Do you ever wonder where your food came from, or how it got to you?

Don't really care, shrimp from China is stored directly under a chicken cage with chicken poop that gets in the water, then they clean the shrimp and make them feel a little better by giving them antibiotics. Most fruits and vegetables grown in Mexico are grown in human feces. But hey, as long as I'm not getting sick, I don't really care....but it's still nasty though!

That is a very good question and deserves my thumbs up. I do sometimes wonder where my food comes from, but it is pretty amazing when you truly think about it. If you live in the state of Washington, and you get your oranges from Florida, than that means that your fruit has travelled almost 3,000 miles. That is pretty cool when you think about it.

Um, no, I never guess, because I'm not that stupid. My corn comes from the fields surrounding my house, my meat comes from the cows across the road, my fruit and vegetables come from the garden a few miles away. And my Hot Pockets come from Walmart :)

I do know where my food comes from. And I don't freak out.

the supermarket, it doesnt go to me, i have to go to the supermarket to pick it up!

Ever since I learned about the formaldehyde scare in Vietnam back in the 80's, I've made it a practice to stay on top of current news about our food supply and food industry. As a global economy, we have a choice to share food supplies with areas of the world who practice different methodologies surrounding growth, maintenance, preparation, and packaging of foods. For a short while, some Vietnamese pho vendors (noodle soup made of hot soup poured over thinly sliced raw meat) discovered that they could use formaldehyde (a preservative commonly used to keep animal and human flesh from decomposing rapidly) to keep animal meat from spoiling, thus saving them money by serving customers meat that should have been thrown away.

People got sick (duh).

In the 90's, some meat vendors in China discovered that they could use cardboard (ground finely) as filler for their dishes, and the customer couldn't detect it.

People got sick (duh).

In the U.S. and Canada, animal growers discovered that if gov't officials don't check too often, they could use reground up animal parts (including bone and brain) and feed them back to animals such as cattle, lowering the cost of feed. Unfortunately, this is how cows get Mad Cow Disease (by eating the bone and brain material of deceased animals).

People got sick (duh).

Just because you can digest it does NOT mean it is good food for you, or food you were meant to eat.

The majority of the food industry is concerned with making large quantities of food (despite its quality) for the largest amount of money. The business of the food industry is forced to comply with the minimum standards of safety and health. There are some companies who have shifted their practices to go beyond those minimums and establish higher standards of purity, safety, and health. They don't use dangerous chemicals or preservatives. They don't contain needless fillers or highly processed foods like sugars. Their point is to return back to natural foods that our bodies tend to know how to digest, process, and convert to energy to keep our bodies healthy. Of course, you'll pay more for these foods and food products.

However, on these higher-standard foods, I haven't been hearing that people got sick.

Let's just say it's not likely I'll be eating a Hot Pocket from Walmart (or anywhere) anytime soon.

Video Nurse has spoken.

I am very careful about what I eat. I make sure I know what I am putting into my body, as I want to live a long, healthy life.

Sometimes. Some people say chemicals are put into some foods. Dangerous chemicals.

I don't really have to think too much about the trip my food makes. Say I buy a sirloin steak from my local ASDA (British Walmart) ASDA gets a lot of their meat from the local butcher who gets it from the farms that are all easy walking distance from my house.