Whatever happened to real food?
I’m mad. The US and Canada just approved the use of genetically modified yeast in wine production. As if it isn’t hard enough to avoid genetically modified corn, now I have to stick to European and organic wines. It is inconceivable to me that in a country where obesity, dieting and nutritional science make headlines every day, hardly anybody seems to be concerned about the quality of the food that people ingest and the integrity and safety of the food supply chain. I for my part would like my food to be grown and raised in ways proven successful for millennia as opposed to a way that’s driven by short-term commercial interests (pesticide manufacturers, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, factory farms, food (corn!) processing firms …). Instead of finding a new diet miracle drug, food or surgery, it seems to me that the simple solution would be for people to start eating real food again. Ya know, fruits and vegetables, rice and beans, and meat from animals that aren’t pumped full of meds because they’re being fed corn that they have no way of digesting without getting sick. Just a thought.
Agreed! Let’s start cooking!