Billy wrote:
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songbird wrote:

Billy wrote:
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If you got to http://www.polyfacefarms.com/default.aspx and click
on
"Principles" there are 3 videos to watch. In the first video "Mimic
Nature", Daniel Salatin mentions that the turkeys get 20% of their
feed
from the pasture, so it isn't a closed system.

sorry, slow dialup, i don't watch video
or youtube here...


Today on "Democracy Now" http://www.democracynow.org/ there are 2
reports on food production. One is on egg production and the other
is on
meat production. They both fit nicely into the discussion that we we

having on the quality of food. They don't talk about increasing
supply,
but rather about maintaining quality.

yea, i read something the other day in
the WSJ about eggs being recalled and new
rules (FDA i think) that just went into
effect. we'll see if they actually help.
two producers and hundreds of millions
of eggs.


Since the food supply has become so integrated, just on supplier can

screw up the system for many others.

what ever happened to monopoly enforcement?


It's like the dog food scandal,
where one supplier provided the cheapest source of protein powder,
which
turned out to be adulterated with melamine and cyanuric acid to give
the
appearance of higher levels of protein.

that was outright fraud. which is a moral
and ethical issue apart from sustainable
agricultural practices. i didn't follow
up what happened back in China but i think
there were comments about, "facing possible
execution."


songbird

Relax, he was executed. The dog food was feed to steers, pork, and
fish.
Feel better?

"Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine" by Marion Nestle
http://www.amazon.com/Pet-Food-Polit...520265890/ref=
sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282796329&sr=1-2

She isn't the best of writers, but it is a good book.

Not just dog food! They were executed for putting the same stuff in
human baby food formulas which killed several babies in China. The baby
formulas was not sold in the US.

Have you purchased cod, catfish in stores? Product of China.
Some have statements like "Carbon Monoxide added for flavor enhancement"
on the bags????

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Enjoy Life... Dan L