Submitted by Rosemary Parkinson
Whilst I am not against being carnivore…I love love! my meat…and please, do not take me for a fool…I know this particular trailer is an ‘advertisement’ to a big extent and probably the horror has been condensed BUT…from all the books I have read (some by carnivores) such as The Food Revolution (John Robbins), In Defense of Food & Carnivore’s Dilemna (Michael Pollan), Fast Food Nation (Eric Schlosser) and the movie Food Inc – just to name a few – this is normal practice in the big food industry of the United States. And, believe you me, this is not just about meat grown for food, this is also about plants grown for food. The greed is heavily embedded in everything we import from the United States.
Now…I see our health people are going to ban cigarettes because they are worried about what cigarettes do to those who smoke and what second-hand smoke does to those who inhale but…who is worrying about what we put into our bodies through food? What about banning what comes from the U.S. – this is what, dear people, who like a good steak from the U.S. – this is what you are chewing…this is what you are swallowing…this is what you are eating! This film shows the truth. And that is fact. And by the way there’s not enough space in the world to begin to write about the engineered plants…that word speaks for itself anyhow!
So why am I for growing our own? A question I get asked all the time. Well…because, so far, I have no real proof of this horror here at home. So far, I feel slightly safer from what I’ve seen, eating home produce. But I am not stuped. I know that the U.S. sends us feed, sends us Fertilizers/Pesticides etc. etc. already tainted with the word Greed in every grain, every drop. So what can I do? Just try to ensure that what I eat does NOT come from the U.S. by continuing to buy from the organic farmers here at home, or at least questioning the ones that are not totally organic about their practices – if you ask in a certain way, you get honest answers. Then I follow my instincts as to how to speak to them re advice…good simple advice. Advice I have always known is the right advice, and advice that was cemented in me when I went to The Bahamas to do a report on Goodfellow Farms – a successful ‘clean’ farm. I discuss with farmers about cleaning up their soil act. It is not a threat but a discussion. It is about what they want their children to eat. This type of education is not an easy pathway. It is a long road. We have been already tainted by greed but, sorry folks, you know how I feel? If I can make a dent, a tiny little dent in the profits the U.S. makes from us…then I will continue the fight! You know what makes all of this even more horrific? Once we do get sick from all this greed, guess what has to be done? Guess what we are prescribed from necessity by our doctors? Oh! Yes! Pharmaceuticals. From where? Hmmm…well from all over and that is bad enough but a lot comes from the good old “United So Articulately (USA) the world cannot see what we really do!!!!”
All I really wish is that each and every one of us would spread the word…perhaps if U.S. products remain on the shelves, importers will cut them out. Perhaps if each and every one of us takes the time to go down to the market and only buy produce grown here, and at the same time encourage those who work the farms to use alternative methods for growing…perhaps we can all, each and every one of us, make a difference…A difference no matter how little, is better than NUTTING!!!
Greed sucks and doan taste good neider! And by the way I have nutting against the United States…I have great friends who were born and live there…many of whom are very worried about what they are eating. I just want them to stop the greed…that is all. For it is at my personal expense, and at the expense of my children, grandchildren and now great-grandchild.. and THAT PISSES ME OFF!!
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