Most of us can remember growing up to the ever-present reminders of; “eat your vegetables…” If our parents had known then what we know now it might have been different. Back in the day, as my kids love to put it, we weren’t aware of the contamination on our foods or the damage it could cause. We hadn’t yet coined the terms organic or pesticide free because we had no need to. Fruits and vegetables were good for you and held a hallowed and respected place on the food pyramid published by the government.

‘An apple a day helps keep the doctor away’. Remember that one? We were taught to eat several portions of fruits and vegetables every day for good health and our parents did their best to see that we did. We didn’t mind, fruits were sweet and we liked that and vegetables were, well..they were vegetables and just something to put up with except for potatoes; we always liked potatoes.

Today we’ve learned about the contamination of our food supplies and the dangers lurking on that strawberry and in that banana. We’ve learned that the ubiquitous ear of corn, once natural, was redesigned in a laboratory through genetics and had become the first widely accepted “Franken-fruit” (though not a fruit). [Read more...]