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It’s what’s happening….
….Smithfield, the big pork producer based in Virginia, has just negotiated a 7-billion-dollar sale to the Chinese. Smithfield assures us that this is good news not only for its employees and shareholders, but for the consumer….assures us that the new Chinese owners share a commitment for high quality and safety in its products. Sure, if anything is true of the Chinese it is that they’ve always sold us high quality, safe food products. Sarcasm, of course. http://www.meatingplace.com/Industry/News/Details/42331?allowguest=true One other note, and it’s a point we’ve made in the past: despite all the focus on oil, and more recently water, the real crisis looming is food. The Chinese have already cornered much of…
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We’re in the best of hands….2 & 3…
….two more articles from our old friend Dr. Joseph Mercola (well, I don’t know him but he’s never complained about all the stuff I steal from him so he must be a friend). Starting again: to follow up two current threads: can we trust Big Government and the people who supply our food and can we work with Europe to help protect us. First, when it comes to Europe, guess who’s gotten there before us? Oh, you must have been paying attention. There’s now an international do-gooder association that is going to protect us. Hard to find just who’s behind this group but Dr. Mercola did the digging and they include (surprise!)…
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We’re in the best of hands….
….a friend opined the other day that I was going a little far in my rants about Big Government. He conceded the abuses but he said he’d rather have the safety of federal inspections than the alternative. Turns out he…and we…have neither. http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2530619#.UaTHlkWFi0w.twitter Not to belabor the point: know your farmer and know his processor. Yes, all our meat is USDA-inspected but what really counts is the Thistle Hill label. Incidentally, we don’t ship our meat but if you contact us we’ll put you in touch with a reputable supplier near you. We also have been impressed with the meat offered on the internet by US Wellness.