Conscience, compassionate, and cost effective choices for your pet
Dr. Gary Pusillo
The pet food isle in most grocery stores has hundreds of potential choices; each a colorful reminder of what is possible.
For most of us, life on a farm will be something only experienced in movies and on the internet. The diminishing amount of family farms and local farm markets will inevitably become more difficult to find. When you have a choice, you can make a decision to buy only locally grown, fresh and family farm-identified food that ensures that we will maintain the farmers that most likely will provide food you can trust.
Purchasing locally sourced fresh food is the best way to protect your choice for healthy, fresh food.
The list of concerns of modern-day food is considerable:
- Ear infections
- Allergic reactions
- Obesity
- Food-borne illnesses
- Antibiotic resistance
- Growth hormones
- Genetically modified
- Herbicide and pesticide usage
The producers of fresh, safe, healthy food are being displaced by giant food factories , many of which are located in third world countries or in China.
Here is a simple list to ensure health food for you, your family and your pet.
- Know the most you can about your food.
- Where did the food originate; United States or Canada?
- Did the food come from a factory farm or a family farm?
- Was the source of my food using the best possible animal husbandry practices
- Does the food contain pesticides, herbicides or artificial growth hormones
- Was the food derived from a genetically engineered organism?
- Did the meat originate from a farm feeding genetically modified feeds?
- Was the food locally grown or was it shipped thousands of miles?
- Was the food grown using practices that are good for the soil, water and air?
- Is the food preserved with high amounts of questionable chemicals?
- Be an active food shopper
- Get to know a family farmer
Feel good buying (certified):
- Organic
- Fair Trade
- Free farmed
Feel good buying (not certified)
- Hormone free
- rBGH free
- Raised without unnecessary antibiotics
- Non-GMO
- Ask your veterinarian about the benefits of having excellent, safe, wholesome food for your pet.
1 person has left a comment
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 10:10
Alice wrote :
What you say is true. Everyone should be concern about where their food comes from and what harmful ingredients are on it like herbicide and pesticide and in it such as growth hormones. Sad to say if the government has their way we won’t even be able to grow our own fruit and vegetables. That is if the S.510, the “Food Safety” bill passes. The S.510 bill gives the FDA authority to shut down family farms and small businesses. If that happens we will not be able to find safe food for ourselves or our pets.
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