Packaged salads???

August 9, 2006

rawfood [ <rawfood >

rawfood ]

On Behalf Of Tobias Urbaitis

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:30 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Packaged salads???

I have read that packaged salad has undergone a " chlorinated wash " but not the

ones that say

organic on them.

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Yes, I understand that very few people know what is in the federal organic

standard, nor what

the USDA does with that standard. Many farmers have interpreted certain

regulations as a MANDATE

that they add a small amount of chlorine to their wash water for greens.

Don't know whether you recall, but a short time after the federal standard went

into effect,

there was a big to-do involving Whole Foods and various growers of organic

sunflower sprouts.

The USDA decided to take aim at these sprouts and initiated a chlorination

requirement. Whole

Foods responded by eliminating organic sunflower sprouts from the product line,

at least here in

California, I believe on a corporate basis.

Sorry to be the bearer of " bad " news.

Elchanan

August 9, 2006

My mother got me into the habit of having a few

'window box' type tubs of lettuce growing near the

kitchen at all times. Even though I just have a

balcony, I have pots of various greens and herbs. You

have to keep quite a lot of pots if you eat as many

greens as I do, but at least you know it's organic and

clean. And cheap!

--- SV <shavig wrote:

> Normally I only buy organic, but today I was

> shopping in a different store (we were told gas is

> going over $4.00 by the end of the week in the

> Pacific Northwest, so I'm getting it done now!). I

> bought baby spinach in a bag and it said it did not

> have preservatives on it and was washed. I got

> curious and started looking at other bags and most

> of them did NOT state that, which to me means they

> have preservatives. And remember if it's not

> organic, it probably had something sprayed on it to

> enhance it's growth.

>

> Shari

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

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August 9, 2006

Not to be " splitting hairs " , but there are varying degrees of the word

organic. Organic can mean (as we are using here) free of chemical

treatment, but it can also mean used in an unaltered state and thus

interpreted as being good for us. Marijuana is organic, but there is

controversy about whether or not it is actually good/healthy for us.

Dog poop is organic (especially if the dogs are on a chemical-free,

vegan diet) but that doesn't mean I'll be smearing it on my sandwich

anytime soon.

As I recall there was a good deal of controversy over the use of the

term organic on packaging and what exactly had to certifiably occur for

it's proper labeling use. I didn't follow it far enough except to make

my own decision to not give too much credence to that term and look more

at the production methods and investigate the companies instead.

Nothing is EVER easy, eh? <smile>

Kendra

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf

Of Elaine Bruce

Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:44 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Packaged salads???

My mother got me into the habit of having a few

'window box' type tubs of lettuce growing near the

kitchen at all times. Even though I just have a

balcony, I have pots of various greens and herbs. You

have to keep quite a lot of pots if you eat as many

greens as I do, but at least you know it's organic and

clean. And cheap!

--- SV <shavig <shavig%40verizon.net> > wrote:

> Normally I only buy organic, but today I was

> shopping in a different store (we were told gas is

> going over $4.00 by the end of the week in the

> Pacific Northwest, so I'm getting it done now!). I

> bought baby spinach in a bag and it said it did not

> have preservatives on it and was washed. I got

> curious and started looking at other bags and most

> of them did NOT state that, which to me means they

> have preservatives. And remember if it's not

> organic, it probably had something sprayed on it to

> enhance it's growth.

>

> Shari

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

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August 9, 2006

hmmm, GREAT IDEA! Thanks for sharing!

~Julie married to DH Mark, and sharing the lives of nine busy children. <3 <3

-

Elaine Bruce

rawfood

Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:43 AM

Re: [Raw Food] Packaged salads???

My mother got me into the habit of having a few

'window box' type tubs of lettuce growing near the

kitchen at all times. Even though I just have a

balcony, I have pots of various greens and herbs. You

have to keep quite a lot of pots if you eat as many

greens as I do, but at least you know it's organic and

clean. And cheap!

--- SV <shavig wrote:

> Normally I only buy organic, but today I was

> shopping in a different store (we were told gas is

> going over $4.00 by the end of the week in the

> Pacific Northwest, so I'm getting it done now!). I

> bought baby spinach in a bag and it said it did not

> have preservatives on it and was washed. I got

> curious and started looking at other bags and most

> of them did NOT state that, which to me means they

> have preservatives. And remember if it's not

> organic, it probably had something sprayed on it to

> enhance it's growth.

>

> Shari

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

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August 10, 2006

That's a great idea that I would use if I didn't have a cat! Can't

you see her loving her new " digs " ? I have sworn off packaged salads

since the last several I've bought were beginning to rot in the

middle. There was a suggestion on BES to " package " our own salads.

Wash the greens, prepare them, and keep them in the fridge in a

container until they're needed. I haven't done this yet because I

like to fix mine and then eat them right away but it _would_ be handy.

Tommie

http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com

rawfood , " jdebolt " <jdebolt wrote:

>

> hmmm, GREAT IDEA! Thanks for sharing!

> ~Julie married to DH Mark, and sharing the lives of nine busy

children. <3 <3

> -

> Elaine Bruce

> rawfood

> Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:43 AM

> Re: [Raw Food] Packaged salads???

>

> My mother got me into the habit of having a few

> 'window box' type tubs of lettuce growing near the

> kitchen at all times. Even though I just have a

> balcony, I have pots of various greens and herbs. You

> have to keep quite a lot of pots if you eat as many

> greens as I do, but at least you know it's organic and

> clean. And cheap!

>

> --- SV <shavig wrote:

>

> > Normally I only buy organic, but today I was

> > shopping in a different store (we were told gas is

> > going over $4.00 by the end of the week in the

> > Pacific Northwest, so I'm getting it done now!). I

> > bought baby spinach in a bag and it said it did not

> > have preservatives on it and was washed. I got

> > curious and started looking at other bags and most

> > of them did NOT state that, which to me means they

> > have preservatives. And remember if it's not

> > organic, it probably had something sprayed on it to

> > enhance it's growth.

> >

> > Shari

August 10, 2006

Hmmm... maybe you could try it with thin long boxes

that the cat couldn't comfortably dig in? My mother

has a cat, and the only problem she has is that

sometimes he gets a taste for baby lettuce leaves and

has a nibble!