So my blanket statement for this entry is: You can't have your cake and eat it too.
When speaking with a group last week about our farm and how we grow food, questions were raised about GM foods, or genetically modified foods. They railed against Monsanto, expressed their displeasure about GM food and even stated that it was against their religion. They cited "You are what you eat" and were certain that it they consumed GM foods, the food would genetically modify them. OK, I can deal with their concerns. There are lots of local growers who produce food organically that can help these people maintain the clean food that they wish to eat.
I wish that was the end of it... These same people then lamented the fact that they could not use their food stamps to buy at a Farmers Market.
Ladies & Gents, I am not here to start a fight. I don't want to alienate people. I am in NO WAY stating that using Food Stamps is a bad thing.
I am asking each of you to understand our Food Production System and help us help you. To maintain the amount of food needed to feed America and keep the prices low enough for everyone to afford meat and fresh produce, Farmers need advanced technology to help counteract the instability of soil quality, rainfall, pests and plant disease. Also, farmers today have to produce the same amount of food on a shrinking amount of land; the same plant must bear 2 to 3 times as much food as the same plant 20 years ago to keep up with demand. Most of the GM produce being growth has a resistance to disease and insect attack. Some have herbicide resistance to help control weeds.
I DO NOT advocate implanting animal genes into produce nor produce genes into animals.
However, please do your research - real science, not propaganda video - and understand how your food is grown. Ask a Farmer if you have questions - we are ALWAYS happy to talk about what we do!
P.S. - We do not plant any GM produce as we do not grow produce for sale; we only grow produce for our own freezers. We produce Beef, Pork & Eggs for sale to consumers. We do not use growth hormones or unnecessary antibiotics.
Until Later - Happy Eating.
My favorite and biggest pet peeve.... comments/questions typically involving a statement relating to "hormones in foods are causing our girls to reach puberty early"....until you explain that any animal will go through puberty when they are PHYSICALLY capable of conceiving and carrying young. When young girls in 4th & 5th grade weigh 100+lbs b/c they eat whatever, whenever and too much of everything unhealthy....they PHYSICALLY are ready to bear young. It has nothing to do with hormones in food. It has EVERYTHING to do with the amount of calories in the food they eat everyday.
ReplyDeleteAND...as I recall, I started menstruating in the 6th grade in 1987.....along with 3/4 of my classmates. So I'm thinking a year younger isn't really that much of a change.