WalMart Goes Organic? Huh??

OK, now I hafta get on my soap box. I just read this week that megastore WalMart is planning to add an organic line to its grocery items.

That is just about the most disgusting development I've heard since the time I first learned that the government is allowing sewage sludge (containing heavy metal poisons and other biotoxic waste hazards) to be placed on fields where agricultural crops are grown -- and that farmers are actually doing it.

Here's why I feel this way about the WalMart thing (I will have LOTS more to say about it in future articles, but for now, let me just outline something you should know.)

First of all, mass producing food was never part of the organic movement. The TRUE organic food movement (and it IS one!) is based on local, biodynamic, sustainable farming principles and practices.

What has happened, though, is that "organic" processed foods have made their way into the supermarkets (and hey -- that's a whole other story -- one I will cover soon.)]

For now, though, please understand that processed foods of ANY kind are really not what great organic gourmet foods are all about -- I don't care what the label says (and yes, that's a whole other topic too!)

Eating well means eating fresh, organic produce cooked properly in a restaurant or in your home, with wonderful spices, lots of vegetables, and with appealing flavors. No synthetic chemicals, please -- or ingredients you cannot pronounce and that come from a chemical factory.

I have no quarrel with chemicals; I just don't want them in my food!

And if you like great organic gourmet foods, you won't eat at WalMart either.

Stay tuned for more on this -- and some BIG news -- soon!

Yours for extraordinary dining -- for everyone,

Nancy

Yes, everyone really CAN eat great organic gourmet foods -- without WalMart's "help"!