Plastic and our Food

Plastic is probably the most ignored area of our health chain. It touches almost everything coming in contact with the food coming from our grocery; and even in our own gardens.

More and more there is a concern that this could be a leading problem in our health. Plastic as a petroleum processed product, that we now know, can leach and off gas into our food.

So how do we avoid it in a world that has driven all our food products and tools toward it?

Look for the alternative which is glass. Glass has been avoided due to breakage, but it is one of the best products for clean containment and easy recycling.

We take glass jars that have had jams or other food items in them and recycle them for our garden produce. Lemonade, Ice Tea, it's all in glass jars. Interesting enough you can really taste the difference if you pay attention, everything seems colder or hotter than something stored in plastic.

We also ask our local organic supplier to let us see where they grow the food. We look for plastics in that growing process. Often the water is coming through black plastic exposed pipes. If you sniff these pipes in the heat of the day, you can actually smell the plastic off gassing. We look for growers that use natural dirt corrugates or have a steel pipe system.

Let's be honest, this is really a pain to try and investigate and avoid plastics in our food. But consider how much plastic we are exposed to. If we can reduce that exposure we are taking the steps to a healthier life style.