Monday, January 23, 2012

A food in your fridge might be killing you!

Know what is in your foods!  If you want to help fight this, fight the people who inject our food with unhealthy stuff so they can make more money and make us sick:  READ ON.....

First, if you'd like to make a comment on the FDA's 2010 draft guidance, the one that called for the food industry to voluntarily stop the use of low dose antibiotics in animal feed, but that has never been finalized, you can do so here.
Next, you'll need to choose your foods wisely, and this generally means shopping elsewhere than your local supermarket. This issue is actually one of the primary reasons why I ONLY recommend organic, grass-fed, free-range meats or organic pasture-raised chickens, as non-medical use of antibiotics is not permitted in organic farming.
Apart from growing it yourself, your best option to find these foods is to get to know a local farmer -- one who uses non-toxic farming methods. If you live in an urban area, there are increasing numbers of community-supported agriculture programs available that offer access to healthy, locally grown foods even if you live in the heart of the city.
Being able to find high-quality meat is such an important issue for me personally that I've made connections with sources I know provide high-quality organic grass-fed beef and bison, free-range chicken and ostrich, all of which you can find in my online store. The farms our supplier uses have 3 USDA inspectors on hand that regularly inspect the packaging facility. Additionally, all of the cattle are grass-fed on open pastures, and E. coli 0157 testing is performed daily.
But you can eliminate the shipping charges if you find a trusted farmer right in your area.
The Weston Price Foundation has chapters all over the world and many of them are connected with buying clubs in which you can easily purchase these types of foods locally. Another resource you can try is Local Harvest, which you can use to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of safe, sustainably grown food in your area.

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