What's on your lettuce?

[Bring4th_Austin]

Pickle, it's almost like you need a household spectrometer or something to determine food quality on individual produce. Maybe only then can you go back to the food suppliers and place limits on what is acceptable. I realize one could go overboard on food safety, but the GMO stuff is already stupid. Food is information.

There is an easier way to ensure quality food grown responsibly and purely without a spectrometer. There's a saying we have in the small agriculture business:

‎"The only way to be sure of eating pure food is to know the first name of the grower."

Shop at a local farmers' market and form a personal relationship with the people who grow and produce your food. I even have customers eager to come help out on the farm. This also helps create an invaluable sense of community.