Comments LDGourmet has made

  • The larger issue is whether the study actually answers the question it purports to address. Is pork safe, which pork is safe? The real red herring is not who funded the research (I doubt govt and university funding is sufficient, as long as there's transparency, I have no issue with funding sources coming from across the spectrum) ... the real issue is not who's funding the study, it's how responsible we are at analyzing what it's telling us and what "they" say it's telling us.

    Notice there was no mention of MRSA. I think that's a bigger food safety public health issue than trichonosis. Notice too, that the "safety" issue did not get framed broadly enough to include public health issues from the waste lagoons from CAFO farms.

    Do stop by my blog to see my thoughts on the matter, this is a good start here...Jacqueline Church, The Leather District Gourmet

     

     

     

    On Locavores are ruining food and free range pork will kill us posted 7 months, 1 week ago 2 Responses

  • Food systems; abattoir; antibiotics;

    Of all the things that need fixing, I really cannot believe it's the computer systems that are the sources of our problems. Rural farmers doing good things cannot find slaughterhouses because of silly USDA rules & requirements about how and where animals can be slaughtered.

    There are inefficient ways to get good food to urban centers.

    Some say the rise in food poisoning cases stems partially from the over-use of antibiotics which contributes to our decline and the drug resistant bugs.

    The oceans are dying, over acidification and chemical runoff, much of it the byproducts of CAFO farms and non organic methods, coupled with long distance trucking...we could all go on and on. There are many concrete pieces of the problem that need near simultaneous attention. Discrete but connected. We really can't wait until the bureaucrats have new PCs to see if that works. On Think Locally, Act Infrastructurally posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 14 Responses

  • Bingo for the teetotalers and then for the rest ..

    Choose 4 Copas Tequila, it's certified organic, sustainable and good.

    • Every time she drops a "g" take a shot

    • Every time she says victory in Iraq - take two...
    etc.

    ...come by and add your two cents. I'm downloading bingo cards..

    cheers,
    Jacqueline
    The Leather District Gourmet

    Jacqueline Church The Leather District Gourmet

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