J Morris Hicks's Blog

How many people do you know that have heart disease?

2013-05-01T20:11:11Z

Probably a great many more than you think.

Think of how many people you know over thirty; then multiply that number by 90%. You see, most people in the United States over the age of thirty already have heart disease, although most of them have never experienced the first symptom. And far too often that first symptom is a deadly heart attack.

That's what happened to Mike---a good friend of mine in Stonington, CT, a few weeks ago. He was 71, an avid skier, sailor, exercised regularly and was apparently in very good health. While expecting to enjoy many more years of travel, leisure, volunteer work and great times with friends and family---his life was snatched away in an instant. It is the memory of Mike that inspired me to write this post today. Maybe his story will help to save others; he would like that.

This photo illustrates the way I will remember my good friend---enjoying time on the water with me and my oldest grandson, Collin. Unfortunately for Mike's grandchildren, they will not be able to sail with their grandfather ever again. Because Mike died of heart disease on April 5, 2013.

: My friend Mike in 2009. That summer, my oldest grandson, Collin (7), stayed with me for a week while he was in town for “sailing camp.” In his thoughtful and generous manner (as always), Mike asked Collin (at breakfast) if he’d like to take a motorboat ride that afternoon. Naturally, he responded in a gleeful affirmative. A few hours later, as the fog lifted, the three of us enjoyed a spirited tour of Stonington Harbor---with young Collin at the helm.

So did Mike know that he had heart disease? I doubt it, although I know that he visited a number of physicians regularly and he may have been taking cholesterol lowering drugs. But no one dies from high cholesterol. Cholesterol is just a bio-marker. Click here to continue reading this article.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Slaughterhouses. New York Times article misses the point.

2013-04-11T20:54:12Z

Unnecessary suffering. Part of a miserable process that need not exist

Over a four-day span last week, I spoke to several hundred sixth graders at a middle school in New London, CT. (See links below for details). Prior to the presentations, I had been warned by a senior educator and colleague to stay away from delicate topics like animal suffering or the implication that we must never eat meat or dairy. God forbid that we should tell our kids what's really going on behind the scenes.

: The first class to hear the Food Math 101 message in the United States---at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School in New London, CT

So, I was a good boy and chose "sustainability" as my primary focus. Of course, I emphasized the potential for disease-reversing, whole foods, plant-based eating to lower our health care costs in the United States---but I also stressed that I wasn't necessarily talking about a vegetarian or vegan way of eating.

Rather, I emphasized the maximization of "whole plants" in the diet---as a percent of calories. I told them early in my talk that if they were unsure about the correct answer to a question---that it was probably whole plants.

The title of my presentation was Food Math 101. The overriding message was that we'd all need to add a lot of whole plants to our daily routine so that the numbers behind what we're eating would enable Mother Earth to sustain our species. Since she has a finite amount of arable land, water and fossil fuel, we must learn to live within those natural and permanent restrictions to our lifestyle. And right now, we are failing miserably in three ways: The size of our population, the way we live and the way we eat. Click here to continue reading this article.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Dr. Campbell's new book, WHOLE --- Pre Order Promotion

2013-03-06T21:56:03Z

Featuring a free copy of Healthy Eating, Healthy World

Our publisher (BenBella Books) who we both share, is generously offering a special pre-order promotion (through end of March) of Dr. Campbell's new book, "WHOLE, Rethinking the Science of Nutrition."

Offer is good through the end of March and you can purchase your copy of WHOLE anywhere you please.

Click here for ordering instructions from BenBella Books.

Click here to read an excerpt from the Introduction to this great book.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Leather? Vegan? Hypocrite? Realist?

2013-02-25T12:23:10Z

From time to time, one of my readers asks me about our use of animal products---other than their food products like flesh, milk or eggs. I am primarily talking about their skins for our shoes, hand-bags, coats, car seats, furniture, etc.

Recently I received this note from Linda after she posted this comment under my recent blog: A reader’s question gets to the heart of “4Leaf for Life.”

"Actually, Jim and anyone else who is curious, the leather goods business is one of the primary reasons that beef and pork prices stay low. More affordable means more accessible to more people and we’re all in favor of as many people as possible eschewing meat. Plus, for me anyway, it’s hypocritical and expedient to rationalize wearing flesh when I would never eat it." Linda D.

Hi Jim.

I've been reading your blog for a long time and my perception is that you're not adverse to learning from your readers. So, I'd like to elaborate a little on my comments about leather.

First, as I said, the leather industry actually subsidizes the beef industry and, to a lesser degree, the pork industry. Beef prices would be much higher if the hides weren't sold for leather goods. Without the domestic leather business, in fact, beef would be beyond the average person's budget. More expensive beef = less consumption = improvement in our collective health and less environmental damage.

In addition, the process of tanning hides for leather is very bad for the environment. Not only does it require a lot of energy, it requires the use of dangerous chemicals including formaldehyde, coal-tar derivatives, arsenic, and chromium, which results in particularly hazardous waste.

Thanks for listening. And thank you for the daily posts over the last two years. I've enjoyed them, as well as the comments from other readers.

Sincerely and thank you, Linda D.

: Which came first? The chicken or the egg?

My response. Dear Linda, You bring up some interesting points in your memo about leather---so interesting that I would like to share my thoughts in this blog. While reading your note, I was thinking about the age old question, "Which came first? The Chicken or the Egg?

As for cattle and leather? Which came first? Raising them for their meat or for their hides? As I mentioned in the earlier blog referenced above:

My work is all about diet, health, and the environment—I pay no attention to the leather coats, shoes, car seats, etc. I figure that they’re by-products of the meat industry and would be outrageously expensive if there were no meat industry. When the meat industry goes away, so will my leather purchases.

So it's probably that comment that triggered your suggestion that I can learn from my readers. I can---and I do. I must confess that there's a lot I don't know about the economics of selling meat without the leather products or selling leather products without using the meat for food. No doubt, each of them make the other more affordable. Click here to continue reading this article.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

What will Lance do now? Although disgraced at the moment...

2013-01-22T15:34:36Z

Like President Clinton, he is a winner and he will return.

So why did Lance choose to come forward now? Many are saying that he did it for selfish reasons---just so he could participate in sanctioned races. But I think the main reason(s) are right there beside him in this photo---his children.

: In Paris with his three oldest children: Luke (now 13) and twin girls Grace and Isabelle

Clearly, the most painful part of the interview was when Lance talked about overhearing his son, Luke (13), defending his dad to some other kids. At that moment, he knew that he simply must make things right---no matter what the consequences. And now he has begun the "process" of doing just that.

That "process" may end up costing him his entire fortune (and more)---but it can't take away the fact that he is recognized by over one billion people in the world---about half of which (according to surveys) have probably already forgiven him. And there will be more. With history as a guide, we know that most people will ultimately forgive him for his cheating and lies---as long as he is sincere and begins to earn back the global respect that he once had. I happen to think that his comeback could be all about revealing the "real truth" about cancer to the entire world. Continue reading this article.

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

FLU Shots. Why I never get them anymore.

2013-01-15T14:36:57Z

I can't remember when I had my last flu shot. Probably fifteen or twenty years ago. Does that explain why I had a bout with the swine flu in November of 2009? Since I never went to the doctor, I'm not sure if it was the swine flu, although an RN told me after the fact that my reported symptoms would suggest that it was.

So why did I get the swine flu in 2009 and would I have gotten it had I taken the flu shot? The answer to both questions is the same: I have no idea. But what I do know is that flu and colds simply haven't been a problem for me since I began strengthening my immune system by eating at the 4Leaf level---deriving over 80% of my daily calories from whole, plant-based foods, still in nature's package.

Before I began eating a near-optimal diet in 2002, I would typically have colds (or flu) about three or four times per year. And, like everyone else, I would get some throat lozenges, a bottle of cold medicine and would sometimes visit a physician to get some kind of medication for the fever.

: One part of my routine when I get the flu; lots of rest and reading by the fire.

Nowadays, when I occasionally feel a cold coming on (typically less than one a year), I simply get some rest, drink plenty of liquids, eat lots of fruits and veggies and not worry a bit about the fever. And, it's usually gone in a few days.

My conclusion about flu shots. For me, it's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." And what I have doing since 2002 seems to be working fine for me. I also know that all drugs are toxic---containing ingredients that our body does not need. I just learned while researching for this blog that the typical flu shot contains some formaldehyde, mercury and aluminum---all of which my body most certainly does not need.

Continue reading this article; includes valuable information from Dr. Fuhrman and Dr. McDougall.

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Massive Food Problem. Mark Bittman recommends patience.

2013-01-03T13:44:35Z

I recommend LEADERSHIP!

Once again, let me say it up front---when it comes to our food system, Mark Bittman is the most knowledgeable journalist on the planet. He totally "gets it" about the health, environmental and sustainability issues. But like all other journalists, he doesn't take a stand; he provides no leadership, he is not a role model himself and he is inconsistent.

In his New Years Day article, Fixing Our Food Problem (see link below), he does a magnificent job of describing the problem but comes up way short when describing a viable solution. Here's what he had to say about the problem:

Nothing affects public health in the United States more than food. Gun violence kills tens of thousands of Americans a year. Heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes kill more than a million people a year — nearly half of all deaths — and diet is a root cause of many of those diseases.

And the root of that dangerous diet is our system of hyper-industrial agriculture, the kind that uses 10 times as much energy as it produces.

Mark covers ALL of the food issues---including the needless suffering of billions of animals.

We must figure out a way to un-invent this food system. It’s been a major contributor to climate change, spawned the obesity crisis, poisoned countless volumes of land and water, wasted energy, tortured billions of animals… I could go on. The point is that “sustainability” is not only possible but essential: only by saving the earth can we save ourselves, and vice versa.

Continue reading this article

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

$132,000/year cancer drug. Guess who's paying for it?

2012-12-28T12:06:24Z

Retired business journalist tells his story in the New York Times.

: Former Money Magazine editor Frank Lalli

On 12-1-12, I noticed a story by Frank Lalli, entitled A Health Insurance Detective Story. He was writing about the nightmare endured while trying to figure out how he was going to pay for his cancer medication after the coverage by his former employer (Time Warner) finally ended.

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His story was all about the incredible hassle one must face in dealing with an extremely complicated and bureaucratic system. As he said:

If a seasoned personal-finance journalist can’t get a straight answer to a simple question, what chance do most people have of picking the right health insurance option?

As he told his story of detail, hassle and endless red tape and paperwork---I was hearing a different story. The one about who actually pays for our medical bills in this country. Frank documents his ordeal very well---over 70 phone calls to 16 organizations in just a few weeks.

: Would you believe $524 per pill?

In Mr. Lalli's case, the annual cost of his cancer drug had been running $132,000 a year ($524/pill)---but his out-of-pocket exposure had been $1,000---less than one percent of actual cost of the drug. Time Warner was picking up the balance. Now, he was being told that his $1,000 out-of-pocket deal had been eliminated.

Ultimately, after all those phone calls and endless stress, he ended up with an even sweeter deal than he had before---he would now be paying just $60/month for his cancer drug---Leaving $131,280 to be paid by the rest of the system.

My concern is about who pays for the other 99.5% of the cost of his drug.

Continue reading this article.

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Dr. Oz---still promoting the diet gimmick of the month

2012-12-17T20:54:22Z

The Doctors Who Say Everything You Know About Cholesterol Is Wrong

That was the title of the lead segment of the Dr. Oz show on 12-11-12. While he occasionally presents some very helpful information (See my "home run" blog below), his typical audience has no idea what to believe. That's because the information presented on Tuesday is likely to be contradicted a few days later.

But let's not blame Dr. Oz. We must understand that he is in the entertainment business---not the health-promotion business. If he just talked about healthy stuff, his show would be cancelled in less than a month.

But the sad part of this story is that millions of Americans take everything they hear on his show as fact---and that could sometimes be hazardous to their health. Confusion over clarity is not good for promoting health. But it is good for making money.

So what about this new book, The Great Cholesterol Myth? Dr. Oz interviewed the two authors, a cardiologist and a doctor of nutrition and simply asked them questions. From their book's description on Amazon, here are a few examples of things that Jonny Bowden and Stephen Sinatra covered in the interview. Click here to continue reading this article, which includes a comment by Dr. T. Colin Campbell.

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Prostate cancer victim issues a challenge...

2012-12-07T11:44:26Z

...Start helping us get this need addressed so those of us suffering can rejoin the human race.

: The PSA Blue Ribbon

After reading my blog (see link below) about the prostate cancer victim who regretted his radiation treatment, another victim (Brian) sent me an email that revealed his regret about his treatment and his frustration with our overall system.

Mr. Hicks, I read your article about this and concur with the subject of your article. I just finished radiation treatment for prostate and hate/regret it also. We don't get enough guidance from doctors and basically they just sell whatever they do. I was able to step around all the various land mines until one got me after the rosy sales pitch and fear mongering.

There are so many of us suffering quality of life issues following the barbaric methods of treating this cancer...The best hope we are given is the band aid approach and often times the band aid doesn't work. We should be given choices and we should be allowed to determine if we are willing to accept any risk.

No question .... Just a challenge!

Start helping us get this need addressed so those of us suffering can rejoin the human race. I am only 52 years old with side effects a 52 year-old does not want and was led to believe would't happen.

Click here to read my response to Brian.

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Dr. Oz on the cover of TIME; More "confusion over clarity"

2012-11-28T11:01:54Z

This time the title is Give Frozen Foods A Chance

Well, Dr. Oz has done it again. He's back on the cover of TIME with a story that's guaranteed to keep the consumers confused about food. But then, that's exactly what makes food producers happy. His latest article appears in the 12-3-12 issue and I have provided a link below to the online article that you may not be able to view unless you're a TIME customer.

: December 3, 2012 Cover of TIME

So what's the problem? From the looks of the cover, it looks like Dr. Oz is going to write about a truly health promoting diet---like the ones that Esselstyn, Ornish, McDougall, Fuhrman, and Barnard all use to reverse chronic diseases in their patients. But he doesn't.

: Mehmet and Lisa Oz; she must be the vegetarian in the family.

Ostensibly, the article was written to help people pick out the best values for their families; things like recommending that we give frozen or canned veggies, grains and legumes a chance.

But then he proceeds to talk about all the other "good" foods in a healthy diet---things like beef, chicken, ice cream, olive oil, etc. From the article, a few highlights: Click here to continue reading this article...

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Congratulations Mr. President. Now you have time to fix ObamaCare!

2012-11-15T11:43:53Z

And the solution is right under your nose---it's the FOOD!

Dear President Obama,

Congratulations on winning your second term. I concluded long ago that it would take a second-term president to make any serious headway in replacing our toxic western diet with one that actually promotes health.

If you'd tried to do that in your first term, you would've never been elected for a second term. But if you don't do it now, our only chance for any kind of serious leadership from 1600 Pennsylvania avenue is about eight years away---from the next president who may win a second term.

Why is that? It's because there is simply too much money and special interests riding on maintaining the status quo. But, you're an honest man who doesn't have to worry anymore about those special interests who wish to keep our healthcare, food and pharmaceutical industries just the way they are.

It is inevitable that all of those industries will change dramatically in the next fifty or sixty years, but with strong leadership from the White House, significant progress could be made in less than ten years. Not only can we save $2 trillion on heath care, but we can show the world how to curb global warming, end world hunger, reduce our carbon footprint and end the needless suffering of billions of food animals per week.

: Michelle Obama seems to have the ear of the former president in this picture; just think what they could accomplish if they teamed up to tell the world the truth about nutrition.

Everyone applauds the work that Michelle has been doing with her vegetable garden, Walmart and the school lunch programs. But she is coming up way short when it comes to telling everyone EXACTLY what they should be eating to accomplish the goals outlined in the previous paragraph.

Your good friend, former President Clinton, knows all about what we should be eating, but apparently he's not yet connected the dots when it comes to all of the other global issues that are driven by our food choices. Click here to continue reading...

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Animal suffering. An oft-forgotten consequence of our food choices.

2012-11-09T15:10:15Z

Out of sight---out of mind

After close to 700 consecutive daily blogs, I have written about the needless suffering of animals 27 times. But lately, I have been writing mainly about sustainability issues and the need for corporate CEOs to take the lead when it comes to leading America away from our unhealthy, wasteful, harmful and barbaric western diet-style.

The primary motivation for those corporate CEOs will be to save money on healthcare; thereby improving the profitability of their enterprises.

But with every one of their employees that adopts a health-promoting plant-based diet, the lives of thirty farm animals will be saved. Thirty animals that will not have to live their entire lives in agony---only to face a brutal death at the end.

And, don't kid yourself, we're not just talking about the "meat" animals like pigs and cows. We're also talking about the egg and milk producers---the ones that many vegetarians don't think have to suffer. They might change their mind after watching what "retirement" is like for dairy cows who've spent their entire lives making milk, cheese, yogurt and ice-cream for human consumption. Click here to continue reading this article...

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

A case for awarding the Nobel Prize to Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr. and T. Colin Campbell

2012-10-31T10:55:56Z

Nobel Prize in Chemistry; All about the drugs---and the $$

Finding Better Drugs Makes Lots of Money---whereas, promoting health and avoiding disease does not. For that reason, we hear news every day about the continuous search for high-tech drugs that will enable us to protect ourselves from our bad habits or cure us once we have been stricken by disease. Recently (10-11-12) we heard the following news about the Nobel Prize:

Two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals like danger or the flavour of food. Such studies are key for developing better drugs.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Robert Lefkow-itz and Brian Kobilka had made groundbreaking discoveries, mainly in the 1980s, on an important family of receptors, known as G-protein-coupled receptors.

About half of all medications act on these receptors, including beta blockers and antihistamines, so learning about them will help scientists to come up with better drugs.

: Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic has reversed heart disease in nearly 100% of his patients -- with diet change only.

Just as Dr. Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic faced ridicule from his peers when he started reversing heart disease in over 95% of his terminal heart patients; there continues to be no appreciation for simple, effective and inexpensive ways of promoting vibrant health.

Back in the 80s, when Dr. Esselstyn started reversing disease with nothing more than a change in diet, he was mockingly called "Dr. Sprouts" by the other physicians. Continue reading this article...

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation

Top 10 "Zingers"---food choices & the presidential debates

2012-10-21T11:07:01Z

Debate season is full of zingers, gotchas, one-liners & sound-bytes

: Lots of zingers, but neither candidate is talking about the most important issues in the world.

With the election only a few weeks away, I thought it was time to share a few of my favorite zingers that I use in explaining the maddening absurdity and unsustainability of our typical western diet.

And while there are references or footnotes for all of my zingers somewhere in our book or on this blog, I choose today to invoke "debate season privilege" and just say whatever I please. (See "Fact Check" note at end)

My Top Ten Zingers --- for promoting health, hope & harmony

Harmony. In the past fifty years (a mere blink in the eye of history) we humans have inflicted more damage on the harmony of nature than all previous generations of humans combined for the past 200,000 years.
Water. To produce one kilo of potatoes requires 100 liters of water; whereas to produce one kilo of beef requires 13,000 liters of water.
Earthlings. Only 100 billion people have ever lived. 7 billion are alive today. And we torture and kill 2 billion animals every week for our dinner tables.
World Hunger. For every meat-eater who goes vegan, he/she will free up enough land to feed 3 or 4 families of 4 people each.
Waste. By cycling our grain through animals to produce meat, we waste 90% of the protein, 96% of the calories, 100% of the fiber and 100% of the carbs.
Axis of Evil. George Bush was wrong. The Axis of Evil doesn’t run through Iraq, or Iran or North Korea. It runs through our dining tables. Weapons of Mass Destruction are our knives and forks.
Starving people. 1 billion people today are hungry. 20 million people will die from malnutrition. Cutting meat by only 10% will feed 100 million people. Eliminating meat will end starvation forever.
Needless disease. Meat causes a wide range of cancers, diabetes and heart disease. Can anyone name just one disease caused by a plant-based diet?
Disappearing resources. We humans are squandering our natural resources by over-cutting, over-grazing, over-pumping, over-plowing and over-fishing; a startling 80 percent of oceanic fisheries are being fished at or beyond their sustainable yield.
Intelligent species? There are over 50,000 vertebrate species (5500 of which are mammals) and well over one million species of insects. ALL of them are living in harmony with nature---with one exception. Human beings.

Long after our book came out in October of 2011, I heard an environmentalist make a statement that caught my attention:

"Our food choices determine how the entire planet is used."

: We must all get busy promoting health, hope and harmony on planet Earth---and the longterm sustainability of the human race.

The Bottom Line. We are now using ALL of this planet as if there were no other creatures sharing it with us. Although our species has existed for only 5/1000th of one percent of the 4 billion years that there has been life on Earth, we have done some serious multiplying in the past few hundred years.

It took us about 200,000 years to reach the one billion mark in 1804. Since then, in just over 200 years (a mini-blink in the eye of history) we've added another six billion people.

Now, all seven billion of us are still multiplying and destroying our natural resources at a mind-boggling rate. When will the madness end? Will we have to wait for Mother Nature to have her revenge? Or can we come together and take action now?

That action should include two big steps. Stabilize global population and begin an aggressive return to the natural diet for our species---a whole foods, plant-based diet. The latter step will give us the time needed to get a handle on the former. Who is going to lead this transformation? I have concluded that it has to be the large, profit-motivated corporations of the world.

That's because they're the only ones with a financial incentive to reduce the out-of-control cost of healthcare. In the largest of companies, just a handful of CEOs can affect millions of people. And the resulting PR success stories will be heard and copied by hundreds of millions more.

Now, here's the best part. By taking that step, those big corporations will be providing an integrated environmental blueprint for the rest of the world to follow. Be eating the food that is best for our health, we simultaneously do some wonderful things for the planet---and her ability to provide for the longterm sustainability of the human race.

We can work ourselves out of this mess, but we've got to get started in earnest now.

: 623 Consecutive Daily Blogs (numerals today from the Bayou State)

My #1 priority. Launching healthcare cost reduction programs with every forward-thinking CEO I can find. This week I met with two Fortune 200 firms and mailed a proposal to the Chairman of the 9th largest corporation in the United States. Let me know if you know of any forward-thinking CEOs that you think I should contact.

Fact Check. Just to clarify, all of my ten zingers are true and you can find the sources of all of them in at least one of my 623 blogs. Many of them can be found in these six links, provided here for your convenience:

Lester Brown's new book featured in this recent blog.
Everyone should watch this over the weekend. The movie HOME
Healthy Eating, Healthy World, The "big picture" about food (our book)
My proposal blog to CEOs. Slashing the cost of healthcare in businesses
10-15-12 letter. Urgent letter to Bill Ford — Chairman of Ford Motor Company
Lots of zingers here. Passionate executive leadership for plant-based eating in action?

Blogging daily at hpjmh.com...from the seaside village of Stonington, Connecticut – Be well and have a great day.

—J. Morris Hicks, board member, T. Colin Campbell Foundation