Posted by Bill who putters on July 27, 2009, 3:06 pm
> > > > > > Scary. > > > > > > http://whatsonmyfood.org/ > > > > > > Charlie > > > > What's in our food? > > > > <http://www.grist.org/article/2009-07-24-chilean-salmon-industry-plunges- > > pesticide-antibiotic-abyss/> > > > > Scary why they do it? > > > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/world/americas/05iht-chile.1.19948617 . > > html> > > > > Oceana new to me maybe you too. > > > > <http://www.oceana.org/north-america/home/> > > > > Bill > > Excellent reports Bill. > > My "Sweety" loves salomon, but for the most part has been very > disappointed with it for the last few years. Now, I guess we know the > reason why. > > In somewhat related news is Maureen Dowd's column "Putting obesity out > of business", > http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07 > /24/putting_obesity_out_of_business/ > > . . . > A measure of the moment is ³Food Inc.,¹¹ a documentary chronicling the > costs to the land, worker, and customer of a food industry that¹s more > grim factory than sylvan farm. A system that makes it cheaper to buy > fast food than fresh food. > A more personal measure is David Kessler¹s bestseller, ³The End of > Overeating,¹¹ which is both a thinking person¹s diet book and an > investigation into an industry that wants us to eat more. The former > head of the FDA had crusaded against smoking, but found himself helpless > before a chocolate chip cookie. So this yo-yo dieter set out to discover > what exactly we¹re up against. > Kessler is a scientist, not a conspiracy theorist. He takes you to an > industry meeting where a food scientist on a panel called ³Simply > Irresistible¹¹ offers tips on ³spiking¹¹ the food to make people keep > eating. > We eat more when more is on the plate. We eat more when snacks are > ubiquitous, when flavors are layered on and marketed as > ³eatertainment.¹¹ As one food executive admitted to Kessler, ³Everything > that has made us successful as a company is the problem.¹¹ > Sometimes it seems that our consumer society sets up the same conflict > again and again. Sophisticated marketing campaigns hard-sell everything > from sex and cigarettes to the 1,010-calorie Oreo Chocolate Sundae Shake > at Burger King. And we¹re told to stay abstinent or tobacco-free or > skinny by resisting them. We are even promised ³Guiltless Grill¹¹ > entrees at Chili¹s that can weigh in at almost 750 calories and are only > guilt-free when compared with the Texas cheese fries that tip the scales > at 1,920 calories. . .
Problem is folks that need this info will never find it.
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:06:31 -0400, Bill who putters
> Oceana new to me maybe you too. ><http://www.oceana.org/north-america/home/>
Yep, new to me and thanks to you. Good news and reference.
In payment, a little gardening music for ya', good for digging in the
dirt and figgerin' things out maybe whilst getting one's hands dirty
doing the hard work of life.
Charlie
“Pain is never permanent” ~~ St. Teresa of Avila
Posted by enigma on July 30, 2009, 8:07 am
> It is my observation that the people working in organic groceries > are the sickliest looking specimens around. Eat a T-bone once in > a while you anemic, depressing zealots. Get next to a bar of > soap.
you are confusing organic with vegan, i suppose. there may be a
slight overlap, but most vegans i know eat prepared foods that aren't
necessarily organic. i don't actually know many vegans that can cook
from scratch (just like i don't know many people who aren't dependent
on prepared foods now-a-days).
i'm neither vegan or vegetarian, yet i grow, purchase & prepare
mostly organic foods, including meats.
oh, and there's also soap made from organic sourced ingredients...
which is a bit of a long winded way to say "your ignorance is
showing!"
lee
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