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Thanks to the FDA, You Really Have No Idea What’s In Your Food
Its been stuck this way since the early 1990s, when the FDA hired former Monsanto lawyer Michael Taylor to write the regulations
via Thanks to the FDA, You Really Have No Idea Whats In Your Food
Beyond Frankenfoods and Toxics
Consumers are concerned about billions of pounds of toxic municipal sewage sludge dumped as “fertilizer”
… study after study has shown that small organic farms in the developing world produce twice as much food per acre as chemical and GMO farms …
Be Prepared Emergency Preparedness Food Storage
Emergency Essentials – Be Prepared Emergency Preparedness Food Storage.
That’s the Boy Scout motto, isn’t it? Never hurts.
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1 In 4 Supermarket Meat Samples Tainted With Drug-Resistant Bacteria
They took samples of meat and poultry around the country and found that 47 percent had evidence of Staphylococcus aureus contamination.
via 1 In 4 Supermarket Meat Samples Tainted With Drug-Resistant Bacteria.
Another reason to go vegetarian!
2011 vegetable garden
My garden is FINALLY underway! Green means those seeds have been planted. White, not yet.
Which food additives make children behave badly
“… food additives used in hundreds of children’s foods and drinks can cause temper tantrums and disruptive behavior …”
BOCA Burgers admits it uses genetically engineered ingredients
"It’s a fact that much of the high-quality soy grown in the U.S. has been genetically engineered, so the traditional BOCA line of soy-based products may contain ingredients derived from these crops." - BOCA’s Frequently Asked Questions
BOCA Burgers is a popular so-called "natural" brand of veggie burgers owned by Kraft Foods. Companies like Kraft work hand-in-hand with Monsanto to lace common foods with GM (Genetically Modified) ingredients, with absolutely no labeling nor safety-testing required, and in many cases market these products as "natural." Kraft, North America’s largest food company, has perfected the art of turning genetically engineered crops and animals raised in factory farms on GMO feed and injected with Monsanto’s (now Elanco’s) rBGH into "food."
While Kraft/BOCA claims to offer what they describe as "non-GMO" versions of its soy foods, these products are neither certified organic (organic prohibits GMOs) nor monitored by the Non-GMO Project, so it’s impossible to verify BOCA’s non-GMO claims. Likewise, Back to Nature, another so-called "natural" Kraft brand, claims that some of the corn and soy ingredients in their non-organic foods are "non-genetically engineered," but these claims are not verifiable either.
Pick-Your-Own Fruit and Vegetable Farms
This could prove useful as food (and gas) prices soar this coming year:
Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
Ask Your Congresspersons to Cosponsor HR 5577, Representative Kucinich’s Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act
10. Almost all non-organic processed food or animal products in the U.S. today contain ingredients that come from genetically engineered crops or from animals given genetically engineered feed, vaccines or growth hormones.
9. Genetically engineered foods have not been tested to determine whether they are safe for human consumption.
8. Genetically engineered foods ARE different from conventional and organic foods.
7. A single serving of genetically engineered soy can result in “horizontal gene transfer,” where the bacteria in the human gut adopts the soy’s DNA.
6. Animals fed genetically engineered feed ARE different from animals fed conventional and organic feed. Continue reading