Once again, if people would get to know a farmer near where they live, either at a farmer's market or at a farm, and talk to them, get to know them, and buy their food then they could begin to taste & experience the difference in eating vital food.
Then, as Allan is fond of saying (although it's bd food about which he refers), people may begin to have adequate will forces to make good choices in their lives. Using your intuition (developing it then if it ain't workin' too good yet) is still my best measure of a food, a store, of any product I am going to bring into my home, let alone my body. Yes, of course, thinking, consciousness, activated will--all of these tools we have as humans must be developed. Perhaps the first tool we must cultivate within ourselves is trust. Trust in ourselves. The article about the store scam was one I forwarded which was forwarded to me by one of my friends. I was not at all surprised to find that it was Healthy Pleasures and not some other store. The first time I walked into one of their stores, many many years ago I thought/felt "yuk" when I saw their prepared food, the produce, meat, and even the store itself. Blind faith in a certifier without direct experience is useless. That goes for a Demeter seal too as far as I'm concerned. We are given senses for a good reason by Creator. If the government would spend energy on helping us be more fully realized humans, we could eradicate all sorts of horrors in our world. Blessings, Jane > From: "The Korrows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:29:54 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Organic Beef Scam in New York City > > Jane, this happened in our little town when guys were buying tomatoes from > Mexico and restickering them as organic, then shipping them off to all sorts > of stores. They were eventually caught. > > It will be interesting to see where the paper trail leads. > > Speaking of paper trail, our certifiers are holding a two day work shop on > how to keep records under the NOP rule. Chris and I are still debating > wether or not we will re certify under the new rule. I wonder how many US > growers on BDNOW! are considering dropping organic certification? > > Christy > > >
