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GREEN HANDS
Organic Farming
Is the Corona virus nature’s message that humanity
needs to press the “re-set” button? Is there evidence
that boosting immunity is the first line of defense?
By: Dr. Peter Mokaya
caused by humanities disconnection
he month of April is Is the corona virus a message from from other living things and na-
here and with it the nature for humanity to slow down ture: Read more here: https://www.
Corona virus pandemic and re-think his relationships with fairplanet.org/developing-stories/
Tis spreading fear and other living things and the natural saving-rhinoceros/the-anthropo-
anxiety, globally: This is unprece- environment? cene-age-of-genocide/
dented; a pandemic of monumental Is there evidence that humanity’s Narrowing down to current agri-
proportions unfolding right before extractive model, which does not cultural food systems, do we have
our eyes. factor in co-existence with other evidence that the current nutrition
life forms, may have triggered the and food systems are not only
In recent months Covid 19 has emergence of new infections? unsustainable but also contributing
forced us to pose and press the It is becoming evident that it is not to the emergence of new diseases,
“re-set” button…to ask fundamental only animal species, like the rhino, including new viruses, like the coro-
questions regarding how humanity which is an endangered species, na virus? Yes, we do!
may have, inadvertently, caused but perhaps humanity as well. The
the emergence of new infections, use of such terminology as the 6th Here is what the UN Environmen-
including the Corona virus. Here anthropocene aka the 6th mass ex- tal Chief observes: https://www.
below, pertinent questions and tinction to describe the impending naturalnews.com/2020-03-26-coro-
evidence based answers. human extinction. This is largely navirus-message-from-nature-says-
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