Stats And Information

I didn't know that (IDKT) ....

1. Obesity adds $147 billion dollars a year to our doctor bills.
2. Less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically.
3. A pig goes from birth to slaughter in approximately five months.
4. 19% of U.S. fossil fuels goes toward food production.
5. Americans spend less than 10% of their incomes on food. In 1966 it was 18%.
6. When we eat a cheeseburger, a Chicken McNugget or drink soda, we're also eating corn?
7. In the past 10 years, the Federal Government dumped over 50 billion dollars into the corn industry, keeping prices artificially low.
8. Nearly 23 million tons of fertilizer is used for crop production a year.
9. Fertilizer run off contributes to the "dead zone", a seasonal approx 6,000 square mile area in the Gulf of Mexico that has almost no oxygen and almost no sea life. The Gulf of Mexico fishing industry loses approx 212,000 metric tons of seafood a year as a result. There are nearly 400 similar "dead zones" around the world.
10. It is estimated that 70% of antimicrobial drugs used in the USA are given to animals.
11. 1% of Americas cattle are raised organically.
12. Chipolte Restaurants buy organic and local whenever possible and serve some of the most nutritious fast food on the market today.
13. Organic methods of farming can produce just about as much yield per acre as conventional farming but it requires more human labor. With unemployment soaring, going organic could help the economy and our land/environment at the same time. A win win situation if you ask me.

Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE.
Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

Info taken from an article by Bryan Walsh "The Real Cost of Cheap Food", "America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It" as found in the August 31st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine.

1906 And Still Continuing

I didn't know that (IDKT) .... in 1906 there was a novel written by Upton Sinclair entitled "The Jungle". That novel revealed some ugly truths about meat production in America. I find it hard to believe that we have been facing this situation for more than 100 years. I have ordered the book and will read and publish some of my findings in the coming weeks.

As Bryan wrote in his Time magazine article "The U.S. agricultural industry can now produce unlimited quantities of meat and grains at remarkably cheap prices. But it does so at a high cost to the environment, animals and humans."

I have a feeling that nothing much has changed in the big scheme of things since Sinclair published his novel. I'm amazed and frustrated and angry at myself all at the same time. Where have I been? Why did it take me until now to question all of this?

Ah - I struck a nerve - now I remember - I started getting sicker and sicker and the docs told me "welcome to old age". This is the urgent issue right now and if we clean up our food, we ultimately clean up our health.

As Bryan further stated in the Time article "perhaps worst of all, our food is increasingly bad for us, even dangerous."

So what does it take? To further quote Bryan "For all the grumbling you do about your weekly grocery bill, the fact is you've never had it so good, at least in terms of what you pay for every calorie you eat. Accordingly to the USAD, Americans spend less than 10% of their incomes on food, down from 18% in 1966."

OMG. That sentence says it all for me. Where have our priorities gone? It's definitely time for change. Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE. Namaste (I bow to you), Donna

Info taken from an article by Bryan Walsh "The Real Cost of Cheap Food", "America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It" as found in the August 31st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine.

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The Story of Pigs

I didn't know that (IDKT) .... There is a pig farmer in Iowa that cuts off their pig's tails so they won't be bitten by other pigs?

Why you ask; because they are packed so tightly in pens and left that way for approx 5 months. After watching the movie "Food, Inc", I doubt they ever get to leave their cramped quarters during this approximate 5 month period which is the time it takes them to grow to full capacity, ready for slaughter. Their diet of corn and antibiotics, genetically modified corn laden w pesticides I might add, is a sure bet that they get to their full size in such a short amount of time.

Makes you want to run to the store and buy some pork right --- NOT!!!!

Now you know (NYK)! Pass it along and be A VOICE FOR CHANGE.

Namaste (I bow to you), Donna Appel

Info taken from an article by Bryan Walsh "The Real Cost of Cheap Food", "America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It" as found in the August 31st, 2009 issue of Time Magazine.