Wednesday, June 10, 2015

INFANT FORMULA: THE SOLUTION TO FOOD INSECURITY OR PART OF THE PROBLEM?

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"On a macroscale, human milk is a national resource.  Its loss is not only an economic burden for poorer families, but it is a waste...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

"IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS BREAST MILK..."

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"You cannot insert a gene you took from a bacteria into a seed and call it life.  You haven't created life, instead you have pol...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

BREASTFEEDING: PROTECTING OUR GENETIC & BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

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"Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times:  it is a survival imperative."--Vandana Shiva Breastfeeding ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The Business of Human Milk-Based Products and the Destruction of Breastfeeding

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"Hunger and malnutrition are man-made.  They are hardwired in the design of the industrial, chemical model of agriculture." --V...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda part-2: Rescuing Breastfeeding

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Breastfeeding Expert Support Team with mobile Breastfeeding Tent-Philippines  from the "Final Report on Breastfeeding Action-Lifeski...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Typhoon Haiyan/Yolando: Protecting and Promoting Breastfeeding in the face of Disaster

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"Breastfeeding serves to protect a child's right to food security and medicine.  Temporary lack of food and water in emergency c...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

A 1950's infant formula patent: reflections and questions

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"Following the termination of breastfeeding, there is evidence of ongoing protection against illness due to protective influences on...