Are Your Vegetables Safe - Home Vegetable Gardening

A recent radio programme had the interviewers visiting a farm which grew commercial vegetables

. As they were leaving they asked if they could pick some broccoli, to take home to feed their chickens.

The farmer replied that they shouldn't feed his broccoli to their chickens as it would kill them. Shocked the interviewers asked why? He said the commercial broccoli was sprayed four or five times and weren't safe to eat. When asked what vegetables they ate they said they have their own vegetable patch behind the house well away from the fields.

Soil Health.

There are even wider concerns regarding commercially grow vegetables. It's the condition of the soil that concerns many health researchers. Soil health and community health are being closely monitored in many western countries. We know the soils become depleted. The practice of leaving a field fallow, i.e. , allow the field to recover for a season, is not economically viable on many large struggling farms.

The effects of drought, flood, fire, hail, tornados and insect invasion allow farmers little opportunity to care for their farms in the traditional manner. The soil is pushed and stressed and super phosphates are used to encourage growth in place of nutrients.

Storage Problems.

Your supermarket has the problem of transport over potentially long distances and storage, whilst having to offer a fresh looking produce. This is achieved by picking before fully ripe and using ethylene gas to ripen fruit and vegetables. This is the natural gas a banana

Of course for some crops ripening too fast so they use Smartfresh, which is a synthetic produce enhancer, blocks normal ethylene in fruit in order to slow normal ripening. This can delay ripening for up to a year. This means you could be buying and consuming food up to a year old.

The benefit is that you the consumer can get the food you want all year around, the downside is that many agricultural scientists believe the Vitamin C and other anti oxidants are severely depleted.

Where are your veggies grown?

If your vegetables are grown in a developing country, read poor or no chemical control. You risk high levels of contamination. If you have travelled in a third world country you have noticed the massive air pollution and the grossly inadequate drainage and sewerage. If you are in a northern hemisphere winter, stop for a moment to consider where your produce is coming from.

Consider again how many hands have handled the apple you are about to bite into. I bet you will give it a good washing now. Don't forget that pesticides are not water soluble so water alone will not clean fruit and vegetables. A little non toxic detergent and a good scrub will be sufficient.

by: Ian Newton

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