Organic Consumers Association

The final days of US empire are fast approaching. Perhaps its end will pass slowly and gradually, or perhaps the event will unfold rapidly and catastrophically.

Overexpansion, overreach and over-indebtedness will take their toll-as all past empires have discovered.

What does the empire feed on? It feeds on money and fear; your money and your fear, both obtained with your cooperation.

It was during Hurricane Katrina that Keith McHenry saw just how far Food Not Bombs - the decentralized, all-volunteer activist network he co-founded - had pervaded public consciousness.

Tucked into San Diego's rolling hills, Archi's Acres is a stark departure from the war Marine Sgt. Colin Archipley left behind. Rather than hunt down insurgents, he now grows oversized basil and specialty crops on six acres for local markets...The work is hard, but for Sgt. Archipley, it feels like a respite from the six years he spent in Iraq.