Testimony

by Nadine Hoover
Buffalo Meeting

Nadine Hoover, Rebekah Rice, and Gay Howard feel we need to:

Eat natural, organic foods, and drink fresh or filtered water to be fully open to Spirit’s regenerative, healing power. This means we need to:

Stop eating food that is genetically modified or sprayed with poisons, such as glyphosate. To do this, we need to:

Slow down, plan ahead, and not succumb to the corporate poisoning of our lives.

On November 13, 2022, Nadine Hoover brought this testimony to Buffalo Friends Meeting for Business who affirmed it for Nadine. Friends expressed concern that not everyone has access to nor can afford organic non-GMO food, and asked for more information and ideas on where to shop.

In Buffalo, local markets, coops, Aldi’s, and others carry organic foods. Being organic does not guarantee it is produced in a regenerative manner (watch Kiss the Ground — kisstheground.com/support-the-film; the poster is above). Consider purchasing from a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Good water filters include Zero Filters (zerowater.com) and Berkey Filters (www.berkeyfilters.com), among others.

Foods sprayed with glyphosate or other poisons lose the glory of their cellular structures. When magnified 10,000 times, sprayed food cells appear in amorphous, globular patterns, while organic cells appear in spectacular crystal patterns with an inner life and beauty obscured by the blemishes on their surface.

Contemporary obsession with surface appearance is poisoning us. Farmers talk about being horrified at the current practice of spraying grains with Roundup, not only once, but a second time at harvest, especially ones that are genetically engineered. Glyphosate dries out the crop to harvest it sooner than if allowed to die naturally, and ensures against any small green flecks in processed products.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency found glyphosate in 80 to 90 percent of their wheat-based products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found 63 percent of corn and 67 percent of soybean products were contaminated. Oats, chickpeas, and lentils had even higher levels. PFAS and PFOS called “forever chemicals” are also pervasive in water supplies and top soil, leaching into food supplies. These chemicals are causing health defects and chronic ailments.

One out of eight women in the U.S. today develop breast cancer. Toxicity in our food and water is draining our energies, stamina, concentration, decision-making, and initiative. I carry the genetic variant PON1, which although it does not predispose me to cancer, means that my body struggles to excrete pesticides and other toxins. I’m a canary in the coal mine. What is killing me will eventually kill everyone.

Our collective blinders to this pervasive violation of Spirit’s gifts of life, vitality, and healing shows how corporations have permeated and controlled our lives and society.

NOTE: Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and other herbicides, is linked to cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency refutes this, protecting corporations such as Monsanto rather than the people. The scientific research and legal evidence produced in court has led countries around the world to ban or restrict glyphosate-based herbicides. This includes Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, India, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexica, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Though banned in many countries, Roundup is still the most widely used herbicide in the world. [www.baumhedlundlaw.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-roundup-lawsuit/where-is-glyphosate-banned] To learn more, read the new book, What Your Food Ate, by Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery, or the article “Glyphosate Contamination in Food Goes Far Beyond Oat Products” by the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/glyphosate-contamination-food-goes-far-beyond-oat-products).