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Monsanto Invents the Pig » Celsias

The only surprising thing about the global food crisis to Jim Goodman is the notion that anyone finds it surprising. “So,” says the Wisconsin dairy farmer, “they finally figured out, after all these years of pushing globalization and genetically modified [GM] seeds, that instead of feeding the world we’ve created a food system that leaves more people hungry. If they’d listened to farmers instead of corporations, they would’ve known this was going to happen.”

The World Food Crisis

This is one of the more horrifying things I’ve read in a while. A truly devastating new disease that appears to be on the rise may well be linked to GM food crops. You can read more at the link just below, but be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart:

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/index.php?p=599

I found this story thru the blog of one of my favorite local soap makers:

http://awildsoapbar.blogspot.com/

and it just re affirms my desire to know where my food comes from and to know that it is produced by people and by means I trust.
Far from it being too expensive to produce food the old fashioned way, localizing food can create jobs and help protect the health of our children. It seems to me like it is far too expensive in terms of both real prosperity and quality of life to do anything else.

Let me point out that the delicious pizza I had last night, made with local organic asparagus tips, onions and tomatoes as well as semi local raw cheese and organic flour, tomato sauce and olive oil was not only yummy, it was cheaper than a pizza I could’ve ordered delivered from any of my local pizza joints!

If you suffer from allergies– not just to plants but to things like nutri-sweet, you will want to watch this. Seriously.