tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009:/2009/3/18/how-far-did-your-lunch-travel/comments Mephisto Drax 2009-10-02T06:01:26Z Dentists Delray Beach tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-03-18:11070:14702 2009-10-02T03:12:32Z 2009-10-02T03:12:32Z Nowadays, we are not sure if the things that we have and consume are safe. I think that the government should step up in creating a system in order to keep us, especially our children from harm in any way. Elisa tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-03-18:11070:11703 2009-05-19T20:31:09Z 2009-05-19T20:31:09Z Thank heavens for this site. My daughter has a mitochondrial disease and I have been trying (mostly unsuccessfully) for years to be informed about the foods we eat. We now know that DDT is still being made and sold to other countries, and even washing the produce doesn't help. Anything with a "thin skin" that you ingest, (grapes, strawberries, etc) should be as local as possible. Organic pretty much goes without saying around here. It may be a "fad" among celebrities to go organic, but for all of us with health impaired children, it's a matter of life. Thanks again for your work that makes my life easier Dara tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-03-18:11070:11075 2009-03-19T18:08:25Z 2009-03-19T18:08:25Z Peggy - Thanks for your comment! We are working hard on organic data right now. Amazingly, there is no central repository for listing which products have been certified organic and which have not. We hear rumors the US government may be assembling this database. But for now we are working with a number of partners to pull together data on organic, fair trade, and vegan certified products. We hope to release that data in the next month. So check back! Debbie tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-03-18:11070:11073 2009-03-19T04:24:28Z 2009-03-19T04:24:28Z With China's safety record and their total lack of regard for human life, I can't believe we import ANYTHING from them. If I see made in or imported from China, my wallet goes back in my purse. Peggy Seeger tag:blog.goodguide.com,2009-03-18:11070:11072 2009-03-18T23:14:55Z 2009-03-18T23:14:55Z Now this is NEWS! Or have I read it wrong: our ORGANIC foods, including vegetables and fruits, come from China, Mexico and all over the place? I always thought the organic foods, being the most perishable, would be at least from the country in which we are purchasing. As far as vegetables are concerned: whatever happened to the Victory Garden of World War II, the backyard veggie patch, the will to feed ourselves? My friend has two very small vegetable patches and feeds herself from them. She raises the seedlings herself in windowboxes and patches of sunshine on the floor in the living room. No greenhouse. Just her house. It takes very little space and is quite exciting to eat something you've grown yourself from seed. We feel helpless in the grasp of the huge food chains but one small thing we can do daily, other than growing ourselves whatever we can. We can make ourselves heard on a daily basis. Every time we enter a supermarket or grocery of reasonable size, ask (in the presence of as many people as possible) "Where is your Organic section please?", as if this is something ordinary that they should have. If there isn't one, ask for the sales manager and ask why there isn't one. It's good to declare at the checkout (reading the labels as the items go through) .."Oh, isn't this from China, where the melamine in the baby food scandal happened?" (or from wherever the latest food crime has taken place). This means other people of all sorts HEAR the message almost subliminally. You're not preaching. You're a concerned, hopefully respectable looking person who is really worried about what we put in our mouths. Just a thought. To share. Thank you for your site.