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To: Nachum
You gonna eat that?

No, I'm not. I'm not gonna feed it to my herd of kidlets or to my husband, either. I'm not waiting for the government to "do" anything. I'm using common sense and the brain I was born with to avoid eating "the iffy stuff" as one of the kids puts it.

At this point, if it isn't grown in America or Europe, there's a good chance I'm not gonna even consider it at all unless it's a piece of fruit with a really thick peel-able skin (I'm looking at you, bananas, mangoes, jackfruit, and durian).

For the last few years in our house, if it's "factory farmed", you can forget it. I want my cows to see grass and sunshine before they become steak, and my chickens to peck at bugs before they're glazed in orange sauce and served with a nice rice pilaf. If the shrimp don't walk around in clean water before they become scampi, they can stay right down there on the bottom of the sea.

I don't care if I have to pay more. I will not be feeding my family garbage. We support local farms (not Chinese or Argentinean), local growers (not Mexican), and the local businesses which supply our hunting trips and gardening needs.

It's meant that we do a lot more cooking from scratch, but it has also meant that we eat a heck of a lot better/healthier.

The key to all this is: don't wait for the government to fix anything. Do it yourself and do it now. When people stop buying "the iffy stuff", the market will fix itself.

4 posted on 09/05/2010 8:05:01 PM PDT by mountainbunny
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To: mountainbunny

Very well said.


8 posted on 09/05/2010 9:26:12 PM PDT by unkus
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