just a few thoughts

my thoughts lately

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[cuatvega]

I totally agreee with you. Most food found in the store is not made to eat, it is made to be "stored" while waiting to be sold. Food produced the way you described is made for only one reason, PROFIT; never for nutritional reasons.

Also scary is the way garden seeds are under the control of those same corporations.

[lloydmer]

You might be interested in books by Michael Pollan: "The Omnivores Dilemna", "In Defense of Food"....and one I haven't read yet "Botany of Desire". Very insightful work into how the food system operates. Actually, he figures Americans eat more corn than those in Latin America just because there is so much high fructose corn syrup in the products sold in the States. I think your term "food terrorism" is appropriate after seeing how Monsanto intentionally contaminates neighboring crops.

[greenduckcandles]

I agree. I've only watched a few of your videos so far, but you have one more subscriber here. Glad I found your channel ;)

[auzziegardener]

hey how big is your garden? mine is 30 metres :) iam 14 and i love gardening

[kathleenallenvideos]

I agree with you. There is something troubling about this GM food tendency. If it doesn't behave like other organic things, as in the Monsanto "Round Up Ready" corn and soy, why do they think we humans, who are also organic things, would benefit from eating it??? In other words, if I spray Round Up on it and it doesn't die, what is it? If I put it on the shelf for weeks and the microbes and fungus show no interest, perhaps they are trying to tell us it really isn't edible.

[PCOStherealdeal]

So we ate store bought veggies... we felt sluggish, and miserable all summer long. Thankfully we are well on our way to using every square inch of our small garden to grow produce to hopefully last us all year long. And if we don't make it through winter we will be buying our produce from a local organic farm. We have an increasing rate of infertility and obesity in the USA, personally I blame the hormones and chemicals used in our meat's and on our produce.

[PCOStherealdeal]

I have to say I completely agree with every word. 2 summer's ago I started my own organic garden and provided my family with fresh veggies all summer long, not only did I notice a difference in flavor but I noticed a difference in my physical health and the health of my husband. We had more energy, thought clearer, had less every day pain and our skin looked better. Last summer I was rather busy and we wanted to save some money to start a serious garden this year.

[Nuwerra]

A new perspective for my family but one which is really changing our thoughts opinions and actions. Thanks for the leads.......

Pioneering in Victoria all over again, ripples reaching as far away as the Middle East, not bad Christian keep on with it!!!!!! sorry rambling on a bit, but just to appreciate your advice...

[Nuwerra]

Having just the same thoughts, Christian.Just got vids "Foodmatters, the world according to Monsanto,One man, one cow, one planet" left us stunned. We needed to be more consciousas the bottom line is profits, and control. Be a renegade! growing your own and trying to make the best ethical choices when buying, bartering and obtaining lifes necessiities.cont'd

[sadia102]

Thanks for the thoughtful vid. Reading Michael Pollan and others about food poduction, CCD in bees, the overuse of pesticides and fertiliser, waste and greed...commercial and private. Farmers get little for their crops and therefore use the easiest most economical ways for them. It would be better to pay them more so they can go back to more sustainable practices.

[homewouldheart]

There is only really a bigger demand, because  less and less people are growing there own food.

[concretehavencom]

the hairless monkeys have replaced their sticks with money it makes the world go around..creates power, greed and corruption.its a me me now now world..so some big monkeys make cheaper meat by making genetic fat chickens and they get the sales and they get the money. with which comes the power to buy the best bananas , sleep in the nicest trees and hire other monkeys to feed the next generation of chickens more hormones ..and the cycle continues.u can only try to help yourself and teach others .