I know I tend to be dramatic and all that. I get all weirded out by shit that doesn't matter. But I have serious concerns about our nation's food supply. In the interest of "more" we have sickened ourselves.
Some like to argue that to change our ways would cause people to starve. I say crap to that. How are we starving when we as a culture grow more than enough calories to feed ourselves. The problem lies in WHAT we are growing and HOW we are using it. Corn is a cash crop. Too much is being grown. This surplus is NOT being used to feed starving orphans in third world countries. It is being used to make corn syrup to sweeten products that used to call for sugar. Cows are using it for food. Really. I knew when I was 5 that cows eat grass. Corn cannot be digested by cows, as they have 4 stomachs and the seeds create gas and bloating. This feed makes the cows gain weight and go to slaughter much faster. Good thing because they cannot survive the corn diet for very long without antibiotics. And contrary to what one might think, the drugs are not given to the sick cows. They are given to every cow. The other white meat doesn't fair much better.
Now we have funky tomatoes. I promise that when the source is discovered, the public will not be informed, just as it was with the spinach last year. And the dog and cat food. How many of you knew that part of the problem was MELAMINE? Go on, raise your hands. Not many, huh? I thought dishes were made from melamine. I didn't know that it is an FDA approved form of protein. Hmmmmmmm. Scary.
I have no idea where I am going with this, I just know that people in this country need to get mad. Get fed up. Wonder why we have so much disease, obesity, autism, ADHD...... What are we doing to ourselves and what are we allowing people who are only interested in profit do to our food supply? Wake up and smell the fair trade coffee.
Some like to argue that to change our ways would cause people to starve. I say crap to that. How are we starving when we as a culture grow more than enough calories to feed ourselves. The problem lies in WHAT we are growing and HOW we are using it. Corn is a cash crop. Too much is being grown. This surplus is NOT being used to feed starving orphans in third world countries. It is being used to make corn syrup to sweeten products that used to call for sugar. Cows are using it for food. Really. I knew when I was 5 that cows eat grass. Corn cannot be digested by cows, as they have 4 stomachs and the seeds create gas and bloating. This feed makes the cows gain weight and go to slaughter much faster. Good thing because they cannot survive the corn diet for very long without antibiotics. And contrary to what one might think, the drugs are not given to the sick cows. They are given to every cow. The other white meat doesn't fair much better.
Now we have funky tomatoes. I promise that when the source is discovered, the public will not be informed, just as it was with the spinach last year. And the dog and cat food. How many of you knew that part of the problem was MELAMINE? Go on, raise your hands. Not many, huh? I thought dishes were made from melamine. I didn't know that it is an FDA approved form of protein. Hmmmmmmm. Scary.
I have no idea where I am going with this, I just know that people in this country need to get mad. Get fed up. Wonder why we have so much disease, obesity, autism, ADHD...... What are we doing to ourselves and what are we allowing people who are only interested in profit do to our food supply? Wake up and smell the fair trade coffee.
