Monsanto’s touting of “no till” to reduce erosion and the GMO crops that would reduce the amount of herbicides has now been proven to be a lie.

High-production farmers are now having to till the fields in preparation of soy bean, corn and cotton crops, use different, more potent weed killers and pull weeds by hand once again, because the weeds are now resistant to the Glyphosate in Roundup.

These high-production farmers are finally learning what some of us have known for a long time – that the almighty dollar is the only “agricultural concern” for Monsanto.

But a Northern KY supermarket that I recently frequented has other thoughts in mind when they say that their produce is “fresh” and “local”.

I had my son pick up a tomato from the display that said the tomatoes were “fresh” and “locally grown”.
We looked at the PLU sticker and the label said “grown in North Carolina”.

Now, I could give them the benefit of the doubt, and think “ok – North Carolina is only about a 5 – 8 hour drive – so it is kind of fresh and might be considered local”.
But then I have to take into consideration how a huge supermarket chain distributes it’s produce.
It would be one thing, if that particular batch of tomatoes was loaded onto a truck at the farm in North Carolina and then delivered directly to my local supermarket – roughly 8 hours later. That would, for all intent and purpose, make these tomatoes local and fresh.

But the fact is, the tomatoes from North Carolina were loaded on a truck from the farm and delivered to a distribution center. How long they sat there, who knows? Were the tomatoes picked ripe or were they still a bit green, so they wouldn’t go bad while sitting at the distribution center?
Then they are delivered to the stores from the distribution center. And where is the distribution center?
I don’t know. I guess I could research it, but I wouldn’t print it here – that would reveal who the super market chain is and I would probably be slapped with a law suit.

How dare I reveal that kind of information to the public! By doing so would reveal the fact that the super market chain was… telling un-truths to the public! That would be cause for “defamation of character” or some other type of legalese – and I could be sued for – heaven forbid! For telling the truth that the tomatoes were most likely not fresh when picked, and definitely not local!

Anyway – my boys learned an object lesson. “Fresh” and “Local” in a grocery store only means that the super market chain has a very un-easy feeling about local farmers that are selling healthy, nutritious foods – all because the foods they grow and sell really are “local” and “fresh” – so much so, that they still retain their nutrient-rich vitality – not to mention… great taste!

What can we do about this??? Buy from a local farmer. Get to know a local farmer. Help out his family by helping out your own, by buying what he grows…

–Pat

I subscribe to different feeds that bring food safety and nutritional news to my inbox, so that I can keep all of you updated. One of those (and I am sure I have told some of you about this) is called The Center for Food Safety. They have teamed up with a film maker, and together have produced a film that should be seen by anyone that eats food – It is called “Food, Inc.”

“Food Inc.” premiers today, June 12th in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco, followed by the nationwide release on June 19th.

The film reports the abusive persecution and, in other cases, prosecution of farmers by Monsanto as it tries to force its genetically altered food products into the mainstream food industry.
It has interviews with such innovative farmers as Joe Salatin (Polyface Farm) and Gary Hershberg of Storyfields. There are also interviews with Journalist and author, Michael Pollan (“In Defense of Food” and “The Omnivores Dilemma”) and Eric Schlosser (Author of “Fast Food Nation”).

It also exposes the role that the FDA and USDA play in promoting a Corporate-run Industrialized Agriculture model – A failing model that has caused a new strain of E. Coli that affects over 73,000 people per year, an unprecedented escalation of heart disease, type-2 diabetes, and childhood obesity – reaching epidemic proportions in our society.
I have affectionately called this “Poison for Profits” for a couple of years now…

This is a MUST SEE film!

For more information go to this link:

http://www.foodincmovie.com/index.php

To your health,

–Pat