Last night (election night) was a very exciting night but also frustrating at the same time. I am pretty darn happy with how everything went down from the Presidential election to the Senate race in my state of Ohio. Over the moon in fact. Yet I am also very saddened and frustrated with how Prop 37 went down in California. A yes vote on Prop 37 would have meant that GMO foods would have to be labeled in that state. Californians would now know for sure if they were eating GMO foods. It seems like … [Read more...]
Farmer's Market Trend Spurs Tricksters
I ran across two separate articles today that essentially shared the same alarming trend. Unethical farmer's, agricorp, and chain grocery stores all want to cash in on this Farmer's Market - Local Food craze. Those of us who love greener living and natural foods LOVE our farmer's markets and when I read this stuff I get REALLY pissed. Farmer's markets are one of the number one ways we have to tap into local food. I myself also use a local food delivery service but other than that.. the … [Read more...]
Illegal Book Discussion Part Three
This is part three of my discussion of Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal. Read part one here and part two here. When I started reading this book I knew it would make me angry. I was not prepared for how angry it would make me. You may want to take a few kickboxing classes after reading this one. If I get a bit more colorful in this segment you know why… In chapter 8 Salatin discusses organic certification and how the word has become illegal for him to use. Salatin actually stood in … [Read more...]
Horizon is Deceiving Consumers
Well, this is not surprising. Horizon is being sued for their industrialized organic farming practices. As I have mentioned in other posts I am not very keen on supporting a company like Horizon....even if they are organic....which of course is up for debate as well. I only eat organic foods myself but I am very opposed to big agricorp coming in and industrializing the process...finding USDA loopholes, outsourcing our food to other countries, using factory feedlots where animals never see the … [Read more...]
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