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70 percent of US corn farmland and 93 percent of soy farmland are planted with crops genetically engineered to resist pests and herbicides and increase crop yields. This is bound to impact your food choices unless you aren't paying attention.
Do You Know How Many Genetically Modified Foods You're Eating? 8 to Pay Attention To
Seeded on Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:46 AM EDT
Article Source: The Huffington Post
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Our food supply and choices in this nation has gotten really bad. So much of our foods have crap in there that isn't good for you and probably shouldn't be in it to begin with. Basically if you read a food labels ingredients.. and you can't pronounce or understand wtf it is... good chance its not good for you.
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#1 - Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:05 AM EDTOur "food with crap" is part of a system that has increased the average lifespan of humans to the highest point in the history of mankind.
good idea, but this is not likely due to any health benefits from preservatives and the like... Medicines and antibiotics are likely due most of the credit for lengthened life span.
hp - My point is that we lack evidence to condemn the U.S. food system as is in vogue with some. We have plentiful, relatively cheap food in this country and a system designed for continual improvement.
a lawsuit brought by the Center for Food Safety and the Sierra Club claims can contaminate organic crops
A while back Monsanto tried to sue a farmer who owned a farm near one of their Genetic Modified fields. They contended that the wind blown seed had taken root on his farm and they wanted a piece of his action. Now the worm is turning as organic farmers are saying keep your stinking seeds out of my garden.
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#2 - Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:30 AM EDTA goal that we all have is plentiful, safe food for all. Personally, I am much more concerned about the safety of food at "Farmer's Markets" that lack inspection and quality control.
#5 - Sat Aug 20, 2011 1:54 PM EDTa valid concern Rational Poster! I have noticed at the large city "farmer's market" that on balance you have to be diligent to find "farmers" that are actually bringing their own produce. Much of what is being sold in Tennessee, for example, seems to be the same as they sell anywhere else in grocery stores. In some cases, the farmers market has simply become another place to resell the same grocery store "fresh food." Be on watch folks!
hp - You are spot on. A VP for meat for a leading food distributor is part of a group that I am in and shared that one of his largest customers - as a segment - is the "farmer's markets". This confirms exactly as you say.
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