Edible Herbs, Flowers & Other Edibles - Grow Your Own Dinner!

All about growing and using edible herbs, flowers and other edibles, the usual and the unusual--From the wheelbarrow to the plate -- and "greening" and becoming a locavore for the benefit and health of you, your family and neighborhood/community. Back in the 1990s I began Herbs 2 U (a form of here's to you) as a way of getting the message out about growing and using herbs to flavor foods. For many years herbs2u.net has been a way to find help.

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Organic Chicken Safer - Another Reason To Support Non-GMO Products

Dear Folks,

Organic Chicken has far less salmonella than traditionally raised. In a study published in the Journal Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases traditionally raised chickens had almost 7 times the incidents of salmonella as organic raised AND the non-organic salmonella types were antibiotic resistant, but not the types occurring in the organic-raised birds.

It goes without saying this also is relative to the eggs laid by the birds.

Another reason to press our representatives and the USDA and FDA to make GMO labeling required and to enforce with penalties any GMO suppliers and growers who contaminate organic farms and ranches.

While not every supplier of eggs or chickens is certified organic, those that follow the same principals of raising and handling would have the same healthier eggs etc.

Search the blog here for my GMO related posts.

-- Catherine, The Herb Lady