http://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/18/hey-hacky-mcgreenthumb-please-remember-that-this-is-philadelphia-and-you-cant-even-trust-your-dirt/ philly's longest-standing cityblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.philebrity.com/2009/05/18/hey-hacky-mcgreenthumb-please-remember-that-this-is-philadelphia-and-you-cant-even-trust-your-dirt/comment-page-1/#comment-11391 Tvox Tue, 19 May 2009 18:15:34 +0000 http://www.philebrity.com/?p=22367#comment-11391 That NYT article read like a big agro scare piece warning folks to only buy your veggies from your trusty very safe Archer Daniels Midland-serviced supermarket. Yes lead is often an issue, especially if there are young kids or pregnant moms eating the food, but lead levels in the soil around old houses are usually less than the what the government says is the maximum for for adults for food. Plus home grown means you're not eating all the chemical crap that industrial food growers spray and fertilize with, not to mention GMO. Remember kids: only Commies grow their own food. That NYT article read like a big agro scare piece warning folks to only buy your veggies from your trusty very safe Archer Daniels Midland-serviced supermarket. Yes lead is often an issue, especially if there are young kids or pregnant moms eating the food, but lead levels in the soil around old houses are usually less than the what the government says is the maximum for for adults for food. Plus home grown means you’re not eating all the chemical crap that industrial food growers spray and fertilize with, not to mention GMO. Remember kids: only Commies grow their own food.

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