Tuesday, April 24, 2012

I'VE BEEN THINKING AGAIN.....

HELLO TO ALL,

      FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO, THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND MEDICAL ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN FLOATING AROUND IN MY HEAD. OR AT LEAST THOUGHTS ON THESE SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN.

     I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE A CONSPIRACY THEORIST OR THE LIKE BUT, I BELIEVE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE ROOTED IN THE DEATH OF THE SMALL FARM. WHEN PEOPLE STARTED MOVING AWAY FROM THE FARM AND INTO CITIES AND TOWNS THE FOOD SUPPLY BECAME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FOOD GROWING CORPORATIONS. WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO SUPPLY AN EVER INCREASING POPULATION, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO GROW IT FASTER AND CHEAPER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO POISON US WITH GROWTH HORMONES AND LAYER UPON LAYER OF ANTIBIOTICS. IF YOU WATCH THE NEWS THE HEALTH COMMUNITY IS CONSTANTLY TELLING US THAT ANTIBIOTICS ARE NOT WORKING ANYMORE. I BELIEVE THAT IS BECAUSE, AT LEAST IN PART,  DUE TO THE INCREASES OF THEM IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE FOOD INDUSTRY EVEN KNOWS WHAT GROWTH HORMONES IN THE FOOD WE EAT CAN DUE TO US OVER A GENERATION OR TWO.

     THINGS LIKE GMO'S AND THE LIKE HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH JUST YET TO REAR THEIR UGLY HEADS IN SOME TYPE OF ILLNESSES, BUT THE DAY WILL SURELY COME WHEN THEY DO. I JUST READ AN ARTICLE ON AUTISM AND IT'S STRIKING INCREASE IN JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS. SOME WELL KNOWN DOCTORS ARE STARTING TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND DISCOVERING THAT NOT ONLY COULD IT BE THE VACCINES THEY'RE GIVING OUR CHILDREN BUT THE FOOD SUPPLY COULD BE ADDING TO THE DISEASE. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS WHO ARE STARTING TO COME UP WITH WELL DOCUMENTED RESEARCH THAT  THE FOOD WE ARE INGESTING COULD INDEED BE KILLING US.

     I'VE THOUGHT FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT THE ROUNDUP AND THE FERTILIZERS THAT THE BIG FARMERS ARE USING ON THEIR CROPS IS CAUSING US GRIEF, BUT ADD IN GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE PROCESSING THAT GOES ON IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE, AND YOU CAN START TO SEE WHAT I'M SAYING. THE MORE I READ AND LISTEN TO THESE ISSUES THE MORE SCARED I BECOME FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDRENS' CHILDREN. I'M TRYING TO GROW MORE AND MORE FOOD AT MY HOUSE. WE'RE TRYING SOME PIGS THAT WE HOPE TO RAISE ORGANICALLY, AND THE GARDEN IS GOING TO GET BIGGER THIS YEAR. MY HOPE IS TO RAISE ALMOST EVERYTING WE EAT AT OUR HOUSE. AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW WHATS IN IT.

     THE GUY NEXT DOOR TO ME RAISES GRASS FED BEEF, NO GROWTH HORMONES, NO ANTIBIOTICS. WE BOUGHT MEAT FROM HIM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I THINK IT TASTES BETTER ON TOP OF IT'S HEALTHIER. HE'S GOING TO GET OUT OF THE BUSINESS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I'M HOPING TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF HIS CALVES THIS FALL. WE'RE NOT LARGE MEAT EATERS, BUT WE DO INCLUDE SOME IN OUR DIET. MY WIFE HAS BEEN EATING MOSTLY VEGAN FOR A FEW YEARS AND I JUST CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO GO THAT WAY COMPLETELY, BUT I'M MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

     MY LITTLE BOUT WITH THE INFECTION LAST FALL AND WINTER HAD ME LOOKING AT OPTIONS THAT I NORMALLY WOULD NOT HAVE INVESTIGATED. THE FOOD WE EAT WAS HIGH OIN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN GIVING ME THE PROBLEM, AND WHILE I'VE RESORTED BACK TO MY OLD WAYS THERE ARE SOME THINGS I'VE MANAGED TO STAY AWAY FROM.

     THERE ARE SO MANY ARTICLES AND GOOD BOOKS TO READ ON THIS SUBJECT THAT I WOULD RECCOMEND YOU DO SOME OF YOUR OWN INVESTIGATING. YOU COULD START WITH THE DOCUMENTART "FOOD, INC.". IT'S QUITE DISTURBING, BUT VERY INTERESTING.

     WELL THAT'S IT FOR NOW, I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THE GARDEN GROWS AND THE PIGS DO. THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT!


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