I care about the types and qualities of food I purchase: this is how I nourish my children.
Since my first pregnancy, way back in 1980, my standards for nutrition have been what I thought were impeccable: each of my four children have been kept to a balanced, healthy diet of vegetarian, organic foods, as small children. They have, on some occasions, been permitted small amounts of cane sugars, but are not regularly permitted, in childhood, refined foods of any kind.
When the children reach adolescence, and are free of the nagging illnesses (including acne) troubling so many children, I permit more choices. Each tends to find "fast food" and "junk food" to be not only distasteful, but a source of havoc to the GI system and, of course, to the vanity, the moment the skin objects to the toxins ingested.
Years ago, many savvy consumers realized Whole Foods was becoming the WalMart of the natural foods industries. We stopped giving that corporation our money, long before the feds stepped in, to mandate terms regarding funds.
Where the federal government will not provide protection for the public is in the arena of food content. We've watched this for decades: it's about profit. During the attempts at regulating homeopathics and herbal remedies, the USDA was swift and large, in its appearance in our markets. Now, however, when what we want is clear labeling, we'll see no such action. There is simply no money to be made, in truth telling about what is done on the farms the federal government supports.
It's time, once again, for local action.
I'm about that.
