It should come as no surprise that we are in the midst of a food revolution. The biggest move is going local. What does that mean? For one it means knowing your farmer, your farmer who has fresh raw milk , farm fresh eggs and other goodies. This idea is catching on in Florida and Orlando in particular. Local buying clubs are growing and people are demanding wholesome quality food and florida farmers are working to meet the demands. Farmer’s markets are growing and the Orlando area has about 10 very popular markets. It’s getting easier to find goat milk, raw cheese, farm fresh yogurt and much more.
After a long standing legal battle with the Canadian government Michael Schmidt was acquitted in a Newmarket court this past January. He was cleared of 19 charges of distributing raw milk and raw milk products.
Justice of the Peace Paul Kowarsky essentially agreed that no law was broken because he was distributing to cow-share owners of and not the public at large.
Mr. Schmidt, a 54-year-old Durham region dairy farmer, and his supporters maintain that grass-fed raw milk is healthier before it is pasteurized, yet Canadian health officials deem it unsafe for public consumption.
To get a very balanced view on grass fed raw milk and farm fresh foods in Orlando check out: www.realmilk.com
In Florida and Orlando specifically raw milk is becoming increasingly available. Be sure to to ask for grass-fed raw milk fresh from the farm.
Just in case you thought it was fine to eat Genetically Modified foods (better identified as “FrankenFoods”), along comes a study which makes it clear that you are eating this make believe non-food at your own peril. In fact, the US has been trying for years to prevent the labeling of GM foods and seed in international trade to emulate its domestic policy which prohibits any label indication that foods contain GM ingredients, as 75-80% of all foods sold in the US do.
Morgellon’s Disease was first described when a woman’s 3 year old son developed rashes and intensely itchy sores which produced weird multicolor fibers emerging from his skin. She put up a website about the condition in 2001 and named it “Morgellons Disease” after a 17th century report of a similar affliction.
A study of the fibers shows that they contain DNA from both a fungus and a bacterium which are used in the commercial preparation of genetically modified foods and non-food crops (such as cotton). The fibers themselves are primarily cellulose, which the human body cannot breakdown or manufacture. So GM technology apparently has found a way to animate the non living. These fibers twist and twine, grow and divide. In short, living beneath the skin of people, they form parasitic lesions out of what should be non-living material
The symptoms are so unbearable that a number of people suffering from the disorder have committed suicide rather than deal with the unbearable pain, constant feeling of something very much like an insect crawling without stop beneath the skin and unbearable itching any longer. Of course, it is possible to speculate that the attitude of most physicians that the condition is a mental aberration rather than a physical one may not have helped these poor souls to cope with their affliction.
How wide spread is Morgellon’s Disease? Some registries have 1200 or more people but these registrants only represent those who have access to the internet and have stumbled across the registry sites. The disease produces material unlike anything most people have ever seen.
Looks like the nation has just identified the 8th beef recall of 2009. The recall involved E. coli O157:H7 and is just the latest in a string of incidents. E. coli O157:H7 was first recognized as a cause of illness in 1982 and today accounts for the majority of food borne illnesses.
Studies have shown that grass-fed cattle are less prone to developing this deadly strain of E. coli. here is the link for more info: http://www.eatwild.com/foodsafety.html. All the more reason to buy direct from local farmers who grow grass fed beef, raw milk and free range eggs. It should come as no surprise that cattle on the typical grain feedlot are the major source of this problem. A predominant grain diet has negative effects on the cattle’s digestive tract and makes them prone to developing this strain of E.coli.
Instead of the draconian National Animal Identification System(http://farmtoconsumer.org/nais.html) how about animal feed reform and changing the feedlot system. Better yet find a local farmer who does grass-fed beef and ask to visit the farm and ask about their feeding program, and do they use hormone implants? Remember grass is the natural diet for cattle.
