The Furious Spinner

Is free trade a license to kill?

Do you want to be mindlessly terrified? Read this New York Times piece about manufacturers in China substituting poison for glycerin. They believe thousands of people worldwide have died because of this. Thousands. Glycerin is used worldwide in all sorts of things, including toothpaste and medicines. The homeopathic remedies I take every day have glycerin in them and are manufactured overseas. I've contacted my naturopath. I may stop taking those remedies.

We were grocery shopping last night, and I told Mario, "Nothing from another country. Except Canada." I know we have some gaping holes in our food safety, but obviously we cannot trust products from China. That's a sweeping statement, I know, but look at the poisons in pet food which may have gone into the human food chain via poultry—even eggs—and pigs.

So much for a world economy, eh?

This is criminal. People should hang for this. And I don't believe in capital punishment. But don't fuck with my food, man.

I have completely lost my appetite. I so much want my own land, so that I can grow my own food and trade with my neighbors for the food I can't grow.

*sigh* Time for breakfast. I'm not a breatharian yet.

Can someone with asthma be a breatharian?

Labels: food, sustainability

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Dearest Sister Kim, those same slipshod manufacturers were recently responsible for the deaths of many family pets and farm beasties when they sold contaminated wheat protein for use in the manufacture of animal food on this continent. Several good friends lost their beloved companions from kidney failure as a result of that contaminated food, and they are furious.

(Sigh) growing one's own food... I have been reading an advance copy of Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" this week, and some of it is absolutely terrifying. We will be growing as many vegetables as we can this year, some will be bartered from friends, and the rest will be heirloom veggies purchased in the highlands from dedicated organic gardeners.

I was interested to learn that according to Barbara, we are what is caleld locavores and have been for many years. The only way (it seems) that we can be sure of good nutritious SAFE food these days is to grow it ourselves or acquire it from responsible producers.

By  KerrdeLune (Cate), at 5:44 AM  

Yes, locavores! I've started Barbara's book, too. It's on the table with Carlo Petrini's Slow Food Nation, plus I want to get back and finish Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma. All these books. Perhaps it means the tide is changin'!

By  Kim Antieau, at 9:30 AM  

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