I didn't write this to cheer or comfort you - I wrote it to set you thinking. Over the last 100 years, our farming practices and chemical fertilizers have drastically impoverished the soils we rely on to put essential nutrients into our bodies.
This isn't pie-in-the-sky. It was proved and is on record in the minutes and the associated soil testing results of two International Soil Science Symposiums. Have you noticed how all those 'wonder juices' come from untouched-by-man environments where the soils are still nutrient-rich? It's ironic that some countries are busy right now chopping those ecosystems down to turn them into 'production'.
Our food processing is no longer a family activity - it's now in corporate hands. And corporate bosses need to maximize profits so they get their coveted bonuses. Result? Food denatured even more in the production process. Food laced with toxic chemicals to keep it from spoiling on the shelf. Food processed in ways that make it a source of cancer and poisons.
We have a case very much in point right now here in New Zealand. Our dairy industry giant Fonterra, which has taken over control of our dairy production and which appears to have shaped itself along typical "corporate" lines, is now embroiled in a scandal about milk produced by Sanlu, its JV partner in China. Fonterra owns a 43% stake in the Chinese company, which produced and distributed milk containing melamine - a toxic chemical that has the effect of increasing protein content in the milk.
Six babies died and more than 290,000 were seriously harmed by drinking this contaminated milk.
The scandal has been breaking for about 6 months now, with many questions being asked about who actually advised whom, and what advice was given. Questions are also being asked about the slowness of recall by Chinese authorities of the tainted product. As the media sources below point out, Fonterra appears to have been "naive" in its dealings with the overseas company.
The prospect of substantial profits probably played a large part in that naivety.
If this information is new to you - here are one or two media resources:
Fonterra's milk spill runs deep
Fonterra milk scandal claims second Chinese baby
Screw turns on Fonterra to come clean
Patricia
http://patriciahowitt.com/
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