I am surprised every-time I go grocery shopping now. I have been specifically reading labels & looking for organic foods. I've bought organic fed & cage free eggs, Muir Glen's organic diced tomatoes, Rubi's organic bread, & salad dressing. This feels like a great start, plus I saw organic milk, too. I know many folks would like to buy organically, but are concerned of the cost. Yes- It going to cost you a bit more (some things more than others), but I think the monetary cost is worth more than the cost of unforeseen unhealthy aftermath of foods loaded with pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and GMOs. Also, I am going to try & do better to not waste food- We are guilty here of buying more than we can use before it goes bad :-( Shameful, I know.
One place I've been discouraged is with bacon- we really enjoy our bacon. For breakfast or atop chicken for dinner! I did not find organic bacon at the commissary. I land up buying Farmland because I remembered seeing really poor videos of animal treatment, processing, & employee handling of Smithfield products. Now that I am home to research more, I find that Smithfield owns over 50 brands of pork products! And I found this company news to be pure BS: Murphy-Brown's Don Butler appointed to USDA's Ag. Technical Advisory Committee. The reason I call BS is because it is stated right there, Don is an employee of Smithfield's. Now he is also an adviser to the USDA. Here is another classic example of large corporations in bed with government regulators. Essentially- one of the largest hog producing companies is happy with one of their own being right next to those that are in office to protect the health of our nation, among other things. But is that what we the people want? Should we be happy that advising the USDA is an enormous pork-processing company? How will things like this effect small farms? Or those who believe in organic farming, not pumping, plumping, and dumping animals for meat?
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