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Watery Milk, Salt, Farmers, Starvation, 48 Hours, Hoodwinked, Heirlooms, Global Issues,
December 27th, 2009 | Author: admin
I know there are very few of us left in this big US of A, and by that I mean Farmers, please note I write that with a capital. I have to say I notice more and more how hoodwinked are so many urbanites.
Take, for example milk. I do not watch tv, I did not see thate 48 hours program about milk. I just heard about it. It comes as no surprize to me that the milk in grocery stores is so over-processed it loses it’s glory and becomes watered-down, nutritionally lacking, well, some type of liquid.
Salt, like other foods, is NOT good for people in excess, Why then is there so much salt in processed foods? I think it is not because manufacturers want to add that much or consumers request it. The powers that be to make food law require so, for shelf life, and then we see the life expectancy and health rates of Americans dive.
It should come as no surprize that food nutritional value in the US has dropped considerably since the 1950’s. I was born in the late 50’s and can assure you one thing that is missing more and more are true family farms. The very ones who grew healthy foods in a big way to feed thier own famillies well are a rare and endangered breed. Now we have big company farms from which we get underpaid employess who could care less about the quality of food they produce, after all, they don’t have to feed it to their families.
This is a forerunner to poverty and starvation. I hope you will take time to look through global issues link below pertaining to these topics, as they are many and complex.
Shah, Anup. “Food and Agriculture Issues.” Global Issues, Updated: 06 Jul. 2008. Accessed: 27 Dec. 2009. <http://www.globalissues.org/issue/749/food-and-agriculture-issues>
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