Alex Nelson gives a presentation on fair trade.
A glimpse of the roasting process at “Cafe Justo” in Agua Pierta, Mexico – a fair trade coffee company.
Question: How does Organic pet food help my pet live longer? Is there a difference between Organic and all natural food?
I have been thinking about feeding my dog Organic pet foods, then I see something called “all natural foods.” What is the difference if any?
Answer:
Answer by Alice
Organic means grown without herbicides or pesticides. All natural means everything in it is natural… eg. a plant, animal or grain.
Pesticides are made to kill things… anyone who thinks they can kill the bugs and weeds but are perfectly safe to consume should really think about it. I know they are consumed in minute quantities, but over time I tend to wonder why we have so much more cancer and immunodeficiency ailments these days such as asthma and severe allergies.
Whichever you go with be sure it is a good quality animal diet… as far as cost goes you are better off buying a grain free (or at lease wheat and corn free) diet over an organic diet with wheat or corn in the top 5 ingredients. If you can afford an organic grain free diet…then your pup is one lucky dog!
Wheat and corn are much harder on your animal than the small amount of pesticides are…
And this is coming from someone who buys organic LOTS and truely understands the difference.
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Question: Do you shop in WalMart or in some unionized store chain like say SafeWay?
Needless to say I avoid “organic food” chains like say Whole Foods. These are for suckers.
When it comes to the decision of patronizing a business one must consider quality/price ratio, which basically boils down to productivity and basically what an employee cares about the bottom line. Once there is a union there is shIthole too. Work rules men work produce no value entire conutry becomes pseudo-liberal, marxist actually .
Answer:
Answer by Seldon Surak
I hope you have to work at Walmart and try to live off that pay.
Question: Beef recall – is it time to go back to eating “real food”?
Grow-your-own, farmers markets, country farm stalls, organic food? Are all the food scares nature’s way of telling us that intensive/corporate farming, GM, poor animal husbandry is bad for us, and traditional ways are better?
Answer:
Answer by Snuppy1
Traditional ways are much better…but the big industries are not interested in quality…the only vision corporate America is the next fiscal quarter…
Buying Fairtrade is a practical everyday way you can help eradicate poverty. Oxfam Australian and the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand are encouraging Australians to hold their own Coffee Break during Fairtrade Fortnight. If you are unable to take a “Coffee Break” this year, find out how else you can Make Trade Fair. Register for Coffee Break www.oxfam.org.au/coffeebreak Find out more about fair trade www.oxfam.org.au/fairtrade
Featured in this video is an organic banana farm in Kerala, god’s own country. For more information on this video click – www.indiavideo.org Video by invismultimedia.com
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Question: Where Can I Test Bad Food For Contaminants?
Recently, my wife and I have gotten violently ill from Whole Foods “Organic” 365 Frozen Broccoli. I might have thought it was something else, but this is how I narrowed it down:
1) Have gotten a little shakey eating small quantities in the past, but thought nothing of it.
2) 2 weeks ago, we had a dish made mostly of broccoli. That night, we both fell ill with violent stomach problems (mostly out the back, rather than throwing up), severe shakes and jitters.
3) Last night, had the same dish again and got JUST AS SICK!
Now, we have also had the same dish without the broccoli during the week last week and felt no problems. So… I have a half a bag of frozen broccoli that needs to be tested. This “organic” broccoli has no country of origin on the bag. My guess? China. So where do I get it tested? Is there a free public service that does this? Any lab workers reading this that want to volunteer?
Answer:
Answer by Dr OChem
Though posted in the chemistry forum, I think you should have your broccoli tested for microbes. Here is why. Since you are eating “organic” food, it is more likely being fertilized by animal feces than one in which the simple nutritional chemicals are applied. The spinach e. coli contamination that had occurred earlier, was due to contamination from animal feces.
The new words to this version of Java Jive (…I love coffee, I love tea… first recorded by the inkspots) was written by Lou Truskoff. Performed for May Day in Cumberland, BC, Canada, by the Seattle Labor Chorus, directed by Janet Stecher