Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["The Bennetts" <bennett@frognet.net>]

Pat Meadows writes: 

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:30:01 -0700, you wrote: 
>
> > Demand Choice - Demand Labeling
> > http://www.truefoodnow.org/shoppersguide/labeling.html 
> >
> > Currently, at least 46 different genetically engineered foods are being
> > sold without labeling or pre-market safety testing. These genetically
> > engineered foods are present in up to 70% of processed food products
>
> Would it be too drastic to also say 'Avoid processed foods'
> or 'Cook basic foods from scratch' ?   
>
> Then, to complete the circle:  BUY LOCAL FOOD whenever you 
>
> What you cannot buy locally, can sometimes be bought
> directly from the farmer:  I buy, for instance, wheat and
> soybeans directly from farmers.  They're not local, but at
> least I am bypassing the middlemen and processing.  

Buying local, fresh, unprocessed foods IS good, no, EXCELLENT....
BUT the point with demanding labeling has to do with GMOs.  Pat, you still 
are eating GMO soybeans, and probably wheat too.  We (the public) should be 
demanding GMO labeling.  The processing is NOT what's putting GMOs on our 
plates!  Processing is just putting another whole mirid of poisons in our 
food.:-(
Donna