You Call This FOOD?!?!

The video, “Food Inc.” has changed the way I think about food. Previously I shopped for food with price being the most significant factor in my decision making process. From today forward I will spend whatever it costs to buy my family fresh local organic food, cost be damned.  I’ve known for a long time that organic is “better”, but just being “better” wasn’t enough reason for me to spend the extra money that organic food costs. After watching “Food Inc” I can’t in good conscience feed my family non organic food.  It is scary what types of chemicals are used on non organic foods.  Meat is routinely processed in ammonia, and the animals that the meat comes from have been fed hormones and antibiotics. Chemicals such as ethylene gas are used on the fruits and vegetables to ripen them and effectively make natural crop seasons and farming a thing of the past. Our food is no longer safe for consumption. The fact that the Food and Drug Administration allows the food industry to sell Americans genetically modified foods without labeling the products as such is terrifying and an obscene injustice.  Our government is failing its nation’s consumers. It is up to each of us as individuals to make sure we buy food that is safe for consumption…GO ORGANIC!