Study shows link between organophosphates and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
More confirmation that organic foods are worth every penny! This study released just last week confirms the increased incidence of ADHD in children with measurable amounts of organophosphates in their bloodstream. Other research has shown that those organophosphates virtually disappear within weeks of changing to an organic food diet. For those who claim organic is too expensive… which has the higher cost?
Politicians take aim at cutting funds for farmers markets, specialty crop and ag infrastructure
Are farmers markets just ‘locavore niche markets’? Are our local farmers just ‘hobby farmers’? Are you an ‘affluent patron of an urban market’? This surprising ‘spin’ on farmers market by leading politicians weaves a treacherous path for loss of funding and support for local sustainable agriculture and farmers markets.
http://www.agri-pulse.com/uploaded/KnowYourFarmers.pdf
Not addressed in this letter are the billions spent on subsidizing ‘conventional’ agriculture with virtually no funds going to ‘alternative’ agriculture until just recently, and even then very limited; the enormous hidden costs of this subsidized agriculture in the form of health care and environmental cleanup from the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides; or the fact that many of the farmers at our market are those very same conventional, rural farmers they speak of who have found new success at farmers markets by selling direct, and by turning to organic production, after years of struggling in competition at wholesale levels against large agri-business those subsidies and special interest funds empowered.
This new surge of success for full time and often 4th or 5th generation farmers and small scale food producers selling ‘value-added products’ from local farm produce at farmers markets is taking place around the country from rural to urban areas. One has to wonder just which ‘conventional farmers’ are they worried about?
We are gathering for a response to this, please let us know how we are more than a ‘locavore niche market’ for you.
Market manager: Heidi Bohan hbohan@peoplepc.com