stinging nettlesOff The Grid News – by Tara Dodrill

Stinging nettles are wild green plants that can be very useful in the kitchen in an off-the-grid household. Although the nettles were the source of many cuts and scrapes during my childhood, they are definitely worth growing and utilizing for natural remedies.

The stinging nettles grow in the wild virtually everywhere in the world and can easily be found during a hike in the woods or along the roadside. The primary nutritional value the plant is often heralded for is its fiber and calcium content. Strong bones are never more important than when increased hours of manual labor are necessary to work a homestead – or when you can’t call a doctor.    Continue reading “Surprising Wild Weed Can Be Used To Improve Health And Even Make Beer”

A slide from the National Security Agency powerpoint presentation on the PRISM program. (Image: Washington Post)Mondowiess – by Nancy Murry

If the Israeli government has indeed ordered its spies “to dig up intelligence” showing links between the supporters of BDS and “terrorists and enemy states” asreported in the February 11, 2014 London Times, it may find that it already has as much information as it needs in its data banks.

As described in the UK Guardian by Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill, a 2008 document obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden states that “one of the NSA’s biggest threats is actually from friendly intelligence services, like Israel. There are parameters on what NSA shares with them, but the exchange is so robust, we sometimes share more than we intended.”   Continue reading “It’s time to reveal the Israeli role in the US surveillance machine”

garlic-in-bucketTruthstream Media – by Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton

Food scraps can be powerful starters for organic garden produce.

Here’s our first attempt to replant table scraps (from organic garlic) and try to regrow them, in response to this informative how-to video on scraps.   Continue reading “You Can Grow Organic Food from Table Scraps”