Friday, July 4, 2008
Smear Campaign
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Poop smears that is. You've read my rants before on the state of food supplies in the United States and unless you live in a cave somewhere in Siberia you know that there has been plenty of fodder in the news regarding my favorite hated subject. What thrills me though, are the blogs posts that my Bloglines pick up ranting about the same and various websites. Here's a sampling. The Complete Patient: The Tomato Illnesses May Be Teaching Some Important New Lessons About the Best Food "The media also report that consumers are acting much more rationally than the regulators. Consumers are heading to farmers markets to buy tomatoes because they know locally grown foods are much likelier to be safe." The PetConnection Poop in food: What’s up with that? by Christie Keith "Now, my little weekend adventure has served to confirm for me that food safety in this country is a huge issue. I already knew that, of course, given the pet food recall and the stellar work being done by the FDA and USDA on the recent salmonella outbreak. But given my track record feeding dozens of dogs and cats of all ages and states of health (carefully chosen and handled) raw diets, I have to guess that the risks of doing so are grossly exaggerated. Not only have they not become sick from eating these foods, neither have I become sick from preparing them (which is more than I can say about eating in restaurants)." OrganicAuthority.com Organic Food and Safety Written by Laura Klein, Publisher "Looking at the number of people who have fallen ill and wound up in the hospital from this salmonella outbreak, I would rather spend a little extra on certified organic produce and know my food is safe rather then risk my life and an expensive hospital bill." Listen folks, it's pretty simple, the food that you buy in the grocery store simply isn't safe. It's produced on such a huge scale that it's nearly impossible to regulate no matter what the USDA or FDA tells us. We've given the responsibility of feeding ourselves and our families over to corporate America, it's a business, period. Their bottom line will *always* be more important to them than our safety. But we deserve that attitude, it's the world we have built around ourselves, over the last 75 years we've given away our power of self to the government that is supposed to PROTECT and SERVE us. Aren't WE supposed to be the government, NOT corporations? Haven't we had our hands held long enough? Are we going to allow the Agribusiness to lead us over the 1000ft cliff blindly? Or are we going to take the responsibility upon ourselves and STOP relying so much on faceless strangers with dollar signs in their eyes to keep us safe? If you can't raise your own food, then shop locally, find those roadside stands, the farmers markets. They ARE out there and I'm here to help you find something close to you. Try these links:    That'll help you get started. But hey, if you still don't think there's anything out there or you're having trouble finding local foods, drop me a line, I'll see what I can dig up for you. |
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