Raw Almond Controversy with Seth Leaf and the Health Ranger

Zapp, how long have you been on the Almond Board for?

this man's nuts are goddamn delicious (i know, thats what she... nevermind). but seriously, stop complaining and buy some theyre amazing.

Zapp , I can't believe the way you are crying like a little bitch about this . The citizens of the USA have absolutely no control over the department of agriculture . Not when they invented the ridiculous food pyramid to sell products , and not now . Zapp , it sounds like you are high on pharmaceutical drugs and it makes you rabidly attack random hippies over issues you know nothing about . Go back to reading your Bill Oreilley books .

Setting aside your unnecessary and crude personal remarks, I notice that you do not offer one fact to back up what you say.

Impress us (if you can). Cite some facts rebutting my remarks. Good luck.

Also, I just listened to this again. I should have said controlled not owned, my bad. Honestly I did not have my body of research available to me because I had no idea that I was going to do this interview or that it would go on youtube. This was a casual chat with a friend that got posted for 20,000 to see. Zap, it would be cool for you to explain how the ABC passed this mandate without any public comment period.

Seth - There was a 1 year public comment comment period. As required by law, ABC posted, online, in newspapers and in the Federal Register, its consideration of pastuerizing almonds for public health safety. There had been two salmonella incidents in the prior two years involving raw, unpastuerized almonds that took the lives of 9 people. (There have been none since.)

The ABC voted after consideration of facts & public comments. Only 2 of the 18 people voting were Blue Diamond mgt.

Ok Zap, well there is obviously corporate interest playing a massive decision making role. What I want to know is if the ABC has 3500 Cal families involved in the decision making process, how come almost none of the smaller organic almond growers new anything about the comment period? I have spoken with at least 25 different farmers, many who are on the ABC and they had no idea about it. You think I'm whining, you should listen to them, I have heard some actually crying!

Seth - The only thing that is obvious in life is the criticality of personal responsibility. If some organic growers did not know about consideration of an issue of such importance to them, "they were asleep at the wheel". That is harsh but Ii can think of no other way to put it.

And, public health safety is an issue that transcends all others and, unfortunately, there is a consequence to all measures securing it.

Some people still insist that wearing car seat belts is an infringement.