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Posted on 11/26/2013 6:20:01 AM PST by Red Badger
Several years ago a farmer friend said he sold several hudred bushels of organic wheat. I asked him what was the process used to make it organic. He said growing it was no different than any of the rest of his wheat crops.
He went on to say the only difference was how he labeled it, and so far none of his customers have figured out that it is not organic.
Yes, but at a much smaller version...............................;^)
Roger that. Why are we permanently Reds? It’s meant to obfuscate and confuse.
> organic = full of bugs and poop
Not the whole story. There’s also GMO (genetically modified organisms).
Let’s take the simple tomato as an example.
The tomato has 2 major genetic modifications and a few minor ones.
1. Modified to allow it to be picked by machine and not bruise in transport. The food arrives at the grocer looking good and undamaged by transport, but it lacks flavor.
2. Modified to resist white fly larva from wanting to eat it. The tomato makes alkaloids (toxins) that are unpalatable to the white fly larva. The food arrives at the grocer without being eaten by bugs. The problem is that some people (me for instance) can’t eat it because it causes a reaction in my digestive system and makes me sick.
I can live with or without the organic component and will wash the bugs, poop and pesticides off the food. I can’t, however, wash off GMO created toxins because they are within the food itself.
That plastic fork with it’s tines will do much more damage than a plastic knife with a round point. You want to see damage, try a sharpened pencil, a heavy textbook, a fist or a desk.
Someone did that with carrots in California a while back, and had his business shut down by the state when the fraud came out.
The result was the ushering of the extremely restrictive regulations called GAPS that farmers must comply with. Very costly burden the idiot carrot farmer placed on everybody because he was a crook and lied.
Four years ago, I switched to "pure foods". I'd be in tears trying to find healthy food. Now, it's much easier. Many foods have no corn syrup, no transfat, reasonable sodium, no added flavors and colors, no added whey or gluten, and good nutritional value.
The biggest problems are white bread and french fries. They're completely replaceable. If McDonalds and others wanted to, they have the food technology to make cauliflower and carrots that taste good without transfats, drinks without corn syrup, whole grain breads without chemicals or added ingredients, and steak instead of hamburger.
I'm suprised pizza chains and donut shops haven't gotten the message. It wouldn't be hard to make a totally healthy donut or a whole grain healthy cheese pizza. Instead, they're being abandoned by people who finally see the light.
1. Buy produce and meat from local farmers whom you know and trust
2. Cook it yourself
3. Cut down on carbs which turn quickly to sugar and exhaust your body insulin
4. Get over your fear of healthy fat. Your brain runs on it.
Tips:
- Grass-fed beef is more expensive, but is also higher in protein and has Omega-3 which is almost completely missing from feedlot beef
- Eat wild salmon. Sockeye is the best. The redder, the better. Avoid farmed salmon or anything that doesn't specifically say "wild"
- Green, leafy vegetables should be consumed daily. The deeper green, the better. Kale, spinach, collards are high in vitamins, low in carbs. Look around for good recipes that don't include flour, breadcrumbs, etc.
- If you have to eat bread, bake your own. It's quite easy and the bread won't have sugar, transfats, emulsifiers and flavor enhancers like factory bread.
A farmer friend explained the difference to me, he said,
"On the organic field we spray at night."
That’s the shit they will grow after WW3 we’ll have to eat!................
I live in the desert, there are no local truck farms. I can't grow a garden, because we are in a drought and there are water restrictions on.
Almost all row crop fields are sprayed at night. Less windy, usually so you don’t have to worry about overspray.
Ever heard of a cistern? You can save what little rain that falls and use it. Its a form of self reliance.
You can grow a lot of crops right in a bag of potting soil. The bag retains the water, so you don’t need much to keep your plants growing.
Look at some of the urban homesteading ideas for growing stuff indoors with few resources.
Why is that liar your friend?
Water falling from the sky is just an urban myth.
I think he may have been joking
yeah right…. apparently you haven’t stood out in the fields and watched workers who are busy trying to harvest by hand…. you don’t see them running for the port-a-potty
Well, living in Ecotopia, AKA the People’s Republic of Northern California has some advantages.
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