The most important component of feeding an entire culture is the food staple. Food is any substance or material eaten to provide nutritional support for our body. In order to give our body support we need to eat healthy and most important of all is to be aware of what is in our foods. I believe…

You bring up some very important points. I agree with you that our regulatory agencies need to their job better. We should be able to go to the store and trust that the food we buy will be to our benefit not cause diseases. As far as buying organic food, how can we trust the labels? It may say organic, but is it really? And then there is the cost to consider. As you point out, Organics cost more, but will be healthier in the long run. I just wonder about all the folks who live paycheck to paycheck. Will the recognize the long term benefit, or will they buy the not-so-healthy, cheaper food so they can make to the next paycheck?