Posted on 05/17/2009 4:42:27 PM PDT by Shout Bits
All the more reason to locate your area’s farmers markets. Here in Denver, we have several who offer outstanding produce at terrific prices. Lots of other goodies as well.Breads, pastas, salsas..take your doggies, meet some friends and make a day of it.
“Green Police”
The green police, the rot the inside of my head.
The green police, they come to me and I dread.
The green police, they’re coming to feed me, oh no.
You know that junk is cheap, and those tumors ain’t nice.
And when I fall asleep I dont think Ill survive the night, (but I might).
cause they’re cooking for me.
They’re baking for me.
Every single meal; they’re making my gas foul.
All those greens inside my bowel.
The green police, the rot inside of my head.
(rot inside of my head.)
The green police, they come to me and I dread.
(come to me and I dread.)
The green police, make me ingest the insane.
Well, I cant tell lies, cause they’re cooking for me.
And when I get hungry, bet they’re trying to make me eat right.
cause they’re cooking for me.
They’re baking for me.
Every single meal; they’re making my gas foul.
All those greens inside my bowel.
I try to eat, they cook and bake, they won’t leave me alone.
They don’t take suggestions, or let me gnaw on bones.
They spy on me, I try to hide, they won’t let me alone.
They emaciate me; they’re the judge and jury all in one.
cause they’re cooking for me.
They’re baking for me.
Every single meal; they’re making my gas foul.
All those greens inside my bowel.
The green police, I think they want me dead.
The green police, fed me roughage till my butt bled.
The green police, they’re coming to feed me again.
Oh Nooooooo…
If you want to read an extremely literate and spellbinding book about where our "food" comes from, both organic and not, PLEASE read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma.
I highly recommend the above book, because Michael Pollan actually GOES to the source of various foods in America.
Which do you personally prefer to eat? A calf who has spent its entire life wallowing in its own feces, being shot up with antibiotics and medicines to counteract the horrendous conditions, separated from its mother and living sunless and miserable and then killed and kept in semi-sanitary conditions, its muscles (which you buy on sale) filled with its own stress hormones and other growth hormones shot into it? Or a steer on a grass-fed farm who was kept with its mother for a long time, then enjoys a fresh pasture for its whole life, only being supplemented with straw in winter, getting to choose whether it grazes on a little clover patch there, a little grasses there, enjoying freedom and sunshine, no medicines or hormone shots, its muscles (which you pay more for by ordering from the farm or buying at Whole Foods) filled with natural Omega 3s which prevent disease in HIM and YOU by his natural grass-fed "sunshine" diet?
Organic is not perfect. Pollan explains the difference between huge agro plants that are organic and those that are not, and there are some similarities that are not so nice. But any way you slice it, ORGANIC is better.
Not necessarily for taste. But for HEALTH.
We humans get a lot of poisons in our processed "food," and it doesn't make you sick right there and then; it becomes you. It becomes a weaker, sicker you, more prone to chronic disease and discomforts, LONG TERM. Wherever you can, avoid these toxins, so that you don't end up with a chronic disorder or cancer.
Whole Foods sells "Food for Life Ezekiel" bread, which is awesome!!.Besides, where else are you going to buy unroasted nuts, dried Goji berries and such.
Yes, they sell Mother Jones magazine at the checkout, which is stupid, but hey, I just don't buy it.
Until you bit into the worm!
I’m trying to figure out if this guy hates WF or organic foods or both. This is an opinion piece with no facts. I buy most of my organic stuff at Kroger because it’s cheaper than WF. I always buy organic milk because I don’t want my daughters ingesting hormones (they have enough of those already). I also get some of my stuff at Costco.
People get poisoned from natural foods all the time. GM foods, in many cases, help to prevent people from being poisoned. If we irradiated our food supply, especially produce, we’d have a lot fewer cases of food borne illness in this country. Ignorance, from people who have no grasp of science, is the only thing preventing us from making the food supply safer.
You get toxins every day from the foods you consume and you probably don't even know it. There will be no difference in the level of these dangerous compounds whether you buy organic or from those evil corporate factory farms. The foods you eat every day are loaded with known carcinogens and other toxic substances but, as has been the case since the beginning of time, it's the dosage that makes the poison. If it makes you feel better to fool yourself into believing that you're avoiding these chemicals by buying organic then good for you. This whole organic movement is being driven by feelings rather than facts anyway....which, I believe, is the author's point.
If your daughters are drinking milk, organic or not, they're consuming hormones. Hormones occur naturally in milk and there is no method for processing milk so that it is hormone free.
The hormones I’m talking about are the ones they inject the cows with (BGH). And you can ingest all of those and pesticides you like. I’ll not.
Trader Joe’s is pretty cheap on staples and semi-staples. They’ve got expensive stuff, but really you can live pretty cheap just shopping at TJ’s, and tasty too.
The logical extension of what you are saying is to shoot and eat wild animals. You can’t get more free-range and natural than that. You know it is fresh, and hormone free.
“Ignorance, from people who have no grasp of science, is the only thing preventing us from making the food supply safer.”
Not really, factory food just isn’t that appetizing.
“If your daughters are drinking milk, organic or not, they’re consuming hormones. Hormones occur naturally in milk and there is no method for processing milk so that it is hormone free”
Yes there are naturally occuring hormones in milk. Thats different than feeding extra hormones to the cow.
A friend of mines 14 yr old daughter had her period for 3 years straight. The doctors were recommending removing her uterus and ovaries to correct this and other problems.
They stopped consuming the hormone milk and her problems disappeared.
post #35
The bioengineered hormone used (rBST) is identical to the one naturally produced by cows and, when injected, extends the period of milk production. That's it. If this hormone occurs naturally in cows how can it be bad for you? The amount given to cows to increase milk production is so minute that it will have no impact on the health of the cows or those consuming the milk. Your fears are unwarranted and not based on facts.
And you can ingest all of those and pesticides you like. I’ll not.
You didn't realize that the hormone injected into milk cows is identical to the one produced naturally by milk cows and now you're telling us you believe that organic food producers don't use pesticides. I don't know where you get your information but you should consider making some source changes. Their stories are costing you a lot of money.
Unless you’re killing it and dressing it yourself the food you’re eating comes from a factory — however you choose to define that term. Most of the food you eat has been genetically modified in some way over time. Your food supply is much safer for that reason. Genetic modification caused the green revolution that saved more than a billion people from starvation. If you knew anything about irradiation you’d understand how that process would further improve food safety. These changes aren’t being made because of the many Luddites out there who have no idea what they’re talking about....but think they do.
You mean she quit drinking milk altogether? Because, as I said before, there are naturally occurring hormones in milk and they are identical to the one used to increase milk production. From what you're claiming, girls who consume large quantities of milk, even if it's organic milk, will have their periods continuously for years. The more milk you drink the more hormones you're ingesting, right? That increased quantity should produce the same results your friends daughter experienced. It's not happening. Doesn't make any sense to me but you believe what you want to believe.
Considering that this blog called the President a thief last week, it was surprising that the Whole Foods blog generated the most responses of any entry to date.
Just to be clear, we agree that much of the foods they sell are not actually ‘organic.’ Their fresh produce can be very tasty and they have a nice cheese selection. Also, their pizza is excellent.
The point was that Whole Foods is cashing in on the ‘green’ movement and a quasi-hippie anti corporate ethic, which is a sham. Come on, Whole Foods, all the good things you do can easily be accomplished without the attitude, so get off your high horse and admit you are just a grocery store.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.