LIFE - READING - The End of Food by Thomas F. Pawlick

I'm not very good at book reviews.  But, despite my review, I think this very scary and somewhat depressing book is important to read.

It is about what changes have happened in our food production over time, but mostly since the 1980’s.  The alteration of our food, whether by selective breeding or by genetic modifications leaves us with food products lacking in any nutritional value.  Food that is more harmful to us the good for us.   It delves deeply into the world food market, and how, as a planet, we are destroying the very soil we need to grow food by the fertilizers that are now being used to force larger, more abundant crops from fields that are already too overworked.

All of a sudden, those heirloom seeds we bought are looking more and more valuable.  Looks like we are going to have a winter garden this year.  And buying from local farmers is a must.  And no, I’m not kidding myself into thinking that our government is really keeping our food safe at our local farmer level.  The government hasn’t got the resources.  But supporting the big corporations in the food industry is only perpetuating the continued alteration of our food only for the sake of profit with no consideration to our health.   It’s important to support our smaller farmers.  We don’t want them to disappear.