Holly S. Baer, ND will discuss how a lack of sleep may impact your health in a Sleep Disorders Seminar at Greens N Grains on Wednesday, May 16 at 1 pm. She will explain some of the causes of insomnia such as restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea and narcolepsy. Join us to learn about various remedies for a more restful sleep and receive a personal outline for proper sleep hygiene.

The cost to attend is $12 and Holly will be seeing patients for consultations before and after by appointment. She comes to Greens N Grains every other week on Wednesdays to consult with patients who are interested in a Naturopathic approach to healthcare and she presents a seminar one a month.

The hearing is ostensibly being held Wednesday, April 25 at 9 am, CST, to determine how the Report on Cancer (ROC) produced by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) either helps or hurts small businesses and U.S. jobs.

The Republican controlled House is summoning the Director of NIEHS, Dr. Linda Birnbaum, to defend the nation’s top program that identifies cancer-causing chemicals. Members of the science, health, and consumer communities are stunned and outraged that one of the nation’s top scientists would be challenged about such an important program.

Dr. Birnbaum will be joined by an executive from Dow Chemical. Chemicals made by Dow for their products have contaminated communities in Midland, Michigan, Seadrift, Texas, and Bhopal, India.

Military veterans are outraged that the company that produced Agent Orange has been invited to advise them about cancer-causing chemicals. Former Marine, Robert O’Dowd, reports in Veterans Today: “Don’t be surprised that Dow, the makers of Agent Orange, TCE, PCE and other carcinogens, may take strong issue with the ROC. The fact that Dow would be invited to participate in a hearing on the ROC is mind-boggling in itself.”

David Levine, CEO and co-founder of the American Sustainable Business Council, says “One might interpret this as a ploy to undermine the role of science in supporting a safe and healthy marketplace for manufacturers and for consumers. Congress appears to be saying it is worried that the science of determining carcinogens in chemicals is somehow bad for U.S. businesses. Small U.S. businesses should be able to trust that any chemical or component with chemicals marketed and promoted for their manufacturing use in the U.S. marketplace are safe. Testing chemicals for their carcinogenicity is GOOD for business. The science of identification of hazards then should link to programs for innovation, which can help U.S. businesses determine how to make safer products for their customers.”

“As a nurse and as a cancer survivor, I’m appalled that members of Congress would attempt to pit cancer protections against economics,” says Carla Baumann, RN, from Madison County, Kentucky. “But in any case, it is also true that improvements to public health save money and result in a stronger workforce.”

Kathy Curtis, Executive Director from A Clean and Healthy New York, remarks: “It’s bad enough that parents have no way of knowing whether products are safe for their children, but to now target our leading scientific institution and their well-regarded program that tells us which chemicals cause cancer is beyond belief. Don’t these Congress members have children? How many have had cancer, potentially triggered from chemicals that should never have hit the marketplace in the first place?”

“The health care sector is working hard to make sure the products it purchases are safe for health and the environment, and science-based information on the hazards of chemicals is critical to this effort,” states Gary Cohen, President of Health Care Without Harm. “This Congressional hearing is a showcase to put the interests of the chemical industry above the health of all Americans. We commend the NIEHS for work to provide this critical information to the nation’s health providers, and we urge Congress to support the Report on Carcinogens and other critical tools to reduce the chemicals in our environment that are contributing to our nation’s chronic disease epidemic.

“With cancer rates rising in the US, and the increasing technical ability of the scientific community to understand the health impacts of hazardous chemicals, the only conclusion that can be drawn from this Congressional Hearing is that it is motivated more by politics than by a true concern for the health of the American people. Even more disturbing is the fact that time and resources that should be spent on actually protecting the public from further exposures to carcinogens are being wasted on an effort requiring one of the nation’s most respected scientists to defend the work of an institution that is internationally recognized for its leadership and excellence in scientific inquiry. Is Congress really telling the American people that business concerns are more important than the nation’s health? I suspect that any visit to a pediatric cancer ward or support group for cancer survivors would find little support for such a misguided effort,” comments Lin Kaatz Chary, PhD, MPH Indiana Toxics Action.

...from Revenge of the Electric Car

Go behind the factory and board room doors of Nissan, GM, and Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the global resurgence of electric cars. “Revenge of…” follows the race to build the electric vehicle that will win the hearts, minds, and dollars of the public.
As part of a national Sierra Club initiative in the week leading up to Earth Day, this screening at Greens N Grains Deli in Egg Harbor is one of more than 200 local screenings of the film. Some of these local events will include demonstrations of electric cars, discussions among EV owners and their neighbors about what the switch to an electric vehicle means for the driver (savings at the pump) and as a nation (reduced emissions and oil dependence).

Chris Paine is the co-writer and director of Revenge of the Electric Car (2011). His prior work includes the feature documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) released by Sony to become one of the most successful documentaries of recent times.

“We made this film with the intent of opening a conversation about electric vehicles,” says  Chris Paine. “So, we urge you to invite your EV-skeptical friends over to see the film and discuss it with them afterward. This is the month to spread the word about alternative fuel vehicles!”

The Sierra Club is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization with 1.4 million members and supporters and chapters in all 50 states.  Their national electric vehicles campaign advocates for a switch to EVs as one important way to reduce emissions and cut our addiction to oil.

“An entertaining roller coaster ride… a well shot and sharply paced, genuinely human drama. Wall Street might want to take notice of how quickly tides can change.” – Mindy Farbee, Los Angeles Times

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Film Society screening. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 28 people. Dinner and film reservations are requested. RSVP: 920.868.9999.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on movie nights when we will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can also be reached by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. Our Website features news and special monthly discount flyers.

Naturopathy, or Naturopathic Medicine, is a form of alternative medicine based on the belief in vitalism, which posits that a special energy called vital energy or vital force guides bodily processes such as metabolism, reproduction, growth and adaptation. Naturopathic philosophy favors a holistic approach and seeks to find the least invasive measures necessary for symptom improvement or resolution, thus encouraging minimal use of surgery and unnecessary drugs.

According to the Association of Accredited Naturopathic Medical Colleges, “Naturopathic medicine is defined by principles rather than by methods or modalities. Above all, it honors the body’s innate wisdom to heal.”

“Are you suffering from headaches, allergies, depression, anxiety, obesity, memory loss, hormonal imbalances or a degenerative disease? These ailments and other forms of sickness are nature’s way of telling you that your body is toxic and needs to be cleansed,” says Holly S. Baer ND.

Join her on Wednesday, April 18 at Greens N Grains, to learn how we accumulate these toxins , how and why we need to get rid of them and how detoxification of our bodies can be beneficial to our health. She will also discuss the link between the liver, hormones and weight. This all takes place from 1 – 2:30 pm and the cost is $12. Call 920.868.9999 or email GNG to register.

Part 1:  Pain Management - A comprehensive study of essential oils that are beneficial in treatment and how to use them for pain management of the muscular, skeletal and nervous systems will be taught. Some of the specific areas of study will include a greater understanding of pain in bones, muscles, ligaments and nerves; and how to use these oils efficiently for TMJ, carpal tunnel, backache, shoulder, knee problems, muscle spasms, ear sensitivities, joint discomfort and swelling.

Part 2:  12 Antiseptic essential oils for infection control – According to infection control in our hospitals, MRSA is now killing more people than AIDS.  Learn how you can keep you, your clients and your loved ones safe by using essential oils in a knowledgeable and precise manner.

Part 3:  Raindrop Therapy – Over the years, the benefits of the Raindrop Essential Oil Treatment continues to grow in popularity as clients seek to experience its profound results. This treatment of various oils is applied along the spine and the back in a systematic order to achieve greater health and wellness for the individual by the release of virus, bacteria, discomfort and misalignment of the body. Clients express some amazing results after this process is completed. This experiential class is inspired by Native American techniques created by D. Gary Young, ND.

Massage therapists are eligible to receive 7 CEUs per class – no prerequisite. Registration: call 920.823.2763.

Karen Balistreri has taught in Wisconsin at Aurora Health Care, UWM School of Nursing, Marquette University School of Nursing and in California at St. Jude Hospital in Fullerton. In 1994 she acquired Certification in Herbology from the School of Natural Healing, in Provo, Utah. She studied at Ege University in Izmir, Turkey in the fall of 1996 and earned her International Certification in Aromatherapy in 1997 at the Pacific Institute of Aromatherapy. She studied with Dr. Daniel Penoel, author of the first definitive Medical text on Aromatherapy and has been a Reiki Master for more than two decades.

The class will take place on Sunday, April 15 from 10 am – 6 pm at Junction Center for Yoga & Zen, 3435 N Junction Rd, just north of Jacksonport, WI.

Fee: $104 including a $10 supplies fee. Register on or before April 1 for $99.

April is the Month of Microfinance… during which, students at participating college, university, and high school campuses are hosting and participating in campus events that raise awareness and funds for domestic and global microfinance and provide educational opportunities for themselves and their communities.

What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? To some, it sounds impossible. But Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is doing exactly that. Holly Mosher’s documentary of the Bonsai People celebrates Yunus’ extraordinary humanitarian work, which started by lending $27 to 42 people out of his own pocket and has now grown to helping 1 out of every 1,000 people on Earth.

Yunus has created a reverse mirror image of conventional banking — loan small not big, loan to women not men, loan rural not urban, loan to the poor not the rich. But he didn’t stop there. Whenever he sees a problem he starts a business, in a mix between business and social work, which he terms “social business.” Yunus tackles some of the world’s most vexing problems from healthcare to education to alternative energy and demonstrates to the world that complex problems sometimes do have simple solutions. A free market with a social conscience— Microcredit is just the tip of the iceberg!

“When I read that Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize, I knew I had another film to make because I have always been committed to telling stories about people who are making a difference,” says Director and Producer Holly Mosher. “And here was one man who has gone from helping 42 women with $27 dollars to currently helping 8 million.”

“When I first arrived at the Grameen Bank. I was shocked as I stepped off the elevator as Yunus happened to be in the hall and he actually approached me and said, ‘Hi, what’s your name and where are you from?’ I didn’t even have a meeting with him but he’s just that accessible and friendly. Like most people at the time, I had only heard news of the Grameen Bank, but as I spent time there I was blown away – he was running over 40 companies. After having made two films on the drug companies, I was especially interested to hear how he was tackling the problem of getting healthcare into the hands of the poor. He has opened over 40 clinics many with onsite labs and pharmacies and even provides health insurance plans for $1 for a family of seven per month.”

“So I realized I had a much bigger story to tell and I spent over two years gathering information and footage on his different programs. I chose to follow the companies that I thought the world could learn the most from. Bonsai People – The Vision of Muhammad Yunus is a story of the philosophy and impact of a world visionary who has taken simple ideas and found a way to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges.

“Bonsai People is a must-see if you’ve ever wondered how we can change the world one person at a time.” – Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa Simpson)

The $2 a Day Challenge (TDC) is a unique and impactful experiential learning exercise. Pledge to take TDC’s “$2 a Day Challenge” – where you live on $2 a day for five days and four nights to learn more about poverty. TDC provides all of the materials you need to promote and create the $2 a Day Challenge. Participants must buy all food, hygiene products and any other “luxuries” they desire out of their $2 a day income, and follow other rules designed to simulate the obstacles faced by those in poverty. Through this experience you can raise awareness of global poverty and microfinance, as well as raise funds for your microfinance institution of choice.

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Film Society screening. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 28 people. Dinner and film reservations are requested. RSVP: 920.868.9999.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on movie nights when we will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can also be reached by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. Our Website features news and special monthly discount flyers.

The Wisconsin Dietetic Association has managed to attach an amendment to AB 547, which is being considered by the Wisconsin Assembly’s Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs for a vote. This amendment was included in a last-minute maneuver by the dietitians with little public notice or scrutiny. The dietitians are providing legislators with false and misleading information and stating that this bill will not expand their scope of practice or put anyone out of business.

The problem is that they are not being truthful and there is not much time to mount a defense. The following are excerpts from Amendment 7 to Assembly Bill 547 that include:

Requiring a license under this subchapter for… “A person who markets or distributes food, food materials or dietary or food supplements, who explains the use, benefits or preparation of food, food materials or dietary or food supplements, who furnishes nutritional information on food, food materials or dietary or food supplements, or who disseminates nutritional information or literature, if the person does not use the title ‘dietitian’ or ‘licensed dietitian’ and the person complies with applicable federal, state and local laws”

“No chiropractor may provide counsel, direction, guidance, advice, or a recommendation to a patient regarding the health effects of vitamins, herbs, or nutritional supplements unless the chiropractor has been issued a certificate under sub. (2) (c). This subsection does not apply to a chiropractor licensed under this chapter who is a dietician licensed under subch. V of ch. 448.”

The Wisconsin Dietetic Association (WDA) is an organization of nutrition professionals and an affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, consisting of approximately 1650 nutrition experts commonly known as Registered Dietitian (RD) and Dietetic Technician Registered(DTR). You can email your objections to the association at eatrightwisc@gmail.com or phone them at 888.232.8631 or 920.560.5619 and comment on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WisconsinDieteticAssociation.

Who could imagine Shadyac’s latest project, a documentary entitled I Am? In his first “serious” film, Shadyac asks some of today’s most profound thinkers, two questions: What’s wrong with our world, and what can we do about it? You are invited to ponder those questions with audience members during the next Green Door Film Society Screening at Greens N Grains Dinner and a Movie Night on Thursday, March 8.

“After a bicycle accident left Shadyac with debilitating post-concussion syndrome, the Hollywood player did some serious rethinking about success, status and stuff,” explains Los Angeles Times movie reviewer, Sheri Linden. “He holds himself up as a prime example of the conspicuous consumption that many native cultures consider a sign of mental illness.”

Tom Shadyac ultimately recovered and when he emerged, it was with a new sense of purpose. His film represents a firm determination to share that awakening to a prior life of personal excess and greed. It also serves as a creative method of investigating how he as an individual, and we as a race, can improve the way we live and walk in the world.

Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a small crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment. Meeting with a variety of thinkers and doers  -remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, academia, and faith – including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch. Shadyac appears on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig. An irrepressible “Everyman” who asks tough questions, but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways. The result is a fresh, energetic, and life-affirming film that challenges our preconceptions about human behavior while simultaneously celebrating the indomitable human spirit.

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Film Society screening. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 28 people. Dinner and film reservations are requested. RSVP: 920.868.9999.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on movie nights when we will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can also be reached by email at info@greens-n-grains.com. Our Website features news and special monthly discount flyers.

A 2010 documentary film by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker, Charles Ferguson entitled, “Inside Job” is getting a lot of fresh attention lately. Earlier this month, MoveOn sponsored a nationwide home screening festival and is hosting a petition drive to… “make sure the federal investigation co-chaired by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman truly holds big banks accountable for the crimes that crashed the economy for the 99%—and keep working to make sure banks treat homeowners fairly.”

The film was selected for a special screening at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. One festival reviewer characterized it as “a complex story told exceedingly well and with a great deal of unalloyed anger.” Logan Hill of New York magazine’s Vulture, characterized the film as a “rip-snorting, indignant documentary,” noting the “effective presence” of narrator Matt Damon.

The film is surprisingly non-partisan. If Ferguson takes Reagan and Bush to task for tax cuts that benefit the wealthy, he also criticizes Clinton for encouraging derivatives and Obama for failing to deliver on the promise of reform. He describes his film as covering “the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption.”

The film continues to receive positive reviews, earning a 98% rating on the Rotten Tomatoes Website. Roger Ebert describes it as “an angry, well-argued documentary about how the American financial industry set out deliberately to defraud the ordinary American investor.” A.O. Scott of the New York Times wrote that “Mr. Ferguson has summoned the scourging moral force of a pulpit-shaking sermon. That he delivers it with rigor, restraint and good humor makes his case all the more devastating.”

“Inside Job” begins and ends in Iceland, a flourishing country that gave American-style banking a try – and paid the price. In 2000, Iceland was highly deregulated and its banks were privatized. When Lehman Brothers went bankrupt and AIG collapsed on September 15, 2008, Iceland and the rest of the world went into a global recession. In five parts, the film explores how changes in the policy environment and banking practices helped create this financial crisis.

Official Trailer:

“I finally managed to see the movie. Do see it if you can; it will make your blood boil, and in a good way,” says New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. “I think this film will stay with us; when you ask how the even worse crisis of, say, 2015 happened, the fact that these people got away with it will loom large.”

Greens N Grains Deli hosts a natural and organic dinner special each evening before the Film Society screening. Enjoy a delicious soup specialty, salad, a fresh baked roll and a cup of tea for $7.50, available from 6 pm on. The Film Society screenings take place at 7 pm and there is no charge for membership but seating at screenings is limited to 28 people. Dinner and film reservations are requested. RSVP: 920.868.9999.

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on movie nights when we will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can also be reached by email at info@greens-n-grains.com.

Film Synopsis

Part I: How We Got Here

The American financial industry was regulated from 1940 to 1980, followed by a long period of deregulation. At the end of the 1980s, a savings and loan crisis cost taxpayers about $124 billion. In the late 1990s, the financial sector had consolidated into a few giant firms. In 2001, the Internet Stock Bubble burst because investment banks promoted Internet companies that they knew would fail, resulting in $5 trillion in investor losses. In the 1990s, derivatives became popular in the industry and added instability. Efforts to regulate derivatives were thwarted by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, backed by several key officials. In the 2000s, the industry was dominated by five investment banks (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Bear Stearns), two financial conglomerates (Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase), three securitized insurance companies (AIG, MBIA, AMBAC) and three rating agencies (Moody’s, Standard & Poors, Fitch). Investment banks bundled mortgages with other loans and debts into collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), which they sold to investors. Rating agencies gave many CDOs AAA ratings. Subprime loans led to predatory lending. Many home owners were given loans they could never repay.

Part II: The Bubble (2001-2007)

During the housing boom, the ratio of money borrowed by an investment bank versus the bank’s own assets reached unprecedented levels. The credit default swap (CDS), was akin to an insurance policy. Speculators could buy CDSs to bet against CDOs they did not own. Numerous CDOs were backed by subprime mortgages. Goldman-Sachs sold more than $3 billion worth of CDOs in the first half of 2006. Goldman also bet against the low-value CDOs, telling investors they were high-quality. The three biggest ratings agencies contributed to the problem. AAA-rated instruments rocketed from a mere handful in 2000 to over 4,000 in 2006.

Part III: The Crisis

The market for CDOs collapsed and investment banks were left with hundreds of billions of dollars in loans, CDOs and real estate they could not unload. The Great Recession began in November 2007, and in March 2008, Bear Stearns ran out of cash. In September, the federal government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which had been on the brink of collapse. Two days later, Lehman Brothers collapsed. These entities all had AA or AAA ratings within days of being bailed out. Merrill Lynch, on the edge of collapse, was acquired by Bank of America. Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner decided that Lehman must go into bankruptcy, which resulted in a collapse of the commercial paper market. On September 17, the insolvent AIG was taken over by the government. The next day, Paulson and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke asked Congress for $700 billion to bail out the banks. The global financial system became paralyzed. On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed the Troubled Asset Relief Program, but global stock markets continued to fall. Layoffs and foreclosures continued with unemployment rising to 10% in the U.S. and the European Union. By December 2008, GM and Chrysler also faced bankruptcy. Foreclosures in the U.S. reached unprecedented levels.

Part IV: Accountability

Top executives of the insolvent companies walked away with their personal fortunes intact. The executives had hand-picked their boards of directors, which handed out billions in bonuses after the government bailout. The major banks grew in power and doubled anti-reform efforts. Academic economists had for decades advocated for deregulation and helped shape U.S. policy. They still opposed reform after the 2008 crisis. Some of the consulting firms involved were the Analysis Group, Charles River Associates, Compass Lexecon, and the Law and Economics Consulting Group (LECG). Many of these economists had conflicts of interest, collecting sums as consultants to companies and other groups involved in the financial crisis.[4]

Part V: Where We Are Now

Tens of thousands of U.S. factory workers were laid off. The new Obama administration’s financial reforms have been weak, and there was no significant proposed regulation of the practices of ratings agencies, lobbyists, and executive compensation. Geithner became Treasury Secretary. Feldstein, Tyson and Summers were all top economic advisers to Obama. Bernanke was reappointed Fed Chair. European nations have imposed strict regulations on bank compensation, but the U.S. has resisted them.

In 2006, Rebecca Cammisa received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to travel to Mexico to document the plight of the children left behind when their families travel to the United States to find work. Her Oscar-nominated film is the result of that journey. Cammisa and her crew follow a trio of children who set out on their own from their Latin American abodes on a dangerous trek through Mexico en route to the U.S. border and – they hope – to their families’ embrace.

“Which Way Home” is a feature documentary film that tracks the journeys of unaccompanied child migrants, on their passage through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. The film follows children like: Olga and Freddy, nine-year old Honduran kids, who are desperately trying to reach their parents in the USA; or children like Jose, a ten-year old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center; and Kevin, a canny, streetwise fourteen-year old Honduran, whose mother hopes that he will reach the USA and then send money back to her.

These are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow. They are the children you never hear about – the invisible ones.
“The $7.50 natural and organic dinner special; soup, salad, a fresh baked roll and tea will feature another tasty example of the Deli’s specialties,” says Kathy Navis, store owner. “We start serving at 6 pm with the film screening at 7 pm. The dinner special is available to anyone without reservations, but our film seating is limited so please, make a reservation.”

Greens N Grains Natural Foods and Deli is open daily from 10 am – 5 pm – except on movie nights when they will remain open until 9 pm – in downtown Egg Harbor at 7821 Hwy 42, and can be reached at 920.868.9999 or by email at info@greens-n-grains.com.