Jackson Heights Life

Wow! If the antibiotic stuff wasn't bad enough, check out what we're doing to these animals in the name of our plates.  I see all these restaurants in Jackson Heights and I'm fairly certain their chicken and pork isn't heritage breed, blah di blah but more like the stuff in this article.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p811p18540937037/fulltext.pdf




moderator note: split from Food Coop thread.  OP - send me a message if you want the thread re-named.

I am a big supporter of organic, grass-fed beef and no-antibiotic, free range chickens and eggs (partly because they are like ten times more delicious than the conventional stuff). And I'm conscious about not buying depleted seafoods (like tuna and wild salmon). But it's very expensive for the consumer and unfortunately those small, caring farmers don't get much support from the government. It's sad to say that a lot of people don't really care how their cheap meat gets into the styrofoam containers at the supermarket. Especially in this neighborhood, where a lot of families are on a budget.

I'd rather my dollars go to what I'm putting into my mouth as fuel for my body now than pay a fortune in cardiology and oncology fees in the years to come.  I look around at the citizens of our neighborhood and sometimes it is just heartbreaking to see so much obesity.  There is much discretionary eating on the street of bad food choices.  I'm thinking of approaching Danny Dromm about this serious health issue that our neighborhood faces.  Our schools, hospitals, police and firestations should be forward thinking in their food initiatives.