Planet Green: 7 Foods So Unsafe Even Farmers Won’t Eat Them
The website SoulPancake tweeted the link to this article yesterday and while I did my retweeting duty, I thought it was important enough to post it on here as well. I think that as veg*ns we assume that our diet, free of the harmful hormones and chemicals used in the factory farming of animals and animal products, is naturally safe. We (or at least I) sometimes forget that in this day and age, even “natural” foods and produce can be just as harmful. So while this list includes things like fish and beef that I don’t eat anyway, there were some items on the list that I do eat that caught me by surprise. I know as a vegan on a budget I am always trying to weigh which items are worth my time to spend the extra money on for organics. Lists like this help me to make those decisions.
7 Foods So Unsafe Even Farmers Won’t Eat Them
1. Canned Tomatoes
2. Corn-Fed Beef
3. Microwave Popcorn
4. Conventionally Grown (Not Organic) Potatoes
5. Farmed Salmon
6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones
7. Conventional Apples
Go here to read the entire article.
Wow! I had no idea that canned tomatoes were unsafe. I knew about 2 and 4-6, but the others were a shock. Thanks for posting!
You’re welcome!
And canned tomatoes never occurred to me either, although it makes sense when you think about it. And microwave popcorn too. It’s so easy to just assume that if the FDA allows it on the shelves that it should be fine for us.