tries around the world are caused by
political and economic inequalities. It healingways
will take political action, not a techno-
fi x, to remedy these problems. Farmers
need support, but not in the form of
patented products like GMOs.
International studies show that
farmers want easy-to-use tools, locally
bred and adapted seed, clean water
and healthy soil. The technology that
is needed would produce healthy food
while protecting the environment and
providing a means for farmers to support
themselves and their communities. For-
tunately, that technology already exists.
It’s called organic farming.
The good news is that consum-
ers can avoid GMOs by choosing
organic foods. By law, certifi ed organic
products are not allowed to contain
GMOs. Making this choice also sup-
ports sustainable farming and ensures
the nutritional quality of food, free of
synthetic chemicals.
We can support local farmers by
buying more fresh food from them. We
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
also can grow food ourselves. Even
keeping a pot of herbs or salad greens
near a sunny window is a delicious
Healing Under Pressure
reminder that our food comes from
nature, not corporate farm factories.
by Lee Walker
Growing and sharing food builds
community relationships and recon-
nects us to the land. All that is needed
to create an economy of abundance are
many small acts of generosity. It’s what
nature does for us, every day.
S
everal times each week, Greg Harris, owner of BodySpecifi c, Inc., in Royal
Oak, MI, spends 40 to 45 minutes in his hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Some-
times he sneaks in during his lunch hour and sometimes he has to fi nd time
Claire Hope Cummings is a lawyer,
in the evening. It’s a process he has been following at least weekly for the last four
journalist, and expert on agriculture and
years. Right now his goal is to have 60 sessions in by Christmas.
genetic engineering.
Greg purchased his fi rst hyperbaric oxygen chamber (HBOT) for fi tness and
She has farmed in California and
wellness-based use in the personal training and massage business he ran four years
Vietnam, was an attorney with the U.S.
ago. Two years ago he opened BodySpecifi c and began offering HBOT in his retail
Department of Agriculture for four years,
environment. About a year ago, Greg launched his Wellness Center at BodySpe-
and is the author of the primary source
cifi c and the HBOT found many more therapeutic uses. “The more you dig into it,
for this article, Uncertain Peril: Genetic
the more you fi nd out,” he says. BodySpecifi c offers Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Engineering and the Future of Seeds
in addition to Far Infrared Sauna Therapy, Inversion Therapy, Massage Therapy, Fit-
(Beacon Press, 2008).
ness Training and Nutritional Counseling.
Recommended Resources:
Even before Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen—the naturally occurring ac-
Organic Consumers Association –
tive element in the atmosphere—in the late 1700s, physicians and scientists were
OrganicConsumers.org,
intrigued by the possibility of using increased atmospheric pressure as a medical
Center for Food Safety –
therapy. As early as 1662, Nathaniel Henshaw, a British clergyman, had built the
CenterForFoodSafety.org
fi rst sealed chamber to treat ailments such as infl ammation, scurvy and arthritis.
Later, the Pneumatic Institution for Gas Therapy, established by British physician
Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808), spawned the creation of institutes for compression
therapy throughout Europe; by 1860, pneumatic spas had reached North America.
Supplemental use of oxygen increased with its availability. By the 1930s,
hyperbaric medicine was used for diving and decompression sickness. During the
1960s, medical journals reported the benefi ts of pressurized hyperoxygenation
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