From Farm to Fork - Infographic from HealthyChild.org (GAH!)

[TalkingDog]

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. and now we find there is arsenic in rice...

All the reading I did on ardenic in rice basically says:

*Rice produced in southern states has higher levels of arsenic than rice from Cal.
( oh joy...guess where I live)

*brown rice has higher levels of arsenic than white rice, because the stuff adheres more to the outside of the rice grain.

* USA rice has MORE arsenic than imported basamti or other rices.
( hmmm...I am skeptical of that, as a generalization).

Links, here, about it:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/11/arsenic-in-your-food/index.htm#recommendations
&
http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm319827.htm

One suggestion for reducing levels of rice in cooking:
http://www.nomeatathlete.com/arsenic-in-rice/


Bon appetit!

[TalkingDog]

3. Thanks in particular for the last item. We eat a lot of rice.

[handmade34]

2. we need

to teach gardening to everyone... grow as much of your own as possible and buy local