Organic and Fresh ** Was: GC and GC/MS

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Yo CM,

 

> > I don't eat canned foods here in Turkey .. buy veggies from the local

> > markets and I know that these farmers are not using pesticides .. not

> > because they give a crap about being organic .. but because they can't

> > afford it .. and it wasn't the way their pappy and grandpappy did it.

> >

> > We all want to eat and feed our families the healthiest foods we can

> > find but we're not always able to know if we are doing that. There are

> > acceptable levels of rat hairs, bug turds and pesticides, etc., in all

> > foods .. same goes for radioactive contamination .. and thinking about

> > this too much can make us sick. >>

>

> Well said

 

Thankee ma'am. :-)

 

> Second part to that is the storage/shipping factor..which is a big factor

> in the US when it comes to fresh veggies and I think to EO's, too.

> C-M

 

Matter of fact that is. And I expect lots of folks know this but I'll

throw it out anyway. Within hours of being harvested vegetables begin

to lose nutritional value .. in a day or two they have lost much .. and

the markets can keep them looking fresh for a couple of days even though

they are not fresh.

 

Vegetables that are harvested and quickly frozen have more nutritional

value than do most we get in a so-called fresh state from markets.

 

I always raised vegetable gardens when I live in the States .. last one

was in Conyers, outside Atlanta. Had a big one .. had over 40 different

vegetables .. some that were not even supposed to do well in the area.

Saturday morning routine was for me to harvest and take them into the

house where my ex had water prepared for blanching and then cooling and

immediate freezing. Rare it was that I had to purchase vegetables from

commercial sources.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch