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marvin ginsberg's avatar

I got wind of that when they certified vax as kosher.

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Judith L. Osterman's avatar

I tried to find a list online of cheeses made exclusively with animal rennet but Google assumes everyone is a vegetarian and wants to shun animal products.

An alternative to growing your own is to buy foods from Amish farmers like Amos Miller, but this is very expensive.

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Rabbi Yehoishophot Oliver's avatar

Sorry, but how does it follow that you should grow your own food? You should simply not eat processed food.

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Michoel Green's avatar

If they are not reliable for processed foods, why are they reliable for non processed foods? Furthermore, everything contains processed ingredients nowadays. Is a fruit or vegetable that contains some proprietary product like Apeel "unprocessed?"

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Rabbi Yehoishophot Oliver's avatar

So avoid Apeel. Buy organic. Do research about which produce is best. Growing all your own food sounds fantastic but a luxury not everyone is in a position to do.

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Michoel Green's avatar

"USDA Organic" is meaningless. The same govt. that approves of GRAS decides what's "organic." I have no doubt that Apeel and similar bioweapons will be found in "organic" produce too, just like glyphosates. It's just a matter of time.

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Michoel Green's avatar

Growing your own food is not a luxury but a necessity, at least for those who wish to survive.

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Judith L. Osterman's avatar

Organics can use apeel. There's an apeel label hidden under the organic label, so I've read.

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marvin ginsberg's avatar

I get local produce

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JM's avatar

You’re incorrect in stating that “OU set the standard for Kashrus”.

It is the official legal position of OU that the OU Kosher standard is unreliable. In the 2016 case of Horowitz v Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, OU was accused of violating their own standards and allowing food to be labeled as kosher which was not acceptable, and that the public relied on their misrepresentations.

OU responded that:

“Contrary to plaintiffs assertion that the “public relied upon” the OU’s “standards”, the OU’s interpretations of authoritative religious texts are not published on its website or otherwise available to the public.”

That’s a direct quote. It is a matter of public record that, in OU’s official opinion, OU’s standards are unknown, secret, and proprietary, and therefore by definition cannot be, “relied upon” by the public.

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particular b's avatar

you are so right....the rabbis sadly are so disconnected with Hashem's world....you have chosen the right path....produce

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Simone Nenner's avatar

It's so awful....we can only rely on the Abishter

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Stephen Berman's avatar

Assuming you are right, what can I eat today? Spring is just arriving in Wisconsin, do I have to wait six months before I can eat anything?

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