Natural Society | September 7 2012
If you choose to consume organic foods free of genetically modified ingredients, mercury-containing high-fructose corn syrup, and a host of other harmful ingredients, then you are in the sights of some media publications seeking to bring the ridiculous assault campaign against organic food consumers and health conscious individuals to the next level. One New York Times writer in particular has called all health conscious organic consumers ‘narcissists’ and claims that genetically modified foods are the ‘only’ way to fight world hunger. In case you’re not aware, the United Nations actually found that GMO crops are horrible at combating world hunger and that organic, sustainable methods were far superior.
As you are probably aware, the media campaign against organic foods began just shortly after a fatally flawed study was released declaring that organic is the ‘same’ as conventional.
As I broke down shortly after the study in a video and article, the ridiculous study failed to actually identify key aspects of what makes organic food healthier. For example, they failed to consider the presence of GMOs and other problematic substances I already mentioned. Perhaps most startling, however, is the fact that the study actually proves itself wrong on multiple occasions. It openly admits that organic food was found to have lower pesticide/herbicide/insecticide residue levels, and then states that it doesn’t matter because conventional foods didn’t hit the ‘legal limit’ so they’re completely safe.
While I encourage you to view the video for an in-depth explanation, this is absolutely insulting to the intelligence of the general public. We know that Monsanto’s Roundup, the best-selling herbicide in the US that is widely used on conventional crops, has been linked to conditions such as: DNA damage, infertility, and 29 otherconditions. In the same vein, various studies have linked even “low levels” of pesticides to IQ damage. This is not even taking into consideration the other contaminants and concerns.
What started out as a poor write-up of a flawed study has quickly escalated into a ‘hot war’ of sorts between the mainstream media and health conscious consumers with a brain of their own. Instead of addressing the issues with the study, those seeking to justify their own poor habits (and many likely backed by major biotech companies) are instead viciously assaulting healthy individuals. It is essential that we set the record straight on this issue before families worldwide are deceived into purchasing health-wrecking toxic food items.
- New Junk Science Study Dismisses Nutritional Value of Organic Foods (anh-usa.org)
- Busted: Co-Author of Flawed Stanford Organic Study Has Deep Ties to Big Tobacco’s Anti-Science Propaganda (theintelhub.com)
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This ‘people who eat organic food are narcissistic’ story referred to in this article actually aired on TV as well, as I witnessed it being read on my local WGN Chicago channel 9 midday news some time ago. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing when anchor Dina Bair read the story and I am still completely amazed at how she kept a straight face while reading it. On this day it became clear to me just how low things have sank in this war of reality/duality. It would seem that at this point that the creators of these phony studies and articles no longer feel it is necessary to try to make a fabrication even somewhat believable anymore. I find it ironic that nowadays the most reliable mainstream news is the weather forecast-because of course back when weather reporting was in its infancy you know the weatherman never ‘got it right’.
Fortunately, re-connecting with truth is as easy as being a kid again and going to play in the dirt. By putting our hands in the soil and planting and caring for something, we re-establish our most fundamental of relationships with Earth and the Plant Kingdom. You learn very quickly that narcissism has no place in the garden. Your plants need lots and lots of love, a willingness to serve, a green thumb perhaps, but certainly not a PhD in chemistry.
But in a sense perhaps there is a bit of narcissism at play in all of this: for if we are all truly one in God’s creation, then the plants I tend to are me and I am them. Therefore when I look at my beautiful plants, I am looking at myself, i.e., I am looking in the mirror. And I love to look upon and gaze into my garden mirror, and I enjoy the (pesticide and herbicide-free) home-grown vegetables that my plant friends share with me . If that makes me the ‘Narcissistic Gardener’, so be it!
Thanks for your excellent comment, Neil. You’re right in your observation that the criminals running 3D “reality” no longer feel the need to hide their agenda. Their lies, sadly, continue to be bought by the majority who have not yet woken up to the truth laid bare in front of them. But even the most asleep will begin awakening if such blatant disregard of fact or logic continues. Blessings ~G
Neil, that was a most beautiful statement. I gaze out over my garden and feel the same; you made my heart sing.
Love, Narcissistic Gardener II