RE: [pf] Risks, imposed or chosen

by David A

17 December 2000 20:42 UTC

Kudos for your consistency.


tully wrote:
> I'm a fanatic that would like to see all ingredients listed out 
> completely; 
> sources, including seed company, distributor company, wholesalers; 
> processes including irradiation, etc.  I should know if terminator seeds 
> 
> were used, or if Monsanto was involved in any way as I would willingly 
> pay 
> much additional money for food that avoided use of any products from 
> that 
> scourge of a corporation.  I like the labelling that shows fat and sugar 
> 
> content by type.  But alot of money is put into the lab analysis of 
> things 
> like calories, percents of minimum daily requirements, etc., that I do 
> not 
> see as super necessary, though are nice to have.  What would be really 
> cool 
> would be to have all the companies involved with the process along the 
> way 
> be listed and the amount of money paid for that quantity of product 
> provided on each.  To see that a farmer was paid $.0001 and the 
> wholesaler 
> $.10 for the product would be an eye-opener whose time has come.
> 
> >Would you support equivalent labeling for all foods?
> 
> Basically, yes.
> 
> >For organic foods?
> 
> Yes.