Yet another reason to grow, and eat, organic foods
Mornin’ earthly gardeners,
Some of you who also read my WeHeartCats.com blog know that I’ve been talking about the whole pet food recall issue. It’s scary stuff, folks. More and more foods are being added to the list. For a link to the FDA website, CLICK HERE. You’ll find a link to a list of all the recalled foods there.
In addition, the contaminated substances have just been found in pig urine on a farm in California. CLICK HERE to read that story. These are pigs that are destined to be HUMAN FOOD. This sounds like somebody’s idea of a sick joke, but believe me, it’s no joke.
Organic farms don’t use industrial chemicals like these on their crops! With the discovery of the melamine in the pig’s urine, that means that the contamination has entered the human food chain, and that’s really, really, bad news.
So I’d encourage you even more strongly to do several things. One, if you can, grow as much of your own foods as possible! Two, seek out local small organic farms or perhaps even individual gardeners who can share their produce with you. Eat local produce. If you must buy canned or frozen foods (yes, we all do that!), then buy organic.
I’ll be watching this news story carefully, and will report back with any further developments.
On a lighter note, go out and buy something from a small business this weekend…spend your money supporting a small farm or indie artisan, shop at a local farm stand, buy a bouquet of flowers or a packet of organic seed.
Until Monday,
dig it!
bobbi c.
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April 20th, 2007 at 11:39 am
It’s at times like this that I’m glad I’m vegetarian:) I was wondering how long it would be before it got into human foods. I put the blame on globalisation and dealing with third world countries where standards are poor, not to mention the greed of these corporations who buy cheap products and re-brand their products.
Thanks for plugging indie artisans!
April 20th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Hi Derek,
Yeah, vegetarianism helps. But you know, a lot of vegan and vegetarian foods are processed, too, and big corporations are jumping on the bandwagon because they know it’s profitable. For instance, I’ve seen some “veggie patties” have have things like rice flour, soy proteins, wheat gluten, etc. added to them. And like you said, a lot of these substances come from countries where standards are poor and inspections are not the norm.
Buying and eating organic is always a good choice, though!
bobbi c.