The July 25th show has been added to the archive. You can download that show and others by visiting the archive page at: http://www.livingnaturalfirst.com/archive.php

John Krause and Rebecca Miller are pleased to announce that beginning July 11th Living Natural First will move to the time slot of 12 to 1p on WBAP. We feel that this move will enable us to reach a larger audience and spread the word about logical, natural living.

The President's Cancer Panel 2008-2009 Annual Report entitled "Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk - What We Can Do Now" was released recently and is available for download from their website at the following link:

http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp08-09rpt/PCP_Report_08-09_508.pdf

For additional information their home page is:
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp.htm

Here are a few links that John asked me to post after a quick Facebook discussion about TruGreen and the chemicals they're using.

"Customer & Employee Health - 2,4-D
Does 2,4-D applied to control lawn weeds cause cancer?
Numerous research reports have concluded that the use of the herbicide 2,4-D does not pose a risk of cancer in pets or humans."
https://info.trugreen.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/812/related/1/kw/chemicals/p/68%2C75%2C144/r_id/166

"Customer & Employee Health - Products
Are the products you apply strong or toxic?
The end-use dilutions and low application rates applied to customers lawns and landscapes (typically less than 0.5% active ingredient) result in a service that presents negligible health risks to our customers."
https://info.trugreen.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/809/related/1/kw/chemicals/p/68%2C75%2C144/r_id/166

"Chemical Runoff
I have observed one of your employees applying lawn care pesticides while it was raining. Aren't you concerned about the environmental effects of chemical runoff?

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The March issue of Living Natural First Magazine is now available. Members can access the March Issue by clicking here.

Here are links to the report, a guide to understanding it, and recommendations:

John's Soil Analysis Report July 2009

Interpretation Guide to Soil Test Report

Soil Analysis Report Recommendations

The GobNob Wind Turbine can now be viewed through a Web Cam, located at the nearby Farmersville Substation. A link to the webcam is in our links section or you can click here.

John's added his "Top 10 Things To Do in Your Gardens & Yards During Water Restrictions" to the Living Natural First Almanac. Click here to read the entire article.

In addition, notes from a couple of seminars John has been giving for years are available to everyone in the Almanac's Gardening section:
Wells Brothers Farm Store Veggie Gardening Seminar Notes
The Basics of Organic Gardening
Enjoy!

Beginning October 5th the show is moving to 9am. Be sure to mark your calendars!

The website was off the air for about 4 hours today due to a router issue in the datacenter where we host our site. They've got everything patched up and we're up and running again. We apologize for the inconvenience.