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Grains

There are many thoughtful consumers who realize the hazards of processed and industrial produced meat/poultry and dairy but think that a vegetarian diet comes with no risk to their bodies or the environment.  This isn't quite right.  Indeed, a diet of grains is less hazardous than eating what comes out of the cesspools of many industrial meat operations,  but there are concerns.  Grain is becoming the target of large agri-business in the form of genetic modification.   At a rapid pace the ancient, natural grains that sustained our families for generations will be displaced by hybrids created in labs.  Some products of the agri-business complex may threaten the human race.  In the past ten years, there were plans to create the "TERMINATOR" seed, produced by Monsanto Corporation, that would be made artificially sterile.  Such a seed would make farmers highly dependent upon centrally controlled seed production.  If something happened to this central facility, and our ancient self-reproducing seed had disappeared from farmers’ bins, the human race could face mass starvation.  Cooler heads prevailed, and farmers continue in large numbers to use natural grains, but the trends are ominous.           

Our advice to consumers:  Continue to support naturally reproducible grains.  We believe if it was good enough for YOUR grandparents, it is good enough for YOUR grandchildren.

Learn More

• The Scoop on Whole Grains
  What are whole grains and how much should you eat? ... FDA, U S Food and Drug Administration. Enter Search terms ...
  www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/.../ucm151902.htm
• Draft Guidance: Whole Grain Label Statements
  May 20, 2009 ... In general, the barley that is used for human food in the U.S. is pearled. ... Answer: FDA has not defined any claims concerning the grain ...
  www.fda.gov/Food/.../GuidanceDocuments/.../ucm059088.htm
• Natural Food: Grains Beans and Seeds
  Fruit are a natural part of the human diet all through human evolution. This guide discusses the legumes, grain, and seed species in Africa nad other parts ...
  www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_grains_beans_seeds.htm
• Sundance Natural Foods: Grains
  May 23, 1996 ... Grains of one kind or another, are a staple part of cuisines from every corner of the earth. For thousands of years they have been valued ...
  www.efn.org/~sundance/grain.html