Article: Move over milk, almonds are headed for pasteurization

[Guest guest]

What can we do to stop this madness?

 

Erinn

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Jeff Rogers <jeff

Sun, 13 May 2007 22:34:50

 

Article: Move over milk, almonds are headed for

pasteurization

 

Move over milk, almonds are headed for pasteurization

 

By Carol Ness

San Francisco Chronicle

2007-04-30 00:00:00

 

Glenn Anderson is having a tough time swallowing the almond

industry's new rules that require heat treatment or chemical

fumigation of the nuts he grows on 12 organic acres in the Central

Valley of California.

 

" Most of our customers have called me and said, 'We don't want

pasteurized almonds, we want them raw, directly from the field,' "

says Anderson, 72, an organic pioneer whose farm in Hilmar, near

Turlock, Calif., has been in his family since 1912. " I think it's

being shoved down all of our throats. "

 

Full story:

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[Guest guest]

On May 13, 2007, at 4:15 PM, williamserinn wrote:

 

> What can we do to stop this madness?

 

Write letters!

 

Here is one I wrote, along with the contact information for some key

people:

 

Raw almonds & mandatory pasteurization

http://www.soystache.com/rawalmonds.htm

 

When I wrote that letter, I didn't realize that California was the

only supplier of almonds in the U.S. If they go forward with this and

if we want truly raw almonds, we'll have to find a source outside the

country.

 

Jeff

[Guest guest]

The article said that farmer's markets, roadside stands, and CSA boxes

were exempt. I didn't know what CSA was and found out it is community-

supported agriculture. I did some searching and this is an interesting

concept. You invest in the farm and get a share of the produce. For

an example, follow this link:

http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M477

 

Ron

 

, Jeff Rogers <jeff wrote:

>

>

> On May 13, 2007, at 4:15 PM, williamserinn wrote:

>

> > What can we do to stop this madness?

>

> Write letters!

>

> if we want truly raw almonds, we'll have to find a source outside

the

> country.

>

> Jeff

>

[Guest guest]

So maybe if we drive down to Anderson Almonds we'll be able to pick some up and

drive them home. Hmmm, seems rather like the '60s and '70s only what we were

driving was greener.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

So maybe the solution is to hook up with some raw groups in CA and get them

to buy almonds at farmers’ markets or roadside stands and send them up to

WA.

 

 

 

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

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On Behalf Of Ron Koenig

Monday, May 14, 2007 7:17 PM

 

Re: Article: Move over milk, almonds are headed for

pasteurization

 

 

 

The article said that farmer's markets, roadside stands, and CSA boxes

were exempt. I didn't know what CSA was and found out it is community-

supported agriculture. I did some searching and this is an interesting

concept. You invest in the farm and get a share of the produce. For

an example, follow this link:

HYPERLINK

" http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M477 " http://www.localhar-vest.org/-farms/

M477

 

Ron

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

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Ron,

The CSA farm in Redmond (a short bike ride from where I used to work) is what

got me on raw food. We got so much stuff that by the end of the week there

wasn't time to prepare and cook it. I started eating it raw and realized that

GOOD produce doesn't get any better with cooking. About the same time I

realized that my co-worker, Stephan Boutenko, was the son of a raw food

evangelist and my next door neighbor introduced me to her books. The rest is

(living) history.

 

There are CSA farms here in WV, but the selection is more limited and farmland

is scarce so it isn't as feasible (shares are alll sold out). I still support

the farmers in every way I can by getting their produce from the farmer's market

and food co-op when it's available. You are very fortunate in the Seattle area

to have many good suppliers of local and organic produce. Definitely use them

all you can whenever you can!

 

Nick