The 9 Nastiest Things in Your Supermarket

[CurtisBeers]

pink slime | The 9 Nastiest Things in Your Supermarket | Rodale News

[jenne64]

Wow that's a whole hunk of scaremongering going on in that article. Seems someone has an organic farm and would love you to buy more of their "healthier' produce, which would be great if it wasn't for the fact that less than half the organic produce found in US supermarkets was sourced the USA or locally.

Yep, I'm still cynical Jenne and I doubt that anyone will ever write an article to change that LOL

[Marie5656]

Sometimes, don't you just want to wrap yourself up in bubble wrap and stay home??

[chocolatefrog]

The picture of that shrimp made me feel a little queasy. I used to love those things but I can't stomach them now.

[KatieSoCal]

Wow that's a whole hunk of scaremongering going on in that article. Seems someone has an organic farm and would love you to buy more of their "healthier' produce, which would be great if it wasn't for the fact that less than half the organic produce found in US supermarkets was sourced the USA or locally.

Not so much scaremongering going on - but I believe allowing consumers to know what it is they are buying and eating - to have a choice of whether to consume a product sprayed with ammonia gas - the fact that it was not on the label - American's believed they were buying pure ground beef - not something that was processed and sprayed with ammonia gas. All USDA ground beef is of beef that is corn fed - which is GMO corn. The USDA now allows packaging as organic of products that have been grown with GMOs - therefore, in my opinion it is not organic - only the growing method was organic.

I worked for yrs for one of the biggest conventional & organic produce producers in the USA - while, it's true that much of the organic produce is grown in foreign countries - it still has to pass USDA regulations - both at the farms it's grown (which are audited) at and when it's imported into the US. This is why we have "COOL" or Country of Origin Labels. The consumer knows where the produce came from and has a choice whether to consume it or not.

Is anyone aware that Dole imports apples from China for their Fruit Crisp cups? I won't buy it. Also, 65% of fresh garlic in the US is imported from China - I won't buy that either.

Pink slime is banned in Europe - there must be a reason for this.

I only buy grass fed beef, or Bison and grind all my own burger - while it's more expensive, at least I know what's in it. I'm against GMOs and the monopoly that Monsanto, Cargil, etc has on the USA and farmers - which ultimately causes consumers to eat products produced with genetically modified organisms - simply so that the plant is resistant to the chemicals such as Roundup which is sprayed throughout the growing season by air - the DNA of the seed has been changed so that the plant is resistant to cold and freeze. Then there's also chemicals to make it resistant to crop disease. None of this can be good for the human body.

I'm from rural middle America - all agricultural (corn, soy beans, wheat) - my small town that has high per capita of unusual cancers, MS, skin disease, strange moles that grow on the face and hands, - contaminated water. It's all from the chemicals used by Monsanto, Cargil and other conglomerates that pay off the government to shut up. Farmers are forced to purchase and grow plants that are GMO in the US.

Interesting movie is "Food Inc". It's not scaremongering - it's truth of what's happening to our food. Many European countries have banned GMO's - there must be a reason for this.

[chocolatefrog]

Not so much scaremongering going on - but I believe allowing consumers to know what it is they are buying and eating - to have a choice of whether to consume a product sprayed with ammonia gas - the fact that it was not on the label - American's believed they were buying pure ground beef - not something that was processed and sprayed with ammonia gas. All USDA ground beef is of beef that is corn fed - which is GMO corn. The USDA now allows packaging as organic of products that have been grown with GMOs - therefore, in my opinion it is not organic - only the growing method was organic.

I worked for yrs for one of the biggest conventional & organic produce producers in the USA - while, it's true that much of the organic produce is grown in foreign countries - it still has to pass USDA regulations - both at the farms it's grown (which are audited) at and when it's imported into the US. This is why we have "COOL" or Country of Origin Labels. The consumer knows where the produce came from and has a choice whether to consume it or not.

Is anyone aware that Dole imports apples from China for their Fruit Crisp cups? I won't buy it. Also, 65% of fresh garlic in the US is imported from China - I won't buy that either.

Pink slime is banned in Europe - there must be a reason for this.

I only buy grass fed beef, or Bison and grind all my own burger - while it's more expensive, at least I know what's in it. I'm against GMOs and the monopoly that Monsanto, Cargil, etc has on the USA and farmers - which ultimately causes consumers to eat products produced with genetically modified organisms - simply so that the plant is resistant to the chemicals such as Roundup which is sprayed throughout the growing season by air - the DNA of the seed has been changed so that the plant is resistant to cold and freeze. Then there's also chemicals to make it resistant to crop disease. None of this can be good for the human body.

I'm from rural middle America - all agricultural (corn, soy beans, wheat) - my small town that has high per capita of unusual cancers, MS, skin disease, strange moles that grow on the face and hands, - contaminated water. It's all from the chemicals used by Monsanto, Cargil and other conglomerates that pay off the government to shut up. Farmers are forced to purchase and grow plants that are GMO in the US.

Interesting movie is "Food Inc". It's not scaremongering - it's truth of what's happening to our food. Many European countries have banned GMO's - there must be a reason for this.

I bet this is the only thing we'll ever agree on in life.

[jenne64]

I guess being European and having been through the beef scare over there made me a little more jaded than most.

I'm all for information especially when it comes from food, but I think there is a lot of misinformation funneled though the media and that's what makes me really cynical. I like to make informed choices too and I see exactly where you are coming from Katie. Trouble is most people simply don't care as long as it's cheap, we love to blame producers and the middle men but the buck stops with the consumer and I agree with you that voting with your wallet is the best form of protest here. I do this with Victoria Secrets, I will not set foot in that store until they stop promoting sexy as size 2 or below. I also grow and buy a lot of my produce locally but most people don't have the time, patience or money to that nowadays. Like everything in life though it's about choices and your right in that making informed decisions is the right way to go...

[KatieSoCal]

I bet this is the only thing we'll ever agree on in life.

and why would you say that?...just askin'

[floridaclipper]

Yikes. I do prefer organic and fresh produce when I can get it. Liked the link in the article to find local growers. Several are close to me. May have to take a couple of field trips. I wonder if they can teach. One grows hyroponically, makes soap, and cans. This could be fun

[IndianaMom]

I really love the Rodale articles. I have read Prevention magazine for many years. My grandmother (who lived to 104) had read it also for a long, long time and followed their practices for organic living.
Most people would be very surprised at what goes into food. I went to a 5 star rated organic open visit dairy farm and basically there was cow poop everyplace, all over the walls, the floor, all the equipment, in the milking pen and they clean it every single day. I could just imagine how a larger scale farm would be and what gets mixed into what we are eating and drinking!