everybody. The private banks have repeatedly failed Australians—it’s time for the public bank solution.
Fight bail-in: We have an opportunity on 30 November to force Parliament to pass Senator Malcolm Roberts’s bill to protect deposits in all banks from bail-in. Call your MP and Senators straight away and demand they vote for the Banking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020. Click here to find contact details for your MP and Senators. https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members
How to LEGALLY Say NO to Vaccines
A video presenting a legal construct that may help you prevent mandatory vaccination.
Human Rights Video #28: Fair and Free World
One of my principle concerns with the current scene is the rapidly escalating speed with which human rights are being trampled. The lack of peace in certain regions is proof positive that these principles are actually valid and needed, more than ever.
This trend needs to be reversed. The entrance point is educating people that they do have rights. Hence this post and the request you share these posts so more people are aware of and insist upon their rights so that we can live in a peaceful society.
Watch the video and if you think so too, please share it!
Do you know it is a fundamental right of yours to have your own opinion? You would not think so from the way some people (including the government) try to belittle you for disagreeing with them but it is.
8 smoothies that fight cancer (free recipe guide)
The Sacred Plant have just finished a free report that shares 8 Smoothie Recipes that reduce your risk of cancer…
A Very Sane Letter From Cops For COVID Truth
Conspiracy theory you say? Well please read what some cops in NSW are saying about COVID-19 restrictions and why they reject them.
A longish read but finally we’re hearing what many cops are really thinking.
October 26, 2020
To: Michael Fuller
Police Commissioner of New South Wales
RE: Open Letter Concerning the Police Enforcement of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions
We are writing to you to raise concerns we have about the use of the police to enforce the ongoing restrictions placed upon our citizens relating to COVID-19, which has seriously eroded community trust in our great police force.
Since the Attorney General Declared a State of Emergency for the novel coronavirus, our governments have acted upon certain powers to impose restrictions on its citizens, using the police to enforce their rules.
Due to the novel nature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, most people concurred that certain restrictions should be followed, until more was learnt about the virus.
With the initial modelling from the Imperial College in the UK [1] and the Peter Doherty Institute here in Australia, indicating a catastrophic number of cases that would severely burden our hospital system and could result in up to 150,000 Australian deaths [2], it is easy to comprehend why our governments would respond as they did and why the vast population would comply.
With these frightening projections it became evident that we needed to find a way to quickly diagnose the disease. Yet the Centre for Disease Control in the US states that “no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV are currently available”. [3] So even without the virus being isolated, the RT PCR test was picked to become the gold standard for testing.
We note that the modelling was later found to have serious calculation errors, such that experts who later reviewed it have said “no serious scientist gives (it) any validity”. [4, 5] And now the RT PCR test has been proven to be unreliable at best, with the inventor stating it should “never be used to diagnose infectious disease”, because it cannot tell if what it detected is alive or dead. [6, 7, 8] This test is still being relied upon to make critical decisions in the interest of public health and safety.
In the same way we cannot use an inaccurate speed detection device to proctor a civilian’s speed, the same must be demanded of a faulty RT PCR test and as such, police should not in any way mandate testing for covid-19, or rely on any outcome of the results.
Now that we have almost 12 months of statistical data that can be relied upon, in place of flawed computer modelling, these statistics show a reality that is far from the modelling projections, which were relied upon by National Cabinet in their response.
For example, we now know that around 45% of people who contract the virus are asymptomatic [9] and asymptomatic transmission is between 0-2.2% [10]. We also know that 80% of people who contract the virus will only have mild symptoms [11] and it is overwhelmingly the elderly and immunocompromised who are at risk of severe symptoms that could result in death. [12]
At the time of writing, the world-wide survival rate for covid-19 is 97.3%. [13] The ordinary flu is 99.9%. [14]
Furthermore, statistics clearly show that while the confirmed cases may be on the rise, the percentage of deaths is plummeting.
Here are some statistics which reflect this reality: –
Sweden and Taiwan did not enforce lockdown on its citizens like much of the world did. Although Sweden failed to take better precautions to protect the elderly in the early stages, their death rate is comparable, and Taiwan’s is outstanding: –
The statistics show there is a high infection rate across the globe, but very low deaths; regardless of whether there was forced lockdowns or not. What we can derive from analysis of this is that these two distinctly different ways have resulted in much the same outcome.
We note from the recent Federal budget, huge debt and unemployment, is that our lockdowns have created a series of problems that now seem to outweigh the threat this virus poses. In our line of work, we know that the socioeconomical problems created here will transpire into a greater threat down the track, as people struggle to deal with the collateral damage this is causing.
We have been told that the advice from the World Health Organization is a key aspect to the National Cabinet response, yet Dr David Nabarro of the WHO recently stated “We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus,” [15]
So in spite of the facts, as they stand now, it would appear that the National Cabinet has been lagging in its capacity to adapt to the reality of the situation and this is causing them to fail in their duty to respond in proportion to the risk. The risk being overwhelmingly with the elderly and immunocompromised. [16, 17, 18]
What is even more concerning is the prohibition on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 [19], when over 121 peer reviewed scientific studies have shown it to be effective in treating and preventing the disease [20, 21, 22]. Instead, the federal government has done a vaccine deal with AstraZeneca [23] and Australians told we cannot expect to go back to normal until a vaccine arrives.
AstraZeneca has been found guilty of offences relating to off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products, making false claims, kickbacks and bribery, consumer protection violation, healthcare offences, government-contracting violations and more. Since 2000 they have been fined over US$1.1billion dollars for these offences and violations. [24] Still, they have been granted protection from future product liability claims relating to its COVID-19 vaccine [25].
Alarmingly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated they will make the vaccine “as mandatory as you can possibly make it” [26], in spite of the criminal record of its producer, their exemption from liability claims, the fact we already have at least two approved and extremely safe medications in Ivermectin [27] and hydroxychloroquine; shown to be effective treatments and the reality that the virus does not pose a serious threat to the healthy. It seems these decisions appear to be corporate interests, not in the best interests of public health and wellbeing as is claimed.
All this indicates that the ongoing restrictions on the healthy population is a disproportionate response, yet the police are still expected to continue to enforce these measures and at risk of being forced to vaccinate against a disease that is showing not to be virulent, with a vaccine that has had no long-term safety studies and then forcing it upon the population. The evidence would suggest resources are better directed to protect the vulnerable.
We are concerned with the legitimacy of the actions we are being told to take against the citizens of Australia. States and territories cannot rise above the commonwealth constitution as well as international treaties we are signatories to, yet this is occurring.
Under the state of emergency, the emergency requirements are qualified and restricted by the significant fact that emergency requirements and directions cannot request an individual to be isolated, detained, tested, vaccinated, medically treated or bodily searched in the absence of a biosecurity control order issued to the individual.
These measures are referred to as biosecurity measures and are captured under Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 2 of the Biosecurity Act 2015. [28]
(Emergency and public health powers, at the States and Territories, do not provide a carte blanche to breach an individual’s human rights by isolating them, or detaining them or testing them without the proper required notifications and risk assessments first).
There is an inter-governmental agreement [29] which places the Commonwealth in the lead as well as the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan [30]. This ensures that the States and Territories act to compliment the Federal Legislative Framework.
Article 7 of the international convenient of civil and political rights states “no-one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular, no-one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.” [31]
Article 27 of the Vienna convention on the law of treatise “A party may not invoke the provision of its internal law as justification of its failure to perform a treaty.” [32]
Article 7 of the Australian human rights commission Act 1986 states “no-one should be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular, no-one shall be subject without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation. [33]
Section 109 of the commonwealth of Australia constitution states “when a law of a state is inconsistent with a law of the commonwealth, the latter shall prevail, and the former shall to the extent of the inconsistency being valid.” [34]
With federal and international legislation breaches, it will be taken that we are complicit and consensual in their undertaking on the people of Australia, potentially rendering us criminally liable under the Crimes Act 1914 [35], as well as the Criminal Code Act 1995 [36].
Many members of the force are fed up with the approach to enforce oppressive rules placed upon the population in the name of COVID-19 and the looming mandatory vaccinations. We feel a real calling to do our part to stop this oppression, so we are writing to you to raise the following issues:-
• Police Force employees have ‘choice’ as to whether or not to receive vaccines;
• The Police believe that all members of the community also have choice around receiving vaccines;
• Police do not participate in any way in the forcing of vaccines upon the population;
• That the Police Association start preparing to defend Police employees who choose to not be vaccinated
• To raise the alarm that there is a global dictatorship occurring and the Police Force is being used as a tool to push these global and corporate agendas upon the population; and
• To warn the Police Force not to simply acquiesce to these requests, rules and laws and to act in the best interest of its population, not tyranny of government.
Recently letters have been written to our leaders from the legal fraternity, including high profile Judges and QC’s [37], The Australian Institute for Progress penned by 30 public intellectuals including 15 professors of relevant disciplines, one of whom is an advisor on health and well-being economics to the UK government [38], Advocate Me’s open letter to all leaders seeking to review disproportionate response to SAR-CoV-2 [39], as well as hundreds of doctors from the medical fraternity [40]. Despite the government continually parroting that they are following the advice of ‘the experts’, all these requests have been ignored and the police used as the enforcers of these senseless rules.
We ask that you consider the information provided herein and the NSW Police Force statement of values: –
Each member of the Police Force is to Act in a manner which:
• Places integrity above all;
• Upholds the rule of law;
• Preserves the rights and freedoms of individuals;
• Seeks to improve the quality of life by community involvement in policing;
• Strives for citizen and police personal satisfaction;
• Capitalises on the wealth of human resources;
• Makes efficient and economical use of public resources; and
• Ensures that authority is exercised responsibly.
Many of us believe that we are removing our own rights and freedoms by enforcing these rules upon the community, including our family and friends. And the community are confounded by the intensified police enforcement around peaceful freedom protests and how inconsistent this was when compared with the Black Lives Matter protests. This contradiction is further destroying public confidence.
We are reaching out to all our fellow police officers across the country, to write a similar letter to their respective police commissioners, or sign our form at https://advocateme.wixsite.com/copsforcovidtruth to show your support for this stance, which we have called Cops for Covid Truth.
With trust in our police force now seriously eroded, we ask you to consider now challenging the necessity of the ongoing restrictions to restore community trust, by being an integral part of returning our State and Country back to normality.
Regards
Alexander Cooney Senior Constable Coffs/Clarence Highway Patrol
NSW Police Force
Grafton Police Station
5 Duke Street
Grafton NSW 2460
And other signatories
The full letter including graphs can be viewed here:
https://12224e9c-a5fa-4daf-962b-f9379e0c0efa.filesusr.com/ugd/e12357_2548d50a7bb541acaa2c0705f46f6759.pdf
The full document with graphics is available here:
https://12224e9c-a5fa-4daf-962b-f9379e0c0efa.filesusr.com/ugd/e12357_2548d50a7bb541acaa2c0705f46f6759.pdf
Election Coverage Strategy – “Hate Fake”
Important assessment right at the end of this video, 9:35 minute mark: