My daughter asked me to write some information for kids on nutrition today and while researching it I came upon some very scary information regarding our food supplies.
Did you know that in the United States, Farmers use 1.5 billion pounds of pesticides and that these pesticides end up in about 1/2 the food we eat? Why? Only about 1 percent of food shipments in the US are tested for pesticides..Kind of scary, isn't it?
Some Apple Growers use 24 different types of pesticides on apples! Those facts certainly bring home the fact that we need to start buying more organic foods and foods from the farmers markets that are grown locally. This is a grass roots effort that is starting to see a tremendous upswing in people really watching what they put into their bodies. I will be talking about the right way to read food labels in my upcoming newsletter. To get your free copy just click on www.healthstrategiestoday.com and opt-in. Yours in good health, Evelyn of Health Strategies Today.
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