Animal behavior can give you some serious clues about changes in the weather – and even about danger. Activity patterns shift in anticipation of coming storms, and the magnitude of the shifts can tell you something about what the animals ...
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Popular Pesticides Can Damage Babies’ Brains, Study Finds
Two popular types of the pesticide neonicotinoid used widely on America’s foods may cause brain impairment and should be restricted, according to a recent study by a team of European scientists. As previously reported by Off The Grid News, neonicotinoids ...
Read More »A Month By Month Guide To a Better Vegetable Garden
Growing a vegetable garden is an exciting hobby that has a number of wonderful benefits. It is something that people all across the United States (as well as around the world) really enjoy doing, with delicious fresh veggies and fruits ...
Read More »McDonald’s Website Tells Employees: Don’t Eat Our Food
A corporate website has advised McDonald’s employees that cheeseburgers and fries are an unhealthy meal choice – a significant admission from the world’s largest hamburger chain restaurant. The advice was dispensed on McResource, a website for McDonald’s employees that since ...
Read More »Must-Have Supplies To Get Before You Bring Your Chickens Home
So you’ve decided you want to get chickens? You may be wondering what exactly you are getting yourself into and what you need to have before you bring them home. Never fear, for here is a list of things to ...
Read More »Hundreds Of Property Seizures Due To California Rail (That May Not Be Built)
The biggest seizure of private property by eminent domain in decades in the United States has started in California. The state is planning to take hundreds of properties — most of them in rural areas and small towns — to ...
Read More »Tips For Growing Your Own Quinoa
Quinoa, pronounced “keen-wah” is a very popular high-protein food source for many people, and its popularity seems to be growing at exponential rates. Did you know you can grow your own quinoa? Quinoa needs full sun and well-drained and fertile ...
Read More »Antibacterial Soaps Ineffective And May Pose Health Risks, FDA Warns
Antibacterial soaps are no more effective than using traditional soap and may contain potentially toxic chemicals that pose a health risk, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded. To make matters worse, the popular soaps could actually make ...
Read More »Average Prescription Drug Has 70 Side Effects
According to the Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center, 70 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug, and more than half of these people take two. The most commonly prescribed are antidepressants, antibiotics and painkillers. Over the last ...
Read More »Wall Street Expert Says Get A Gun, Bug-Out Bag To Survive Financial Crisis
A well-known Wall Street expert is warning Americans that a financial collapse could be just around the corner – and that concerned citizens better arm and prepare themselves. David John Marotta, a financial advisor who also writes for Forbes, has ...
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