[JanH]

It is also hard to separate things in companies that make portions of products. We once got a job offer from a company that made paper--cigarette paper and Bible pages. Thought that might be an interesting dilemna for many. We honestly don't know the whole picture with any company anymore. I would love to embrace the local farmers if the farmer's market wasn't at the crack of dawn on saturday and sold out by the time I'm up and about. Having been raised by a farmer, I totally understand, but I am also lazy about getting there. We used to have a grocery that had signs that told where each item of produce came from and we used to buy USA as much as possible. Some out of country car manufacturers have built big plants in the south that employ a lot of people. Does that make them made in USA or still a foreign car? I get so confused! I try to buy organic since I was raised that way and whole grain. I will pay for fresh produce rather than canned most of the time. I feel that buying quality food improves your health so that it balances out. But it could just be the farmer kid in me and there is no difference in food quality. I do try to keep away from hormones, though. Especially after the breast cyst situation last year. I read that it could be the hormones in the food and I'm trying that to see if the tests come back differently this year.