Re: [NN]Coffee was Warrior diet while nursing

[Guest guest]

> Yes, absolutely. We have well water here for our " farm " , small as it is.

I

> guess to tie it all back to the coffee thing I should mention that coffee

is

> grown in countries other than our own. The standards and chemicals used

> (many of which are exported from the US a la Dupont) are governed by local

> governments. Hhmmm, what does USDA Organic really mean when applied to an

> import? Isn't it a three year period of organic growing standards that

> allows the organic label? How long is DDT, PCB, etc last in the soil?

> Assuming that organic foods are free from contaminants is not wise. If

> tests show local US organic produce is contaminated with rocket fuel, I

> wonder what the situation is in imported products like coffee, even fair

> trade organic coffee?

> Deanna

We only get the the shade grown, fair trade,organic Birdwatcher's Blend

coffee from Dean's Bean's http://deansbeans.com/ Its a local company and he

visits the growers often. Was 5 years ago or so, before NT that I found

coffee was one of the highest pesticide sprayed crops and that the coffee

growing countries could use pesticides we'd banned.

Wanita