Is Our Meat and Poultry Toxic?

We have a large garden of herbs, all kinds, especially exotic Asian types. There's nothing better than being able to sprinkle fresh rosemary, thyme or lemongrass into your cooking. Mmmmm...

No vegetables though, except some (very) hot peppers. For fruits, we have several pear trees, one apple, one persimmon, and even some grapes which did excellent last year.

 

This year, we've removed a rose bush to plant a fig tree...
we also have a plum tree, an apricot tree, a bunch of blueberry bushes, and kiwi berry vines.

Along with the garden beds with kale, strawberries, mint, lemon balm, parsley, and onions...
Anything that likes damp, cool weather does well here.

 

This year I planted carrots, tomatos, garlic, Texas white onions, red/yellow bell peppers and sweet yellow peppers. I also have basil, dill, tarragon, oregeno, thyme, lemon balm (can be invasive), Italian parsley, mint (in a pot), chives and fennell (bronze). I grow rosemary seperately as a specimen hedge around my carrots. Rosemary helps deter deer and rabbits.

Here in south central Carolina, all my herbs come back every year except basil. I plant herbs under existing shrubs to maintain moisture control and shelter from harsh sun. I put additional basil by each tomato plant since basil is a companion plant to help repel certain insects and provide organic tomato health.

By the way, parsley and fennel are host plants for swallowtail butterflies, so I harvest parsley carefully and wash thoroughly!

Finally, in my butterfly garden, I use milkweed as a natural host plant for monarchs. Remember when milkweed was a common roadside weed? Now, it's becoming hard to find.

Since this is the grammar thread, how's my writing? I have tendency to shift tense and plurality.

 

Ooops, thought this was the grammar thread turned organic. That's why I asked, "How's my grammar?" As I posted in another thread, old age is what happens to other people!

 

I don't support the willy-nilly antibiotic dosing of food animals.
But this press release is lacking in details. Primarily, what classes of antibiotics were the bugs resistant too. The drugs fed to animals aren't classes used for treating human disease. It's done that way to lower the chances of pathogens becoming resistant to human meds. If these studied strains are resistant to animal classes of drugs, it's still a concern, but it isn't a health threat.

 

It appears the FDA is already against the use of antibiotics in livestock, except for treating illness.
FDA: Antibiotics in Livestock Affects Human Health
The article is from a year ago, and no regulations were added, just voluntary guidelines.

 

I just say "Oh I just love animals a lot". It is the main reason and people generally don't argue with that.