Guest Blog: Food And Water Watch

A few weeks ago, the folks at Food and Water Watch emailed us with some information about their events near Charlotte.  I asked them if they wanted to write a blog post about the work that they are doing right now.

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Cargill made big news this week. On Thursday the company announced that it was recalling 36 million pounds of turkey meat. Already, at least 76 people have gotten sick from salmonella poisoning and 1 person has died from the outbreak. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about a recall like this. Think back to the spinach recall on spinach, Skippy Peanut Butter recall, Smithfield Pork , and others– all in one year! .And what about all the pesticides on our food, GMO produce, and factory farms? These scares are getting a lot of people to question what we are eating and where our food comes from. Shouldn’t our food system allow us to make safe and healthy choices?