When you hear of a protest of one against a big beverage company, what do you think? Maybe that it is a waste of time? When you hear of a person who eats organic food what do you think? The granola crunchy nut person right? I don't really think of myself in that way. I have been known to eat a twinkie in my day. I am horribly addicted to coca-cola. I almost can't afford to go organic. Some people I have met like to wear their "organicness" as a badge of status or a mark of holier-than-thou. So I guess My granola isn't as crunchy as the rest or that exclusive blend that everyone is talking about. But I have my reasons and my personal mission and I would like to share it with you and I am interested in what your ideas are.
1. I am tired of lies.
Again I am not above a frosty caffinated beverage. But I know what I am doing. Take my favorite beverage, coca cola. Back in the day there were claims that it was curative and healthy (thanks to an extra ingredient) but regulations came and today it is what it is. A refreshing beverage that does nothing more than refresh. It is like this. If I am gonna put a gun to my head....don't tell me it is a water pistol.
2. Things are far out of hand
You know they give cows antibiotics but do you know why? Did you see or hear about it when they started using genetically modified corn in corn chips? Do you know how little product testing went into nutrasweet and that Rummy (Donald Rumsfield) was responsible for pushing for FDA approval? Why are parents being blamed for the obesity of their children and yet more corn syrup and starches are added to food and our school lunches. To this I say.....WTF and where does it stop?
3. I have lost faith in many things, but I haven't lost faith in the average American. I feel if they knew, if enough air time was given to calling attention to how consumers are being duped.....something would change. I saw in a Charlie Brown cartoon once....that it takes only a candle to curse the darkness. This little light of mine, I 'm gonna let it shine.
4. I am hoping for the day that when I do shop for a convenience food that I don't need to do all my research, that the burden of education and blame is not shifted to me. I believe in self education. But I also believe in corporate responsibility.
5. I want to support small farmers. I don't like the idea of corporate farming. I think it makes us vunerable in numerous ways. (Disease, terrorism, supply issues)
6. I hope if more people put money into organics corporations will take notice and respond positively.
7. Food tasted better back then, I am not digging the preservatives.
8. I love the Xmen but I don't want to be a mutant because of some toxic crap I ate. Nor do I want my kids, your kids, all our kids....to be contracting the strange cancers, get obese, etc
I will do 9 and 10 leater...but start with that.
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I do, however have a small issue with reason number 6. Since the USDA stole the "organic" label away from the organic movement, it has lost a good portion of its value. The costs in time and money a producer spends in fees and record keeping to earn an organic certification means that you need to be almost too big to be organic before you can expect to recover the cost of seeking and maintaining that certification. Maybe consumers should lobby to bring Biodynamic programs and certification to this side of the "pond". Biodynamic farming practices are far stricter than organic farming and cannot be sustained economically at a corporate level.
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Sorry Kathryn, mea culpa!
And Peter....I reread number 6 and it did not say what I meant. I believe we should support small farmers. I don't agree with corporation farming for lack of a better word. I think we lose our bargaining power that way.
I only hope that you and everyone else understood me because I originally felt like contributing reams of information and comment, but I worked hard to limit the size of my comment and to choose words that didn't express too much anger.
Those "frankengenes" in GMO corn were taken from bacteria that make toxins or enzymes that are normally harmless to humans and mammals, but are lethal to insects that eat corn. GMO corn was not intended to become part of the human food supply, but because corn is wind pollinated, it's impossible to keep those genes from spreading far beyond the field where they were originally sown. There is no real way of telling what the long term effects GMO crops will have on our health, but I have a feeling that our undernourished children may have a greater risk of developing allergies to the protiens that those foreign genes produce.
Thanks.
And John you are so right.....I like Kashi too! And there is this cereal called Puffins. Tasty treat. Hey they are slightly sticky. Maybe we could throw some in the air and see if they stick to Steve ;)