Re: California Raw Almond Alert

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in regards to almonds ..are you aware that the bee population is in serious trouble?? Its bad news all around for fruit and nuts. and they still don't know why they are just all leaving the hives..a few years ago it was a mite that was threatening them..I suspect some fooling around with the species ,and perhaps something went wrong.AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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so glad I have an almond tree - want to come over? Klara wrote: http://www.almondboard.com/Programs/content.cfm?ItemNumber=890 & snItemNumber=450They're trying to take our truly raw almonds away! They took them awayfor a while, and we can still get them raw, but the Powers That Bewant to pasteurize everything, it

seems.Here is the body of a letter sent from westonaprice.org from a friend:MANDATORY ALMOND PASTEURIZATIONAll Almonds will be Pasteurized starting 2007!No label allowing "truly raw almonds"Almonds labeled as "Raw Almonds" will still have been pasteurized!A big lie and fraud!! You are about to be denied your food freedomchoices!Did you know that starting in the fall of 2007, truly raw almonds willnot be available in the USA or Canada? See link below for thepasteurization plan.http://www.almondboard.com/Programs/content.cfm?ItemNumber=890 & snItemNumber=450The FDA, USDA and the California Almond Board has developed amarketing order which mandates that all almonds must be pasteurized.This came about because "two outbreaks of salmonella, associated

withconventional farms several years ago". Industry has now overreacted ingrand fashion and they do not even know it yet.No outbreaks have been associated with raw organic almonds to datethat we are aware of.This has everything to do with lack of biodiversity and the sterilefarming methods used on conventional farms. On these farms few weedsor grasses grow on the floors and little sunlight reaches the floors.To the contrary, Organic farms support and encourage biodiversity withgreen floors in the orchards and this discourages pathogen growth.Unfortunately, organic almonds are shelled and bagged on the sameproduction facilities as conventional and are being subjected to thesame rules.There is an even bigger issue. The FDA has decided not to tell theconsumer the truth about this processing step. The almonds you willbuy in Wholefoods this fall may still say "raw almonds but they willhave been

subjected to high heat and a five log kill step...that theyare calling Pasteurization". This lie is being permitted by themarketing order!!The FDA in association with the USDA and the Almond Board is in factdenying you the information required to make informed choices when youbuy food. You will not be able to identify a pasteurized almond from atruly raw whole, enzyme rich, unprocessed almond.The almond board claims that the almonds will still sprout ( stillsome life in them ) and that the flavor does not change. But yet noresearch has been performed to see what kind of opportunistic bacteriawill take over when the almond has been sterilized. It is not a wholenatural food anymore. It will now be a processed food. Millions ofdollars are being invested to install expensive pasteurizationmachines in all Almond plants in order to follow this "sterile foodsare better foods edict".Demand that your

source of organic raw almonds be exempted from thisshort sighted food safety debacle.Demand that a label be permitted that identifies "truly raw almonds"and if required even put a warning label on them. Also demand thatpasteurized almonds be identified as well. It seems that every time agovernment warning is applied to a food, that in itself becomes acertification that that is the food you should eat.It is very clear that the FDA does not understand the origins of themassive immune depression epidemic in America. A sterilized diet makesfor a weakened immune system. FDA websitehttp://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html explains antibioticresistance quite well, but ignorantly and blindly never mentionspro-biotics which prevent disease and infections. Whole unprocessedliving foods are in this category of foods.Weakened

immune systems are associated directly with cancer,osteoporosis, asthma, allergies, Crohns, IBS, Colitis, GERD, chronicdisease, infections, antibiotic use and resistance and human death,ulcers and the list goes on and on.Raw almonds are a wonder food just as they are. Let consumers make theinformed choice and be responsible for the consequences.The almond farmers do not even know what they havebeen led into by the FDA. This consumer choice option will surelyincrease almond sales.Denial of a choice will be a marketing disaster.Freedom is lost gradually... bit by bit and bite by bite . . . withthe great assistance of passive unconscious in activism and sheepish.You are conscious and aware of this path. Let's fighttoday and send a message. We must have unprocessed food choices.These are the people to contact....please fax, callor email them and demand:1. A true almond label that states

clearly that "almonds have beenpasteurized".2. A second consumer choice label that warns that the "almonds are rawand unprocessed".3. That you will not tolerate the pasteurization of your almonds andhaving them still labeled as a "raw almond". That this is a fraud anda lie.4. Tell them that the proposed marketing order denies consumers offreedom to identify and choose whole unprocessed foods.Marketing Committee Members Hunter, ChairmanHunter Farms12237 Rose AvenueLivingston, CA 95334Work: Fax: Email: scotthunternextel (DOT) blackberry.netDan Cummings, Vice ChairmanCummings-Violich, Inc.1750 Dayton RoadChico, CA 95928Work: Fax: E-mail: dcummingscvinc (DOT) wsStacey Humble, Associate Director,

Global Marketingwww.shumblealmondboard"target="_blank">www.shumblealmondboard"target="_blank">www.shumblealmondboard"target="_blank">www.shumblealmondboardJohn O'ShaughnessyBlue Diamond Growers1802 C StreetSacramento, CA 95814Work: Fax: Email: joshaughnessybdgrowersSusan BraunerBlue Diamond Growers1802 C StreetSacramento, CA 95814Work: Fax: E-mail: sbraunerbdgrowersBoard of Directors of the California Almond BoardChairman

Phippen13909 Leroy Ave.Ripon, CA 95366 faxVice Chair Doug YoungdahlBlue Diamond Growers P.O. Box 1768Sacramento, CA 95812 faxMember BraunerBlue Diamond Growers P.O. Box 1768Sacramento, CA 95812 faxMember Wil HunterHunter Farms 1621 N. LincolnLivingston, CA 95334 faxMember LongHilltop Ranch, Inc. 13890 Looney Rd.Ballico, CA 95303 faxMember Mike MasonPanoche Creek Packing 15810 Arabella Ave.Bakersfield, CA 93312 faxMember Dean Sierra Valley Almonds, LLC 12800 W. Shields Ave.Kerman, CA 93630 faxMember Dan CummingsCummings-Violich, Inc. 1750 Dayton RoadChico, CA 95928

faxMember Rick KindleGold Hills Nut Co., Inc. 11805 Newport Rd.Ballico, CA 95303 faxMember Doug Wells 16508 W. River Rd.Livingston, CA 95334 ~~~

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so glad I have an almond tree - want to come over? Klara wrote: http://www.almondboard.com/Programs/content.cfm?ItemNumber=890 & snItemNumber=450They're trying to take our truly raw almonds away! They took them awayfor a while, and we can still get them raw, but the Powers That Bewant to pasteurize everything, it

seems.Here is the body of a letter sent from westonaprice.org from a friend:MANDATORY ALMOND PASTEURIZATIONAll Almonds will be Pasteurized starting 2007!No label allowing "truly raw almonds"Almonds labeled as "Raw Almonds" will still have been pasteurized!A big lie and fraud!! You are about to be denied your food freedomchoices!Did you know that starting in the fall of 2007, truly raw almonds willnot be available in the USA or Canada? See link below for thepasteurization plan.http://www.almondboard.com/Programs/content.cfm?ItemNumber=890 & snItemNumber=450The FDA, USDA and the California Almond Board has developed amarketing order which mandates that all almonds must be pasteurized.This came about because "two outbreaks of salmonella, associated

withconventional farms several years ago". Industry has now overreacted ingrand fashion and they do not even know it yet.No outbreaks have been associated with raw organic almonds to datethat we are aware of.This has everything to do with lack of biodiversity and the sterilefarming methods used on conventional farms. On these farms few weedsor grasses grow on the floors and little sunlight reaches the floors.To the contrary, Organic farms support and encourage biodiversity withgreen floors in the orchards and this discourages pathogen growth.Unfortunately, organic almonds are shelled and bagged on the sameproduction facilities as conventional and are being subjected to thesame rules.There is an even bigger issue. The FDA has decided not to tell theconsumer the truth about this processing step. The almonds you willbuy in Wholefoods this fall may still say "raw almonds but they willhave been

subjected to high heat and a five log kill step...that theyare calling Pasteurization". This lie is being permitted by themarketing order!!The FDA in association with the USDA and the Almond Board is in factdenying you the information required to make informed choices when youbuy food. You will not be able to identify a pasteurized almond from atruly raw whole, enzyme rich, unprocessed almond.The almond board claims that the almonds will still sprout ( stillsome life in them ) and that the flavor does not change. But yet noresearch has been performed to see what kind of opportunistic bacteriawill take over when the almond has been sterilized. It is not a wholenatural food anymore. It will now be a processed food. Millions ofdollars are being invested to install expensive pasteurizationmachines in all Almond plants in order to follow this "sterile foodsare better foods edict".Demand that your

source of organic raw almonds be exempted from thisshort sighted food safety debacle.Demand that a label be permitted that identifies "truly raw almonds"and if required even put a warning label on them. Also demand thatpasteurized almonds be identified as well. It seems that every time agovernment warning is applied to a food, that in itself becomes acertification that that is the food you should eat.It is very clear that the FDA does not understand the origins of themassive immune depression epidemic in America. A sterilized diet makesfor a weakened immune system. FDA websitehttp://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/795_antibio.html explains antibioticresistance quite well, but ignorantly and blindly never mentionspro-biotics which prevent disease and infections. Whole unprocessedliving foods are in this category of foods.Weakened

immune systems are associated directly with cancer,osteoporosis, asthma, allergies, Crohns, IBS, Colitis, GERD, chronicdisease, infections, antibiotic use and resistance and human death,ulcers and the list goes on and on.Raw almonds are a wonder food just as they are. Let consumers make theinformed choice and be responsible for the consequences.The almond farmers do not even know what they havebeen led into by the FDA. This consumer choice option will surelyincrease almond sales.Denial of a choice will be a marketing disaster.Freedom is lost gradually... bit by bit and bite by bite . . . withthe great assistance of passive unconscious in activism and sheepish.You are conscious and aware of this path. Let's fighttoday and send a message. We must have unprocessed food choices.These are the people to contact....please fax, callor email them and demand:1. A true almond label that states

clearly that "almonds have beenpasteurized".2. A second consumer choice label that warns that the "almonds are rawand unprocessed".3. That you will not tolerate the pasteurization of your almonds andhaving them still labeled as a "raw almond". That this is a fraud anda lie.4. Tell them that the proposed marketing order denies consumers offreedom to identify and choose whole unprocessed foods.Marketing Committee Members Hunter, ChairmanHunter Farms12237 Rose AvenueLivingston, CA 95334Work: Fax: Email: scotthunternextel (DOT) blackberry.netDan Cummings, Vice ChairmanCummings-Violich, Inc.1750 Dayton RoadChico, CA 95928Work: Fax: E-mail: dcummingscvinc (DOT) wsStacey Humble, Associate Director,

Global Marketingwww.shumblealmondboard"target="_blank">www.shumblealmondboard"target="_blank">www.shumblealmondboard"target="_blank">www.shumblealmondboardJohn O'ShaughnessyBlue Diamond Growers1802 C StreetSacramento, CA 95814Work: Fax: Email: joshaughnessybdgrowersSusan BraunerBlue Diamond Growers1802 C StreetSacramento, CA 95814Work: Fax: E-mail: sbraunerbdgrowersBoard of Directors of the California Almond BoardChairman

Phippen13909 Leroy Ave.Ripon, CA 95366 faxVice Chair Doug YoungdahlBlue Diamond Growers P.O. Box 1768Sacramento, CA 95812 faxMember BraunerBlue Diamond Growers P.O. Box 1768Sacramento, CA 95812 faxMember Wil HunterHunter Farms 1621 N. LincolnLivingston, CA 95334 faxMember LongHilltop Ranch, Inc. 13890 Looney Rd.Ballico, CA 95303 faxMember Mike MasonPanoche Creek Packing 15810 Arabella Ave.Bakersfield, CA 93312 faxMember Dean Sierra Valley Almonds, LLC 12800 W. Shields Ave.Kerman, CA 93630 faxMember Dan CummingsCummings-Violich, Inc. 1750 Dayton RoadChico, CA 95928

faxMember Rick KindleGold Hills Nut Co., Inc. 11805 Newport Rd.Ballico, CA 95303 faxMember Doug Wells 16508 W. River Rd.Livingston, CA 95334 ~~~

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Hi everyone,

My name is and I just joined. AFter reading the post below, I

have decided I am really going to like it here. I TOTALLY AGREE!

It's a good thing we can live on practially nothing, because pretty

soon we might have to be teaching the other folks out there how to

survive without their fastfood and frozen meals! Hey, give me a bag

of organic basmati rice and a bag of dried beans and I can cook

supper for the whole neighborhood, lol

Thanks for having me

from Oklahoma

>

> in regards to almonds ..are you aware that the bee population is

in serious

> trouble?? Its bad news all around for fruit and nuts. and they

still don't

> know why they are just all leaving the hives..a few years ago it

was a mite

> that was threatening them..I suspect some fooling around with the

species ,and

> perhaps something went wrong.

>

>

[Guest guest]

well if we don't have the honey bees you wont be getting pollination either..I grew greenhouse tomatoes and we pollinated by a vibrator instrument, I don't think they have that for trees..did you get the other article I sent today ??? its pretty scary .AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

[Guest guest]

well if we don't have the honey bees you wont be getting pollination either..I grew greenhouse tomatoes and we pollinated by a vibrator instrument, I don't think they have that for trees..did you get the other article I sent today ??? its pretty scary .AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

[Guest guest]

well if we don't have the honey bees you wont be getting pollination either..I grew greenhouse tomatoes and we pollinated by a vibrator instrument, I don't think they have that for trees..did you get the other article I sent today ??? its pretty scary .AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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Ummmmmmmm I'm extended my plate for some food now please........

LOL

Reggie

> >

> > in regards to almonds ..are you aware that the bee population is

> in serious

> > trouble?? Its bad news all around for fruit and nuts. and they

> still don't

> > know why they are just all leaving the hives..a few years ago it

> was a mite

> > that was threatening them..I suspect some fooling around with the

> species ,and

> > perhaps something went wrong.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Ummmmmmmm I'm extended my plate for some food now please........

LOL

Reggie

> >

> > in regards to almonds ..are you aware that the bee population is

> in serious

> > trouble?? Its bad news all around for fruit and nuts. and they

> still don't

> > know why they are just all leaving the hives..a few years ago it

> was a mite

> > that was threatening them..I suspect some fooling around with the

> species ,and

> > perhaps something went wrong.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Guess I better move to Oklahoma!! Welcome :-)

> >

> > in regards to almonds ..are you aware that the bee population

is

> in serious

> > trouble?? Its bad news all around for fruit and nuts. and they

> still don't

> > know why they are just all leaving the hives..a few years ago it

> was a mite

> > that was threatening them..I suspect some fooling around with

the

> species ,and

> > perhaps something went wrong.

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Guess I better move to Oklahoma!! Welcome :-)

> >

> > in regards to almonds ..are you aware that the bee population

is

> in serious

> > trouble?? Its bad news all around for fruit and nuts. and they

> still don't

> > know why they are just all leaving the hives..a few years ago it

> was a mite

> > that was threatening them..I suspect some fooling around with

the

> species ,and

> > perhaps something went wrong.

> >

> >

>