Food Inflation: World Food Prices Jump Most In 18 Months

The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is reporting a significant increase in food price inflation:

World Food Prices Jump Most In 18 Months

August 5, 2023

Global food prices increased the most in 1.5 years as trade disruptions from the El Nino weather phenomenon battered agricultural-producing countries, and Russia’s exit from a crucial UN-backed …

USGS finds forever chemical PFAS in 45% of US tap water

Noticed that the New York Times as well as Natural News posted about a study from the United States Geological Survey related to contaminated tap water.

Here is information from a USGS news release about that:

At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. There are more than 12,000 types of PFAS, not all of which can be detected with …

Elijah And The Promise To Elisha

According to an article about him in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Elijah “is honoured by both the Greek and Latin Churches on 20 July.” Although many Catholics (and others) believe that Elijah (or a type of Elijah) will be one of the two witnesses, The Catholic Encyclopedia article about him never mentions that role related to him.

The Bible itself tells about the original Elijah in the books of 1 Kings, 2 Kings, and 2 Chronicles. In his first mention, God has him called for a drought: …