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Food Movies: Food, Inc

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With all the talk of food in the news, Total Escape would like to share some of our favorite food documentaries. In the coming days DanaMite will post different movies relating to food, water, health, diet, agriculture, industrialized farming and organic gardening. Lifting the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. FOOD, INC. (2008) Links for full length movie - youtube.com amazon.com netflix.com imdb.com takepart.com/foodinc

GMO Movies

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California Proposition 37: Label GMO CA Right to Know The biggest food fight in America is happening right here in California.  Watch GMO Movies so you can get the facts and understand the complexities of genetically engineered foods and how they can alter our bodies. In what has become our modern, chemical driven food industry called agriculture, our precious California organic farms are becoming contaminated with pollen from GMO fields nearby. Since it's introduction in 1996, GMO food have been linked to numerous illnesses and disease. Epidemic levels of gut disorders, immune system problems, allergies, asthma, autism, diabetes and cancers all continue to escalate. Food allergies in the USA have doubled in less than 20 years. Gluten free? Diary free? Soy free? Wheat free? Corn free? Peanut free? If you care about the quality of your food and you think you have the Right to Know what's inside your food, learn more now so you can Vote Yes on Prop 37 Below

Eastern Sierra for Autumn

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Eastern Sierra Peaks , a photo by totalescape.com on Flickr. Mammoth Mountain just announced opening day for skiing in early November 2012. Temps are dropping each night and autumn colors are the next big show. Eastern Sierra aspen groves can be seen as far south as Whitney Portal near Lone Pine, and as far north as well, Tahoe of course. Great camping and fishing near June Lake, Bridgeport, and Hope Valley. Fall is also the season for viewing meteor showers for those campers who love to stargaze. LONE PINE ASPENDELL BIG PINE BISHOP MAMMOTH JUNE LAKE LEE VINING BRIDGEPORT LAKE TAHOE top back road destinations - HORSESHOE MEADOWS NORTH LAKE SOUTH LAKE ROCK CREEK   GREEN CREEK TWIN LAKES HOPE VALLEY

Map Availability

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Maps can save your life. Maps can get you un-lost and can show you the way. Maps are your escape route outta the city. In a digital world where we are so connected w/ internet, smartphones and GoogleMaps, it is amazing that folks can find there way to real back roads of California. Don't be shocked when your digital signal drops at the wilderness edge and you are finally "away". Most online map sources are NOT accurate beyond the city limits, much less the forest boundary. Seriously folks, THEY don't want you out there. There is no place in the Wilderness to spend any money. Many have not properly logged the back roads yet, or perhaps they just won't make it available to the general public. You'll be lucky if they get the road number correct. BACK ORDERED / BACKORDER? OUT OF PRINT, OUT OF STOCK Availability of good maps is an ongoing issue. It's a unique factor in the map selling business. Although Total Escape carries a variety of Californ

Fukushima California

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Summer of 2012 and California has yet to slide off into the ocean, but the Pacific Ring of Fire is extremely active with earthquakes, and so are the volcanoes in the world. With wild stories of bizarre weather and climate change, anything is possible for the remainder of the year. The recession seems to be turning into a depression, the BP oil spill has polluted the Gulf of Mexico, and slowed down the Gulf Steam (North Atlantic Drift, or conveyor belt). This season we realize the triple nuclear meltdown in Japan is ongoing, perpetually poisoning the entire Pacific Ocean and our global atmosphere with unhealthy amounts of cancerous radiation. Fukushima California right here, right now As fallout from Fukushima heads our way, the government turns a blind eye Ventura County Reporter - A Radioactive Nightmare