It’s a first world problem because that’s where Round up ready crops are grown. I have to feed a family of eight a very tight budget. It would be nice if I could afford to avoid the relatively recent addition of food that’s been sprayed with herbicide, but I can’t afford it. And I do know what it’s like to go to bed at night knowing there isn’t enough food in the house to get through the next day while payday is a few days away, so we aren’t your typical “first world snobs” when it comes to feeding our children. Both my husband and I have skipped meals so our kids could eat when low on food. We aren’t willing to go on welfare and we trust in God to provide. Mercifully, he has blessed us unexpectedly in His perfect timing.
I don’t see why it’s mocked by conservatives to want to avoid eating food that has been sprayed with round up. It’s only been widely done in the past decade or so. I know several farmers who died fairly young from cancer, their wives have all stated it’s from frequently handling the chemicals needed for crops. I know another who picked up a rusty old can and sniffed it to see what it was-he had an instant heart attack-thankfully his brother was with him, doc said it was from inhaling that pesticide.
I once asked an organic dairy farmer why he chose organic, and he said it’s because he wanted to avoid the chemicals himself after seeing his dad and uncles deal with health problems most likely caused by farm chemicals.
It's even worse than being sprayed. It's being genetically modified to produce the toxins (pesticides).
Not one GMO crop has been modified for higher yield or gain. They have only been modified for getting rid of pests and weed control to ave on labor costs. It's a common misconception that they are being engineered to "feed the world".
Additionally, there have been very few studies of the effects of GMOs on humans. No one is studying what’s actually happening to us while we serve as Monsanto’s guinea pigs eating up their “safe” poisons.
You have a choice, and it appears you've made it, you've chosen cheap food.
There is a reason the food is cheap, in fact, it's the lowest priced food that's ever been in the entire history of the world.
That reason is that the American Farmer, along with a lot of other folks, have built a Food Production Machine unlike anything else ever seen on the planet. EVER.
EVER
Think on that a moment.
There NEVER, EVER has been such a machine before.
You don't have to buy food that comes out of this amazing machine, but it's going to cost more if you don't.
Get down on you knees and praise God for the opportunities you have, and that opportunity is to CHOSE which system of food you want to eat. Otherwise you would be forced, along with everyone else, to pay more.
“I once asked an organic dairy farmer why he chose organic”
hmmmm. Where have we heard about Bt lately ....
“Compare those to natural pesticides. The most commonly used naturally occurring insecticide is Bt, or Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium found in soils.11 Bt is effective at killing boll weevils, cabbage loopers, and corn ear worms — and it’s not toxic to humans.12”
Bless you and yours. I’m trying the exact same thing. We go to farmers markets to get cheap pastured eggs in flats, and we found a farm that sells grass fed ground cheaper in bulk too. We try to buy the thin skinned fruits and veggies only organic.
My parents always pooh poohed organic and my dad walked around with a sprayer of round up in his hand, spraying weeds in the yard. Money both are suffering from Alzheimer’s. I’m trying to give my 4 kids the cleanest food and environment I can, also on very little these days.