This Little Piggy Went to Market ...

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.

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Action Alert on the Senate Food Safety Bill

ANH–USA has opposed the so-called Food Safety Bill as a threat to natural health and health freedom. As we reported to you in April, we have been working to improve the Senate’s version of the Food Safety bill. In particular, we succeeded in preventing language that would have committed the US to harmonization of food standards with the rest of the world under a completely flawed process known as CODEX. Now we need your help to promote two excellent amendments to the bill that would exempt small food producers and producers who sell their food directly to market (such as farmers’ markets) from new regulation.

Tell FDA to Ban Arsenic in Animal Feed!

I just took action on this important FDA and health issue. I urge you to take action yourself and spread the word! Thank you for helping me be A VOICE FOR CHANGE. Love Donna

Tell FDA to Ban Arsenic in Animal Feed!
The chickens you buy at the grocery store are given feed with arsenic added to make them gain weight faster. Yes, arsenic—the deadly poison and carcinogen. A petition has been filed with the FDA to remove arsenic from animal feed, and today is the last day for public comment. We are asking you to take action on this important petition IMMEDIATELY!

The chickens you buy at the grocery store are given feed with arsenic added to make them gain weight faster. Yes, arsenic—the deadly poison and carcinogen. A petition has been filed with the FDA to remove arsenic from animal feed, and tomorrow is the last day for public comment. We are asking you to take action on this important petition IMMEDIATELY!

Arsenic-containing compounds are most widely used in chicken production, and most chickens receive arsenic–“fortified” feed. Most arsenic-containing animal feed additives are not used to treat sickness. Instead, these additives are commonly used in poultry production to induce faster weight gain and give the meat a healthy-looking color; the same techniques are used to a lesser extent in turkeys and hogs.

Last December, the Center for Food Safety and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration calling for the immediate withdrawal of approvals for arsenic-containing compounds used in animal feed. The petition was supported by a coalition of food and farm groups around the country.

Arsenic is powerful carcinogen. The government knows this; they state openly that “the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that inorganic arsenic is carcinogenic to humans.” And it is now well known that these feed additives lead to arsenic residue both in conventionally raised chickens—that is, chickens sold in supermarkets and restaurants across the country—and in the environment, putting our health at risk.

A public comment period on the petition before the FDA is now open—but it ends tomorrow, June 16. PLEASE TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. Today is the last day to make comment!