….our friend Jim Yancey of Cooney Creek Farm chimes in with some related information about misleading labels.\u00a0 These things apparently have been around for awhile but I have never focused on them.<\/p>\n
We “googled” and can vouch for the authenticity of at least these items, starting with the\u00a0 Jolly Green Giant….I mean, what could be more American than the Jolly Green Giant?<\/p>\n
“Green\u00a0\u00a0Giant frozen vegetables are from China.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Never buy the grocery store garlic\u00a0\u00a0unless it is clearly marked from USA or Canada; the other\u00a0\u00a0stuff is grown in people poop (even worse than chicken\u00a0\u00a0poop). China is the largest producer of garlic in the\u00a0\u00a0world. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Buy only local honey, most\u00a0\u00a0honey is shipped in in huge containers from China and\u00a0\u00a0re-packed here.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Watch\u00a0\u00a0out for packages which state “prepared for”, “packed by”\u00a0\u00a0or “imported by”.\u00a0The country of\u00a0\u00a0origin should be clearly shown on the item in the store.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n How is it possible to\u00a0\u00a0ship food from China cheaper than having it produced in\u00a0\u00a0the U.S. or Canada?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n MOST\u00a0FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA, VIET NAM\u00a0OR INDONESIA.\u00a0 THE PACKAGE MAY SAY “PACIFIC SALMON” ON THE FRONT, BUT\u00a0 LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM\u00a0 FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON\u00a0 WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0Recently The Montreal\u00a0 Gazette had an article by the Canadian Government on how\u00a0 Chinese feed the fish: They suspend chicken wire crates\u00a0 over the fish ponds, and the fish feed on chicken poop.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n If you search the internet you can learn what else the Chinese\u00a0 feed their fish: growth hormones and expired antibiotics made for humans. Never buy any type of\u00a0 fish or shellfish that comes from these countries:\u00a0 Vietnam, China, Philippines.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Finally, beware,\u00a0\u00a0Costco sells canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar\u00a0\u00a0that come from China.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n There was a good deal more on Jim’s list but, as I said, we were able to confirm the above and finally concluded caveat emptor<\/em> is alive and well at the supermarket despite the thousands of worthless regulations..\u00a0 Our trade with China is important, of course, and that combined with the cost-savings, explains why our government is on board with the food industry’s war on local, small farms.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ….our friend Jim Yancey of Cooney Creek Farm chimes in with some related information about misleading labels.\u00a0 These things apparently have been around for awhile but I have never focused on them. We “googled” and can vouch for the authenticity of at least these items, starting with the\u00a0 Jolly Green Giant….I mean, what could be more American than the Jolly Green Giant? “Green\u00a0\u00a0Giant frozen vegetables are from China. Never buy the grocery store garlic\u00a0\u00a0unless it is clearly marked from USA or Canada; the other\u00a0\u00a0stuff is grown in people poop (even worse than chicken\u00a0\u00a0poop). China is the largest producer of garlic in the\u00a0\u00a0world. \u00a0Buy only local honey, most\u00a0\u00a0honey is shipped in in huge containers from China and\u00a0\u00a0re-packed here. Watch\u00a0\u00a0out for packages which state “prepared for”, “packed by”\u00a0\u00a0or “imported by”.\u00a0The country of\u00a0\u00a0origin should be clearly shown on the item in the store.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How is it possible to\u00a0\u00a0ship food from China cheaper than having it produced in\u00a0\u00a0the U.S. or Canada? MOST\u00a0FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA, VIET NAM\u00a0OR INDONESIA.\u00a0 THE PACKAGE MAY SAY “PACIFIC SALMON” ON THE FRONT, BUT\u00a0 LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM\u00a0 FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON\u00a0 WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Recently The Montreal\u00a0 Gazette had an article by the Canadian Government on how\u00a0 Chinese feed the fish: They suspend chicken wire crates\u00a0 over the fish ponds, and the fish feed on chicken poop.\u00a0 If you search the internet you can learn what else the Chinese\u00a0 feed their fish: growth hormones and expired antibiotics made for humans. Never buy any type of\u00a0 fish or shellfish that comes from these countries:\u00a0 Vietnam, China, Philippines. Finally, beware,\u00a0\u00a0Costco sells canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar\u00a0\u00a0that come from China.” There was a good deal more on Jim’s list but, as I said, we were able to confirm the above and finally concluded caveat emptor is alive and well at the supermarket despite the thousands of worthless regulations..\u00a0 Our trade with China is important, of course, and that combined with the cost-savings, explains why our government is on board with the food industry’s war on local, small farms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,9,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-health","category-on-the-soap-box"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}