Some folks may say that I am getting "ANAL" about making sure we have our own source of vegetables from the greenhouse, okay so what if I am. How many more recalls does it take for someone to get that there is a problem with how our food is being handled. It all starts with how the crop is grown and goes all the way to placing it on the market shelf. It is of no use to me to clean my spinach very well if it has been watered with contaminated water. I cannot wash away what is on the inside. We do not know what is in our food for the most part. I am by no means a health nut, I am just someone who wants to know that the food I am eating has been grown and watered safely and the only way to do that is to do it myself. You all have heard of that saying, " if you want something done right , do it yourself". I know that I still have to go to the market for some things, I do not know how to get vegetable oil yet, and for now I do not own a cow for the milk. I believe that what little can be done to help us eat safer then we should do it. I also know it will be alot cheaper, have you seen the price of veggies in the store lately! I never thought they would get that high and news reports are indicating that they will get higher yet.
Below is just a snipet of the recalls issued this year alone.
March 2010
March 03, 2010 - Earth Island Announces Voluntary Recall On Select Follow Your Heart Products That Contain Natural Flavor Because Of Possible Health Risk3
March 03, 2010 - Homemade Gourmet Voluntarily Recalls "Tortilla Soup Mix" Because of Possible Health Risk4
March 03, 2010 - Reser's Fine Foods Inc Press Release5
March 02, 2010 - Tim's Cascade Snacks Recalls 'Hawaiian® Kettle Style Potato Chips - Sweet Maui Onion' and 'Hawaiian- Sweet Maui Onion Rings' Because of Possible Health Risk6
March 02, 2010 - Castella Imports, Inc. Conducts Nationwide Recall of Castella Chicken Soup Base Because of Possible Health Risk7
March 01, 2010 - Heartland Foods, Inc. voluntarily recalls Coarse Ground Black Pepper because of possible Salmonella Contamination8
March 01, 2010 - T. Marzetti Company Announces a Voluntary Recall of Dips Due to Possible Health Risk9
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February 2010February 26, 2010 - Johnny's Fine Foods Recalls Johnny's French Dip Powdered Au Jus Because of Possible Health Risk10
February 26, 2010 - American Pecan Co. Recalls Pecans Because of Possible Health Risk11
February 25, 2010 - Wholesome Spice Recalls 25 Lb. Boxes Of Crushed Red Pepper Because Of Possible Health Risk12
February 25, 2010 - Thumb Oilseed Recalls Soy Grits and Flour Because of Possible Health Risk13
February 19, 2010 - Lovin Oven LLC Voluntarily Recalls Certain Health Valley® Organic Peanut Crunch, Dutch Apple and Wildberry Chewy Granola Bars15
February 19, 2010 - Trader Joe's Company Voluntarily Recalls Chocolate Chip Chewy Coated Granola Bars16
February 19, 2010 - Queseria Bendita Recalls Queso Fresco, Panela, and Requeson Because of Possible Health Risk17
February 18, 2010 - Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Voluntarily Recalls Fresh & Easy Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars Because of Possible Health Risk18
February 17, 2010 - Walong Marketing, Inc. Issues Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Flying Horse Black and White Sesame Chewy Candy Due to Undeclared Peanuts19
February 17, 2010 - Estrella Family Creamery Expands Recall Of Various Cheeses Because Of Possible Health Risk20
February 12, 2010 - Nature’s Variety Issues Nationwide Voluntary Recall On Raw Frozen Chicken Diets With A “Best If Used By” Date Of 11/10/1021
February 10, 2010 - Estrella Family Creamery Recalls Red Darla Cheese Due to Possible Health Risks22
February 10, 2010 - Trader Joe's Company Voluntarily Recalls Chocolate Chip Chewy Coated Granola Bars25
February 05, 2010 - Turkey Hill Dairy Issues Recall On Chocolate Marshmallow Ice Cream That May Contain Undeclared Treenuts (Almonds)28
February 04, 2010 - Cousins Products, Llc, Issues An Allergy Alert On Undeclared Egg, Soy, And Wheat In Spinach Vinaigrette29
February 03, 2010 - Pierino Frozen Foods Inc. Issues an Allergy Alert on Undeclared Eggs in Its Jumbo Shells with Cheese30
February 03, 2010 - Haifa Smoked Fish Inc. Issues An Allert On Uneviscerated Whole Schmaltz Herring31
We also own our chickens so we know our eggs are safe and mighty good also. Big difference between my eggs and store bought eggs, Hard to believe that the protein values are basicilly the same.
Watch for tomorrows blog , it will be full of pictures and tidbits of our day tomorrow working in the greenhouse. Also great pics from our friendly chickens as well as the goats. We are going to do what we can to make it safer for ourselves and our friends, tastier to. Gardening is something that in this day and age more people should give a serious thought to again.
I am going to start including gardening tips, and maybe a recipe or two.
Help me in making this a good and informative blog, it is meant for all of us so include your comments fpr me to post please. If you have a good tip or a good recipe pass it on, we all want to know.
Thanks
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Birds are supposed to fly free! Says EVE....
ReplyDeleteIn the last two years we have moved to a place that is full of surprises for us. Most good, but there are a few things that happen that catch us by surprise. The following is one of these......
It has been raining a lot here and we have downspouts that are attached to our roof, which go underground and release the water coming off our steep roof about 30 feet into the yard. This seemed like a wonderful way to eliminate the watershed effect that happens when we have hard rains and preserves the foundation of our house also. There was a problem last year when we realized 3 birds had found their way into the downspouts and didn't find their way out. They were casualties of some very small openings in our downspouts at the top of the house. It was a sad moment when we found them near the pop ups in the yard and realized what had happened.
Well this is almost Spring time and we noticed there was movement in one of the downspouts near the front of the house one morning last week. Tony and I were already feeling the sadness because we didn't want to tear up the downspouts to get the bird out, and felt helpless. Eve came over and she heard the noise in the downspout and asked me what it was. I told her we had a problem with the downspouts and the bird that was in there could not open his or her wings to get out. I also said the downspouts were put on with rivets, which could not be undone and put back. She just looked very sad and said she couldn't walk by the front of the house anymore because the noise of that bird trying to get out was hurting her. We both went into the greenhouse and she just couldn't quit thinking about this bird. She said let's just try to get him out. So we banded together and we pried the rivets out, she pushed extra hard on the black accordian part of the spout and things began to happen. It moved a little, then it moved a lot. We both felt like this was going to be pretty easy. She was holding the black accordian part down and I was using a stick to get the dirt out of the spout and all of a sudden I hit something with my stick, I screamed and she jumped away from the spout and said "what is it" and the look on her face was priceless. She never let go of the downward spout and I kept taking dirt away, but I thought I could see the birds legs and that is what I was "saying OMG" about. Well she kept holding it, saying calm down, all the while the bird was doing a jig in the spout, making lots of noise. We kept at for a few more minutes and all of a sudden the bird flew free!!!!!!! It was a small bird a "grackle" hope I spelled that right. It was so happy to see light, it just immediately felt the air, light and freedom. Eve watched it fly over once and then off to tell others about his or her experience.
But I got something from that also. It is just try, I may not know how, but trying beats knowing anyday. If we all tried to stop the wrongs in the world with kindness, love and laughter, we might not be so addicted to hurting with words that hurt. Everday is a wonderful day to learn more about yourself, your friends, and your future. Thanks Eve for remembering how it is to be a bird...and what freedom means to them and to us. Living free is helping others in whatever situation they are in.....even if it is in a downspout, with no windows, computers, telephones. That bird only made a fluttering noise, but you heard it, and didn't let me not hear it.....so tune in folks to the little flutters of butterflies, ladybugs and all the unseen lessons that we live around....visit the blog when you can and learn more about Tre' Awen and the wonderful people, etc who live here.
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