Recently, Mark Kastel, Co-Founder and Senior Farm Policy Analyst at The Cornucopia Institute, explained a very troubling aspect of the ORGANIC food industry. Apparently, there are many chemicals (over 100 actually) approved for use in Organic products, some of which are synthetic.
Another concern, those people who approve chemicals on Organic labels are the same people who are against organics in general. Kastel urges his viewers to help The Cornucopia Institute send a message to the USDA.
In the short video below, Kastel explains the Organic Watergate and what we can do about it.
Tell me what you think. I'd love to read your opinions on Sunday's show.
I read today that Monsanto hires out Blackwater. I'm not kidding. The company that is basically in charge of our food system and our government (through evil tactics) works with the biggest private war contractor in world history. Maybe they've become bored with suing farmers and now want to capability to drone bomb them as well. They could certainly get away with it - they own most of our politicians and government agencies - so who would come after them if they did?
Yeehaw.
I know I sound jaded. I am a little. I've been trying to tell people about the dangers of GMOs and this evil corporation for years - since I saw Food Inc. for the first time. And that was almost 5 YEARS ago. I've watched all of those documentaries that shine a light on what is happening with the food system (The World According to Monsanto, Forks over Knives, Fat, Sick, And Nearly Dead, Genetic Roulette, and so many more) - and they all come to the same conclusion - MONSANTO is killing us and everything in nature.
And yet, Goliath remains.
Well, there's a new David in our camp now. And maybe, just maybe this one will be our tipping point to real change.
GMO OMG is the latest documentary that explores food, where it comes from, what's in it, how it's hurting us, and what people are doing about it.
(Same concept - but not the same-old-same-old.)
Here's a trailer for the documentary:
I saw this movie tonight at the Nashville Film Festival. It happened by chance that I was given tickets by a local company that does bar trivia because they saw a video I had made on youtube. Truthfully, I was expecting to just hear the same facts again but what I got was a renewed sense of why I'm fighting this fight in the first place: to heal myself, my fellow man, and this planet that God created for us.
The sincerity of the director, Jeremy Seifert, really comes through, as does his journey to discover what are the right choices for his family. His kids are highlighted throughout the documentary - something I might have cringed at if they weren't so stinkin' adorable. (And that's coming from someone who doesn't have kids and who avoids them in general.) But these kids make parts of the documentary very touching, and in the end, I consider them to be a big part of why I liked this film.
Yes, the facts are there. Yes, the same arguments are there. And yes, I still felt as if I learned something new - that I won't give up - even when it seems that Goliath keeps getting bigger and the individual rights of the consumer are getting smaller. And I have this documentary to thank for that.
Do yourself (and mother nature, and all the plants, and the bees, and the animals, and the soil, and the seeds, and the water, and the air) a favor and go see this one!
And if you are inspired to do something about this, then consider joining the March Against Monsanto - this May 25th, 2013. The march will happen worldwide! It's time. Wherever you are, join with me and help me keep up the good fight.
(An example of the fine organic food I've bought in the past.)
These days, one of the most important things to be thankful
for is access to healthy food. We seldom think of the work that goes into
making food – especially when that work is done with little fanfare or support.
If you are one of the people doing that work, this letter is for you.
Whether you are a famous farmer like Joel Salatin of
Virginia or The Barefoot Farmer of Tennessee, or you’re just trying to feed
your family and a few friends with real food, you are healing the world! And
your hard work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.
What would we do without your organic veggies and fruit,
without your grass fed beef and free-range chickens? We are so blessed to have
access to your food - whether it is through a CSA, the local farmer’s market,
or even the side of the road.
Thank you for planting heirloom seeds. Thank you for
honoring the animals that you raise for eggs, milk, and meat. Thank you for
doing your work honestly. And thank you for sharing your food.
Thank you for giving us options so that we don’t have to
rely on (or give our money to) giant corporations selling industrial raised,
diseased cows, pigs, chickens, or GMO veggies and fruit, sprayed with
pesticides, and herbicides.
Thank you for being a steward of the land and its people.
Thank you for sticking to your principles – for doing things the right way –
even when that means that you are doing things the “hard” way.
Thank you for restoring the land. Thank you for providing
food that heals. Thank you for working tirelessly to do the right thing.
May 2013 be your best year yet. May you lead the revolution back to the “old
ways” – so that even more people can eat (and afford) healthy food again!
