Posted on 09/14/2006 7:07:33 PM PDT by milford421
The growers have been supplying portable toilets and hand washing facilities for years to the harvest crews. Besides that, many fields are near homes and schools nowadays, and who wants to look out a window and see someone using a field where you get your food, for a bathroom?
In addition, global rules, called 'good agricultural practices' are being applied more and more often, especially by growers who want to export to the EU. The GAP program requires that the growers pay for auditors, who check to see if their sanitation rules are followed.
'Organic', the brainchild of 'sustainable developers' was created as a tool to limit global population growth. More expensive, less productive, it makes food less available to the masses, who are expected to starve and die at the most, and at the least be too malnourished to reproduce.
The wealthier are more able to pay more for their food and have their food grown 'organically'.
Just look at the flap over GMA rice. GMA rice has been developed with extra vitamin A, to help prevent blindess, especially in newborns. But the 'organic' nazis want to prevent that product from being produced in Africa, where it can do the most good, because it is GMA. There are other problems with GMA, but thats another discussion.
Now, if that was a Tannimura & Antle crew, there'd be Mexican flags flying everywhere.
bingo
A little, but I prefer it that way: submissive :)
Roger. Copy that!
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I just read your homepage.
Welcome to the fold, JerseyDv1.
The bright side. I just checked a local gardening website and it'e about time to plant Spinach. So, I can grow my own.
Even washing the spinach won't help, I'm told. I've always disliked bagged greens--being a lover of collards and kale, the cut-up version just plain smell funny when you open the bag.
On the other hand, the organic broccoli always looks older, more wrinkly, and yellower than the non-organic. But if organic fashionability gives me more produce to choose from, I'm all for it.
Thanks.
"One KNOWN at this point. Wash salad greens with water and a chlorine bleach solution. Rinse with fresh, clean water. http://www.clorox.com/health_food_borne.php"
I don't see anything on this site about washing vegetables.
Am I missing something?
Appreciate the update. Thanks.
"Even washing the spinach won't help, I'm told. I've always disliked bagged greens--being a lover of collards and kale, the cut-up version just plain smell funny when you open the bag."
The whole thing just stinks to me...no pun intended.
"I can't find any place on that Clorox site where it says it is safe to wash fruits and vegetables with Clorox. Is it true or not?"
Apparently, no...it is not true. I do apologize...the link was sent by ARealMothersSonForever and I did not personally check it out.
My mistake for trusting this poster.
Throw away the spinach. The authorities have not told consumers to wash it to rid the bug.
Let me state clearly: All fresh vegetables should be washed before eating them. Even if they say pre-washed or triple washed on the packaging. Recalled brands and types should be thrown away. I choose to wash mine with chlorinated water. Others advocate using vinegar, followed by 3% hydrogen peroxide. Soaps, detergents, and surfactants are NEVER recommended. Regardless of whether one uses chlorinated water or vinegar/peroxide; rinse well with clean, running water. Never soak vegetables in a sink, as the drain often harbors bacteria. Since the "authorities" have not pinpointed the exact point of contamination, and most contamination occurs in the kitchen during the preparation process; I am encouraging safe food handling processes and hygiene in the home.
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