Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just received my first batch (400 kilos!) of organically grown rice from a farm owned by one of my partners at work. They use no chemicals whatsoever, the only fertilizer used is cow dung. This in partially polished rice, reddish colour, with a lot of the fibre intact. I agree with Marty on the chemical risk of the foods here. It can be minimized by careful buying, but that drives up the cost. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > We're getting OT, but I do have leica photos of my home-grown produce here: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/Oranges+web.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/borlotti+beans.jpg.html > > I've worked on this a lot. > > The problems with the supermarket vs local approaches are different. > The main issue with the supermarket model is that supply, cost > structures, appearance and shelf life are given precedence over > freshness and nutritional value. A supermarket apple has about 1/3 > the micro-nutrients as an apple in 1950, but no-one is sure why. > > The main problem with the 'Asian' (although in practice this model > operates in a lot of places, including on a small scale here where I > live) model is that when food safety hazards do manifest they are not > detected before market. Biological toxin, pesticide and other types > of contamination of food at biologically significant levels occurs in > many of these countries at high rates. > > The best of both worlds is achievable but hasn't been put into > practice widely. Humans are tough; most of these threats, from both > approaches, are probably nowhere near as serious as many make them out > to be. > > Marty > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well, you know what I meant. I suppose there will always be degrees of > > difference > > > > However, when I buy all my veggies from a hand cart that comes to my > house > > every day brimming with the fresh stuff including fresh fruits that are > in > > season, milk that are milked in front of me daily, etc., bang in the > middle > > of a metropolis of 7-8 million inhabitants, all these mass retailers can > > only mean a serious drop in quality. We are already seeing it from our > > homegrown clones of Walmart. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > > > >> Jayanand, based on what I have seen when visiting Poland and other > former > >> Communist countries, Tesco is a great improvement on the local shopping > >> scene. They do a wonderful job of being British and local at the same > time. > >> In the one in Wroclaw, the city where my sister lives, you can buy > >> traditional English foods such as mint sauce or mango chutney ;-) but > also > >> live carp during the Christmas season. It is IMO the best supermarket > chain > >> in the world and should be welcomed wherever they set up shop. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:25 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> > >> > Advance education for the day the Walmarts and Tescos descend on us - > >> which > >> > thankfully they have not as yet! > >> > Cheers > >> > Jayanand > >> > > >> > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:28 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at > >> > mac.com > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> sheer genius > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Another useful flow chart > >> >> < > >> >> > >> > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darya-pino/is-it-real-food-flowchart_b_805406.html > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> George Lottermoser > >> >> george at imagist.com > >> >> http://www.imagist.com > >> >> http://www.imagist.com/blog > >> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Leica Users Group. > >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> >> > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >