Food production is not always a walk in the park. Sometimes people get hurt and sometimes people get killed. Besides the rare incident of being shot at, there are employees you get on the wrong side of, and they won’t shoot you, but there will be a chance of injury. One day, I had a…
My last post featured my work at a TV dinner plant . The indiscretions I mentioned mostly involved meat. But meat production is not the only place where one will find problems in the food chain. One summer, I worked in a vegetable plant freezing and packaging vegetables and fruits. I performed cleaned-up and other…
Some of my personal experiences in the food processing industry shine a light on how awful it can be and some of the reasons. This is not to say that all food processing plants engage in bad practices. I worked at a number of smaller plants, medium sized plants and even a few large plants…
The headlines are filling up with reports of bird flu. Positive tests have resulted in 28 million chickens culled. Bird flu is showing up in cattle. More testing has revealed goats, sheep, dogs, cats, and even dolphins have tested positive. Herds of cattle are slated to be euthanized. Warnings have been put out to avoid…
Backyard gardens have gone from a necessity to a hobby and now are maligned by certain people we will call, “globalists.” Claims that backyard gardening has a carbon footprint 5 times greater than commercial growing have been published along with a lot of other rubbish, as if the amount of carbon you make growing plants…
Part 1 Since I have spent a number of years at various levels of food production and preparation, I thought I would share some of my experiences and thoughts about our food supply. I lived in farming areas part of my life and have known many farmers and heard about their problems and triumphs. In…
What has changed about our food and how can we shape its future?
Are Your Chops Happy? Ira L. White I like to buy my meat locally and it’s nice when one can also visit the farms where it is raised. I am both a customer and friends with folks at the two farms I am about to mention. My first trip to Feld Farms was incredible. They…
