The WTF Food News for June 2011 Interactive House Designs

The WTF Food News for June 2011

July 14, 2011 – 11:14 pm

I am gonna start to write a new monthly post and call it the WTF Food News. In the post Ill highlight some food stories from the previous weeks that make you tilt your head, curl your brow, lift your shoulders and make that face like you thought you had to fart, but something else came out.

So here is the first installment:

Care2: Is China Manufacturing Plastic Rice? This article is citing a source that was in Korean, but the sad part is that it isnt out of the realm of being completely viable. If its cheaper to produce and people will buy it, why not produce it? Its only available in one small town or village, but that doesnt mean it wont spread beyond that.

What is up with China and producing toxic stuff, there was the toys that had toxic lead in them, now plastic rice. What could possibly be next?

Business Insider: China Genetically Modifies Cows To Produce Human Breast Milk Pretty smooth segue, huh? Not sure the point of, who would consume and why one would even do this, but some Chinese farmers think its a good idea.

Grist.org: FDA admits supermarket chickens test positive for arsenic I dont know of anyone that would willingly ingest arsenic. If the FDA is admitting to there being some levels in supermarket chicken, then the problem must be bad.

Huffington Post: Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew Worlds Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Problems, New Report Finds Sadly enough this story doesnt surprise me too much – the fact that Round-Up causes birth defects and the fact that regulators knew.

These stories have definitely made me think WTF is going on with our food? These are the reasons that you should start to grow some of your own food and source it locally from farmers markets or CSAs.

What WTF food stories have you seen lately?

Screw Buying Flowers, I’m Gonna Grow Some
Insects or Mold In My Worm Bin?
Drying Out My Wet Compost Bin
Gram Changes Her Tune About the Lettuce

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