Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Another reminder to eat local and know your food sources

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032903824.html?hpid=topnews

As if we didn't have enough to worry about with the food supply, apparently manufacturers and suppliers sometimes lie about the content of the food such as type of fish or diluting honey or olive oil. Not quite as bad as putting melamine in baby formula, but who wants to pay premium prices for adulterated wine? Of course this goes back to knowing where your food comes from, at least as much as possible. You have a lot more control over what you eat when you know the farmer who grew your strawberries instead of going to the store and buying a bag of frozen fruit. There is only so much you can source locally, but the nation's reliance on packaged convenience foods doesn't help the problem.

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