Organic Foods

 

There has been some conversation on rec.food.cooking about organic
foods and especially Calmar's entry into the fray.

Someone posted this link.
<http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/Politics/bush_administration_ignored_organic_laws_1903101206.html>

I think most of the group here will be interested.
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USDA Zone 7a

 

The Cook wrote:

<http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/Politics/bush_administration_ignored_organic_laws_1903101206.html>

What that article tells me is, if I don't grow my own organic food, I
don't expect to be sure I get organic any place else!!

Tom J

 



Next best thing to growing it yourself is Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA), where you can look the growers inn the eyes, ask your
questions, and see their crops.
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.


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wrote:


This is a very important point, Billy, as things begin to unravel and
wind down, this return to local economies. People need to begin to
support, and participate in, their local economy now, in order to get
things rolling and have people familiar with ways that have been
abandoned.

For sure, quality food, locally produced by hand and with care and
love, is going to be more expensive, but we currently are underpaying
for our food and as result of eating cheap foodlike substances, we are
reaping the "benefits" of being one of the most unhealthy nations on
earth, which only benefits..."them"...bigag and bigpharma.  Not only
do the majority of us not know about healthy food, we don't know how
to effing prepare food.  We have been led astray and abdicated our
responsibility to ourselves and our children.  It's sickening in more
ways than one.

Check out this amazing young chef, both this article and the TED
video.  I remember his show on FoodnetWork and was highly impressed.

He hits right between the eyes with a large hammer.  Excellant
delivery.

http://www.alternet.org/vision/146185/chef_jamie_oliver%3A_why_the_u.s._is_one_of_the_unhealthiest_countries_in_the_world?page=entire
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jamie_oliver.html

THe TED video gets right to the presentation...the Alternet article is
a transcript with video following.

Check out the other offerings on TED...

Charlie

 

g'day tom,

yes you grow your own and you know what you are eating, i am in
australia and i have no confidence that the organic certification
system is delivering anything more than more expensive food. and when
you see the fresh orgianic stuff on the shop shelves in the "organic"
section there is no guarantee that it is so? to me it all looks
exactly the same product.


wrote:


<http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/Politics/bush_administration_ignored_organic_laws_1903101206.html>

With peace and brightest of blessings,

"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

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