The state I spoke about was California. I have a friend who is a long haul produce trucker. He brings refrigerated produce from California to here in Western Canada. He ships from only one company in California, but over time he found out that they own about 90% of the fruit and veggie land (I can't remember the name of the company). I do not think this includes wine grapes though, and I'm not sure about oranges. But for sure regular stuff from the produce department, for every day consumption. I don't remember the name of the company, but at the time I looked them up on the net, and they did own a lot of subsidiary companies. They would be the perfect example of modern farming techniques, with large plots of land with one crop, lots of genetically engineered food, lots of chemicals. If you are looking for sustainable farming, this would not be it. The trucker I mentioned first told me about it when California had some kind of huge explosion last year. He said that everything was contaminated, throughout the whole state. He told me they were having to do extra work to clean the produce to ship it out, and where he was at the time was far away from the explosion. They had told him they figured it would contaminate the rest of the crop that year. I know at the time, the officials said the contamination was only affecting areas within a few miles. It got me interested in learning a bit more about where my food comes from. I still have lots to learn, but it's a start.
In my research, I found there are differences between different areas of the country. At the time I looked it up, I found it on one of the websites that focuses on organic and sustainable food, but I can't remember which one. They had a chart of all the major food growers in the US, and showed the ownership structure, and gave reference to their growing practices. They were trying to show that just because it said organic did not mean that it was perfect. They were encouraging people to learn more about the food they ate. This weekend I will try to find some of this info again. I have found that sometimes if I am not careful of what I eat, it will bother me. Something in the growing process of modern grown food affects me negatively. I do not get the same reaction from organic. I have not figured out which chemical it is, as there are about 10,000 (?) different one used on modern versus organic. I know it is not in/on all food, because I don't react badly to all of them. But it more often occurs on stuff from California. I do know that I am not overreacting, as the affect it has on me is VERY significant. I will know within a half hour of eating something wrong. But I know I am on the right track because 2 years ago I finally rid myself of permanent migraines that I had suffered from for 4 years. I have worked on dechemicalizing in what I eat. I am an avid label reader, and don't eat much that is processed anymore. I am learning more each day on the actual quality of my food. It is tricky to learn, as info is sporatic and scattered, and changing every day. Thora -----Original Message----- From: Nenah Sylver [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Organic and standard foods Thora, Which company is this and where is the food grown that affects you negatively? Nenah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thora Rasmussen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:48 AM Subject: CS>Organic and standard foods > I do not have very good access to organic, but I am even learning about the > different quality of food made in different areas of the world. For myself, > I try to buy food that is from the same province in Canada first, then the > closest province, then the same country, then from there I have preferred > areas based on what the food does to my body. I find food grown in one > particular state in the US is pretty much guaranteed to give me major > problems. I also found out this company owns 90% of the food growing land > in that state, and they have had some serious polution accidents that have > really affected the food. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
