Food, soil and product testing

[Christine]

I recently wrote at the blog about http://www.reddiamondteaistoxic.com/ -- the incredible story of a consumer who tried to report toxic tea and nobody cared. And now she's being SUED!

Aside from obvious toxic foods like that tea, it is totally ridiculous what kind of crap we eat that's "ok" according to government standards. GM food that kills the rats they feed it to, artificial sweetener that's toxic and so many harmful additives.

I've been buying a lot of organic food at Safeway, but you really never know what you get. The government constantly changes the rules, making it easier to call foods with chemicals organic -- of course for the benefit of the big corporations.

It would be very cool to negotiate a deal with a lab or maybe even have an employee or independent contractor to test products sold through the organization. I'd sure like to know about the food I grow too. Who knows what's in the soil.

It would be great to offer affordable tests for food and soil analysis as well as just "stuff" around your house. Especially if you have kids you really can't be careful enough.