Food fraud!

Post by **thegawd** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:46 am

WaupoosCowgirl wrote:QR_BBPOST We are a 7th generation family farm. Sunflowers are a part of our regular crop rotation. We grow corn, sunflowers, wheat, soy beans, popcorn and hay. We also raise beef. I will put a link to our blog and Fb page...if not allowed Admin, I will delete...just way easier than typing a novel!

https://sunnydaleramblings.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SunnydalePopcorn/

you are ALWAYS allowed to post those links!!! and I just love it! beautiful! how do you harvest the sunflowers? is there a head for a combine?

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:50 am

thegawd wrote:QR_BBPOST
WaupoosCowgirl wrote:QR_BBPOST We are a 7th generation family farm. Sunflowers are a part of our regular crop rotation. We grow corn, sunflowers, wheat, soy beans, popcorn and hay. We also raise beef. I will put a link to our blog and Fb page...if not allowed Admin, I will delete...just way easier than typing a novel!

https://sunnydaleramblings.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SunnydalePopcorn/
you are ALWAYS allowed to post those links!!! and I just love it! beautiful! how do you harvest the sunflowers? is there a head for a combine?

Al this is the blog I wrote about the sunflowers
https://sunnydaleramblings.wordpress.co ... -and-sons/

There is another on how the combine actually works
https://sunnydaleramblings.wordpress.co ... thrashing/

WaupoosCowgirl · Post by **WaupoosCowgirl** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:51 am

We plant with corn planter and like to use the corn head but that didn't work out this year so we used the grain head.

Post by **thegawd** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:57 am

That is sooooo cool! right on!

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:49 pm

Thank you for the link, beautiful pictures!

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 8:29 am

I'm a little late coming to this discussion but I either saw an act of trickery at one of the large food chains or some form of a farming miracle. I was buying tomatoes and I usually try to get grown in Canada tomatoes. I saw some grown in Ontario, as I was picking them I found it odd that they were so cheap for this time of year, I also noticed the company that grew the tomatoes also had tomatoes from Mexico in the same bin. All the tomatoes were identical in colour, size, shape etc. Odd to say they were from different countries. They were the "still on the vine" type and suddenly I saw the tomato miracle, on one vine some of the tomatoes had the grown in Canada sticker and some of the tomatoes on the same vine had grown in Mexico stickers on them. Wow, modern agriculture has really progressed to be able to grow tomatoes on the same vine in two different countries! Lol

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:01 am

Those stupid plastic stickers drive me nuts- a little piece of plastic garbage with every fruit and vegetable now.

TomK · Post by **TomK** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:01 am

Theres a huge thing going on in the states right now over GMO labelling laws...big hoopla...doesn't matter a hoot...if you aren't going to police the situation properly and hold people's feet to the flame when they transgress its absolutely meaningless...SkinnyRooster, you think anyone is going to be held to account for that obvious fraud...its a sad world, but its got to the point where MJ ( a truly empathic soul ) says ' don't trust anyone'

SandyM · Post by **SandyM** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:07 am

Skinny rooster wrote:QR_BBPOST I'm a little late coming to this discussion but I either saw an act of trickery at one of the large food chains or some form of a farming miracle. I was buying tomatoes and I usually try to get grown in Canada tomatoes. I saw some grown in Ontario, as I was picking them I found it odd that they were so cheap for this time of year, I also noticed the company that grew the tomatoes also had tomatoes from Mexico in the same bin. All the tomatoes were identical in colour, size, shape etc. Odd to say they were from different countries. They were the "still on the vine" type and suddenly I saw the tomato miracle, on one vine some of the tomatoes had the grown in Canada sticker and some of the tomatoes on the same vine had grown in Mexico stickers on them. Wow, modern agriculture has really progressed to be able to grow tomatoes on the same vine in two different countries! Lol

Ugh. I just can't even deal right now.

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:12 am

For some reason I think of A Jeff Foxworthy skit: in Louisiana my in laws made good food.... As long as you don't ask too many questions about what you're eatin. I've seen my mother in law bang on pots with wooden spoons yellin "git back in there! Git back in there now!"

Caveat emptor: buyer beware.