Beef, its whats for dinner

I don't know about your but I always love summer! We love to be with friends, drink lemonade (or beer) and  bbq up some delicious hamburgers and hotdogs.

Well, this summer there has not been much grilling. I guess I should have just gone to McDonalds and picked up a delicious  burger for me and my family. Its not the 'real deal' but it should do, right?!

Yeah, Right! I just found, thanks to MickyD's, and their recipe list that their food is anything but clean, healthy and even remotely appetizing; even if you don't know what GMOS or preservative are. It shares all the items on their menu, down to apples and gives every ingredient. Stop reading, take a minute and look this over. This is probably the recipe list at most restaurants/fast food chains, not just Ronald's house! We are so into having food last longer and longer that we go to nasty, unhealthy extremes to make "food", if you can even it call it that.

"Ill have a double cheeseburger hold the BHT bun, McRib with a side of yoga mat and a non-dairy, milkshake."

Another interesting fact thanks to Occupy Monsanto:

I did make a call to Verde Farms about their Kirkland Organic Beef from Costco. They state on their package there are no hormones or preservatives. I also called and they said their beef is 100% grass-fed, no grain is given to their cows, (sometimes it is used as a finisher after a cow has eaten grain for months).

Where to buy beef? Whole Foods, Local Farmers or you could stop eating meat all together. Since our food supply is becoming more and more contaminated with GMO's and big government, you may want to consider a small garden or more local shopping in all areas of your food.

Corn Tortillas

I have been looking for corn tortillas and corn kernels that are GMO free.

I found one brand, Tropical Traditions that sells whole kernel corn that must be cooked and
one brand of corn tortillas that is in the process of being GMO verified.

Nice to know I dont need to start growing my own corn....ill start that next year!

GMO free foods

I have been making my calls and utilizing others hard work! I have found some great info on GMO free foods and some good lists so when you grocery shop you can know what is GMO free.


This site gives  great list...enjoy!

Until we get our chickens laying their own eggs these will be our eggs of choice.

Eggs: Non-GMO

Egg Innovations Organic
Eggland's Best Organic
Land O'Lakes Organic
Nest Fresh Organic
Organic Valley
Pete and Jerry's Organic Eggs
Wilcox Farms Organic

Organic, yeah right!

So, I did a little research last week on my driscol ORGANIC raspberries. I called and asked the difference between non organic and organic.

"with organic we use a blower to get bugs off, if there are bugs (depending on the season) that wont come off with the blower we use the 'approved' organic pesticides.

SO, you're telling me that IM STILL EATING PESTICIDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"When people are buying organic food, they often make the incorrect assumption that there are no pesticides. It's true that organic production often uses fewer dangerous chemicals, but certain pesticides are allowed" Jeff Gillman

Thankfully there is an official list of approved pesticides.

This makes me wonder why I even buy organic.

Here is a great blog article: Organic Pesticides: Not An Oxymoron

Verified

"consumers in North America should have access to clearly-labeled non-GMO food and products, now and in the future."

Whole Foods has joined with the Non-GMO project verified seal. They have started labeling foods that are GMO free. This is a third party who tests and validates the product at GMO free. There are GMO free labels but they have not been tested by a third party which gives them more credibility.

'What does “Non-GMO Project Verified seal” mean?
The verification seal indicates that the product bearing the seal has gone through our verification process. Our verification is an assurance that a product has been produced according to consensus-based best practices for GMO avoidance:

• We require ongoing testing of all at-risk ingredients—any ingredient being grown commercially in GMO form must be tested prior to use in a verified product.
• We use an Action Threshold of 0.9%. This is in alignment with laws in the European Union, where any product containing more than 0.9% GMO must be labeled. Absence of all GMOs is the target for all Non-GMO Project Standard compliant products. Continuous improvement practices toward achieving this goal must be part of the Participant’s quality management systems.
• After the test, we require rigorous traceability and segregation practices to be followed in order to ensure ingredient integrity through to the finished product.
• For low-risk ingredients, we conduct a thorough review of ingredient specification sheets to determine absence of GMO risk.
• Verification is maintained through an annual audit, along with onsite inspections for high-risk product.'

I have started using a app on my phone that gives me a list of the foods that have been NonGMO verified

sticker shock

Take Action, NOW!!

Monsanto could get everything it wants for Christmas, unless we convince legislators this week to strip both the 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5973) and the Farm Bill of dangerous riders that would give the biotech industry unprecedented power and immunity from not only an already-weakened review process, but also from federal law.

Cick below and sign. Please pass along. If Monsanto is immune from laws our food system will get worse, not better. Monsanto already has a huge monopoly and the list of 'okay' process and ingredients is going to sky rocket if they are not held accountable.

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