Might want to consider growing a veggie garden this spring

[indusurb]

EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food

"The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.

This month, the agency approved two new pesticides that meet the internationally recognized definition for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or fluorinated substances, and has announced plans for four additional approvals. The authorized pesticides, cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram, which was approved Thursday, will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epa-just-approved-forever-chemical-190703792.html

Yes, you can buy "organic" produce at the grocery store, but the definition of organic is so broad in a lot of cases you can drive a tank through it. Farmers markets are better because you can develop a relationship with the seller, but even then exercise caution. If you live in an apartment, you could possibly grow produce in pots indoors or on a balcony. There also might be a community garden that you could utilize. But the fact of the matter is that under this EPA we're going to be the guinea pigs that chemical companies are going to be exploiting for profit.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. I could consider a couple of tomato plants

on my balcony.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Given that all I have is a balcony, I wouldn't

be spending a lot of time gardening. But nothing is as good as a vine-ripened tomato. The store tomatoes are so cardboard that I almost never buy one, unless I'm planning on sandwiches.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I have all day full sunshine. So much

that I doubt anything else would grow properly.

[Diamond_Dog]

5. We buy organic whenever possible.

More and more stores carry organic produce nowadays. Even my favorite discount grocery has quite a bit of it and so does Walmart.

Another huge source of pesticides is anything made with oats that isn’t organic, like Cheerios or regular oatmeal. Walmart sells organic oatmeal.

https://ceh.org/glyphosate-herbicide-found-popular-cereals/

[Raftergirl]

6. We are members of a local farms CSA. All organic. Also, go to the farmers market and another local farm's farm

store.

Our CSA also has a U pick em for members only. We usually go twice a summer.

The only thing we grow now are herbs. I have a big planter box on our patio we fill every summer with them.

Now that the season is over where I am, there is a big indoor farmers market every Saturday in the city across the river from us.

[Kaleva]

8. Most of us don't have the capacity to grow and store hundreds of pounds of produce

A general rule of thumb is that the average adult should eat about a pound of vegetables per day

[SamuelTheThird]

9. Between this and plastics

we're fooked

[ChicagoTeamster]

10. Great, Now no country is going to want US produce.

[Blumancru]

11. We put in a Trump garden this year

Did this because we suspected that his tariffs would make Mexican produce expensive.
It produced very well. Tomatoes of different varieties that came in at different times, onions, sweet peppers, zucchini, squash. We will do it again mext spring.
For those of you with limited area, look up Square Foot Gardening. This is now a matter of survival.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Trump wants to kill Americans

[womanofthehills]

13. I am growing cherry tomatoes in my south windows

My boyfriend and I built my house and we made the whole south side windows for solar gain - free heat. So besides lots of house plants, I have 4 cherry tomato plants, two pepper plants, mini greens and arugula. It’s great to have fresh salads all winter long. I’m in NM with lots of sun.

I try to only eat organically. Also have 7 chickens & a roo that I feed organically. I often grow some mini greens for them too. Mini greens are great as they sprout in a week.

[hamsterjill]

14. I tried this year. It was my first time.

I wasn't very successful, but I did learn a few things! Will keep on trying until I get it right.