Top 12 Most CONTAMINATED Fruits & Vegetables You Should AVOID
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- In this video, I present the top 12 foods that are the most contaminated with pesticides and chemicals, according to the latest research. I will also rate each of the 12 foods as easy, medium, or hard for the difficulty of growing them yourself at home.
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0:00 Introduction
1:54 #12 Green Beans
2:43 #11 Blueberries
3:51 #10 Cherries
4:40 #9 Bell and Hot Peppers
5:26 #8 Apples
6:14 #7 Nectarine
6:36 #6 Pears
7:35 #5 Peaches
8:34 #4 Grapes
9:06 #3 Kale Collards Mustard
9:58 #2 Spinach
10:54 #1 Strawberries
12:13 Is the Dirty Dozen Scaremongering?
12:41 My thoughts on using chemicals.
15:23 Farming is getting Harder
16:13 Processed foods are worse
16:39 Do pesticides build up in the body?
16:58 An awesome conclusion 😉 
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I got cancer when I was 31, the first thing I did when I recovered from the treatments n surgeries was to buy property, I raised all my vegetables, fruit, eggs, n other livestock because I was tired of buying food that possibly caused my cancer, the doctors had no idea what caused it n here I am, 34 years later n no recurrence
Congrats!! Thank you for your comment! 🙏🏼
Well done.
Glad to hear that you are doing well. People need to not grow grass, they need to grow food.
@@TakeTheRide People can do what they like on their own property
Good for you
12.Green beans
11.Blueberries
10.cherries
9.bell peppers /hot peppers
8.apples
7.nectarines
6.pears
5.peaches
4.grapes
3.kale collards mustard greens
2.spinach ( most pesticides)
1. Strawberries (#1 on the pesticides list)
Thank you
Dang all of my favorite foods.
I'm the king of the strawberries this year i almost doubled by crops and they survive and thrive in the cold and harsh winter of Massif Central 😅
Bingo!.......typical corporate supermarkets stocked produces....... very limited variety of foods.
Just as those Cabals agendas attempts to "training" or conditions population into even more less resilient species.....for easier enslave within their control grids!!!
Thank you!!!
My Dad grew up on small hobby farm in Croatia. When I visited as a teen he said " Always eat the apple with a worm in it". He said its from a tree without any poisons on it. Wise thinking.
Odrasla sam u predgradju Karlovca. U vecini parkova, oko zgrada bila su stabla voca, jabuke, kruske, sljive, tresnje. Nista nije bilo prskano, a uspjevalo je. Hrpa mirisnog, zdravog voca je visila sa grana. Mi djeca smo slobodno brali i jeli, neoprano, sa grane. Niko nam nikad nije branio, niti se ljutio. To je bilo pred 60 i vise godina. Zivjeli smo zdravo i naprosto, zivot nam je bio ko iz bajke.
👍way to go!
I buy oranges from an old man in a nearby village. He apologizes for them looking a bit scruffy...... I told him that I like scruffy looking oranges. They are sweet and delicious and safe to eat......💚
And the worm too. It's a healthy protein and fat.
Hi from Croatia!
My grandfather lived well past his 90’s and my most vivid memories of him hunched over in the garden even at such a late age he had his own veggie garden and now it comes full circle just thinking about him ❤ R.I.P
My greatfather’s garden was his fitness program up into his mid 90es. His home grown food was his main food staple, including his own chicken and eggs.
My wife and I grow over 80 different fruits vegetables and herbs all organic. I'm 64 and work part-time 5 days a month. My brother asked what do you do with all your time LOL. I love growing the best food possible. Thank you Mark for all you do great job
Yay. You are great. I aspire to be like you. Keep praising yourself. You can do it.
Best way to live - good on you. Doing similar here, blessed to be in our Late 30's-40's 💚✌🌿
That’s awesome, working towards that goal
Wonderful! What a great use of spare time :)
@@JuniorFarquarYou will NEVER be as productive as him. Never.
An old timer who used to sell roadside corn by me always said, 'nothing good comes from the grocery stores'.
probably more microplastics in those corn from the tires of cars passing by than in ones sold in a store
yea, but the roadside corn grew on exhaust gas of the passing trucks is super healthy...
@@Cruz0e stop it.... that's just sillyness
@Kingcloudii sure, you go ahead and buy your food from the store and I'll buy mine where I know amd see how it's grown.. good day
@@Cruz0e what happens when tractors drive over fields?
My dad is a food scientist. His treatments are all natural to extend shelf life of food like tomatoes. Part of his trial study he had some growers come out and watch his work. Part of the demonstration shows the amount of pesticides herbicides left on the fruit after it has passed the no spray time..
Their produce was absolutely covered!!!!! They quickly left and never answered their phones. .. why??.. Because it shows they are not abiding the laws!!!
This is outrageous. I’ve been a fruit / veggie lover my whole life until unexpected health problems nearly killed me. Poison accumulation is real. Thank you
Carrot juice is a great natural detox
@@anniewhiddon2316 I've heard parsley also helps the body with odor...I tried it...its true
@@anniewhiddon2316not if it's made from contaminated carrots
@anniewhiddon23Howabout carrot cake? My favourite.
Go look at actual plant toxicity within the plants...many have oxalates and cyanide....these build up and cause many chronic diseases also...so yes the sprays are terrible but the plants themselves are questionable in the first place
G'day Everyone; here I go again, upsetting the apple cart... I'm looking forward to the comments section being a mix of puns, jokes, and serious thoughts on what you think is in our food supply! Thanks for your support! Cheers :)
Colorado area here. I am in the process of starting my own food forest and this kind of knowledge is very helpful.
Interesting fact for you is that pesticides are antibiotics.💚💛❤️
What country were the studies conducted? Do you have the reference statements available to read?
Randonm one but ... Ever noticed that fruit flies don't attack Figs? Have a look at that white goo from figs, if you make up a spray from the juice and a little water on apply it to your fruit... fruit flies don't like it at all!
Monsanto's dream. The bloody Grub
It’s not fear mongering this is a huge problem. There are endless natural ways to combat these pests. Chemicals are never the way to go. Thanks for this. Very informative. 🙏💕🙏
my freinds line of work was helping cancer patients many of them were vegetarians no wonder
Not when when have you have 1000s of acres of food to protect. They wouldn't be able to hire enough people to get it done before losing a substantial amount each time. I do believe they could come up with better safer ways than the present chemicals, ways that lean toward the more organic side. But as long as you have Monsanto and Congress working together it will never happen. They make all the money and keep those who would be interested in making that happen out of the picture. MONSANTO IS THE PROBLEM! They should never been allowed to exist like they do, it seems illegal to control a whole industry. That is what they say about the grocery, phone and bank companies when ever they try it.
I live in a country that banned chemical pesticides and herbicides for home use. The alternatives to these chemicals are either ineffective, extremely slow acting, or very expensive. Often, the organic alternatives tick all three of those boxes. That's the reason why the organic produce sold in stores is typically twice as expensive as the non-organic alternatives. There's a lot of damage and waste relatively speaking. Then, when you bring that expensive organic produce home, it tends to be imperfect and has a shorter shelf life than the non-organic option(s).
I'm all about organic gardening when it comes to the food I grow, but I understand the need for it on the large, monoculture farm scale.
@@K-Fed yeh decades ago farms here were very labour intensive , these days its just chemicals, gmo crops you can spray with roundup many times while its growing
@@K-Fed everyone who has a yard, just needs a small garden and the change will be drastic
No, not scare mongering, an educated consumer is the best customer. I try to eat a variety if foods in moderation. I try to give my body time to clean up inside by doing a fast from time to time. We live in a toxic world. Thanks for the informative video sir.
Brilliant Mark. It's great to see someone with the courage to talk the truth over the government. Pure, simple and direct. I have your back..and so do many others.
That's why I love your channel. Not only do you help people to grow their own food but you also educate your viewers with great statistics. I never would've known strawberries were so contaminated.
Yes I agree,👍 Marks the best.
Grocery store strawberries have been known to be one of the most contaminated foods around for many, many years now. Along with bell peppers.
Blue berries on our West Virginia hillsides grow great! I started 1000 in 1979. Most are still going! One year I picked 300 gallons and. A n d!! With out any pesticides!!
You did not have pest problems? Thats wonderful.
So incredible!
Saturdays local Farmer’s Market in my city is packed with home grown veggies and cheeses!! I LOVE IT!!
Farmers markets are great but most are not organic. So you have to ask, otherwise it’s the same as grocery store
@@cathypreddie98 ohh that’s good to know Cathy… thank you for telling me that… i just assumed it was all organic😩😵💫
How do you know the small, local farmers at the farmers markets aren't using the same pesticides? 🤔
@@smokymtpotpourri4760 i guess i don’t know smoky.. i am just assuming they aren’t..
@@lesleyM84 For all I know, they might be buying their produce at the grocery store and then reselling it at higher prices.
Amazing video. Can you also tell us what vegetables and fruits are relatively safer to buy?
I worked at a large supermarket yrs ago, even back then they would gas seasonal fruit and veg so they could sell it out if season. Iv also owned a grocery store and sourced organic or farmer fresh, my customers would always complain that my prices were to high or that they couldn't get stuff (out of season) people are so used to convenience that they are sacrificing their health. I love your videos, and the advice you give, id rather grow my own than trust our government to keep us safe, they are greedy and would sell us all out for a dollar. I have 100 acres in Western Australia and we are planning to be completely self sufficient, its a long road but I woukd love to be able to provide for my extended family and community. Thanks for the incentive to be 'self sufficient me'
Yes, I stopped eating grapes when I found a sachet of chemical in the box marked 'remove before putting out for display'.😮
@thewesternweekender You're lucky you have the money to buy land and climate to grow them in. I have a home garden but I only have space to grow some veggies.
We shouldn't let our government off the hook either. We should demand better!
@@zakiya1635 my 100acre block cost $115,000, Lived in a 14ft caravan for the last 5yrs, I sacrificed a lot for this lifestyle and I love it, its not suited to everyone. Most people couldn't live without modern conveniences. And your right our government should be held accountable.
@@thewesternweekender2515I would be willing to do what you're doing. I want some land and to grow my own food. The more I learn, the less I want to eat anything from a grocery store.
Where are you near? Because once you are up and running I would buy produce from you but our State is huge isn’t it?
Your videos are GOLD. Please never ever stop as you are a leader in educating folks about the importance of growing clean food.
I like how you gave your thoughts at the end. Very logical and insightful
This guy literally has his own garden with every fruit imaginable. Kudos my friend
Once i found a simple thing, that most of pests are protected by ants and most of fungus is spread by aphids - i bought me a box of ladybugs and dug out every single anthill i found on the property, while spraying them with baking soda solutions. No outbreak so far, for 5 years. Also- repellent plants are planted all over the garden.
Baking soda to kill insects..
Also, insects are dying from the chemicals.. what happen to people??
Governments really need to work on this. There's no point in telling people to eat clean when the plants themselves aren't clean in the first place.
Work on it? The government knows about this. More sick people, more money they can make from them
They are they want us dead
They want us to be sick so more money can be wasted on the other poisons in the pharmacies...
They are. He told us...they made it way worse and allow DDT again. Appealing to tyrants is as mad as the tyranny.
Government wants you dead, or almost dead, just enough to suck your money away from you!
Thank you for spreading the facts and helping to keep folks safer!
Appreciate you!❤
Strawberries are so easy to grow, even if you have just a tiny balcony or on a window sill.
It is so satisfying, and very pretty❤🍓❤
There's the issues of drone farming and processed fruit and vegetable chemicals after harvesting.. Mass poisoning been happening for decades and our health reflects this 🙏
For US citizens- please vote RFK, Jr/Independent- he is the ONLY pres candidate who has sued these big chem corps, such as Monsanto/Bayer; and he is the only one who will clean up our food supply. Both Ds and Rs have appointed Big Chem execs to head the USDA, EPA, etc. So much corruption and insanity. We deserve clean, healthy food.
@KK-111 I just wish he would protect our unborn children.
@@anbb5114 He would be by helping increase the chances that their mothers would be healthy, and not passing on disease and toxicities.
The comments in this video honestly inspired me to order seeds and start growing my own vegetables. I hope this turns into a nice hobby 😊
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hopefully a way of life for you
Would love to grow my own food but impossible for ppl living in apartments, if u have a balcony u could but not all apts have them 😢
@@crystalvera9560 Grow indoors: try Aerogarden
Seeds are also being genetically modified & sprayed to prevent them from spoilage or eaten by insects
I love your videos you are all over it and you present it in a non confrontational way so it will make the skeptics think.
Thank you for making the time to do this.
Your a legend, love how you articulate your speech 😊 inspiring especially to a new gardener trying to be as aware and informed as I can be concerning pesticides and organic growing. Thank you
We grow our own, buy organic, buy grass feed beef and raise no-corn feed chickens (fantastic eggs). I saw the dirty dozen list when my son was about 2 years old. We are healthy and happy. Can't imagine living another way. Thanks for bringing this information to your community.
Make sure you check your organic fruit and veg and really research it. Working on a farm I can tell you they aren't organic unless home grown organic. Every store has certain standards as well as the health department. Most pesticides have a certain number of days to wait until it can be harvested. BUT organic isn't always organic and almost just as bad as buying something that isn't. It really upset me finding out what I thought was organic actually wasn't.
@@frankpatterson8471 I am a retired vitamins manager for national chain of health food stores. I personally participated in verification of product lines. I feel comfortable with organic from stores that only stock organic. I avoid stores that carry both commercial and organic.
What do u feed your chooks?
FYI, organic uses human feces as fertilizer and then they charge you more for it. No thanks!
Organic is often just a word on a label….
No matter how you look at it if you can grow your own… Do it . The amount of joy you get from planting it , nurturing it ,harvesting it then eating it ( chemical free ) is outstanding. The extra side benefits of healthy diet for your whole body mental and physical cannot be understated. We have a medium sized English garden and we are just about self sufficient in fruit and veggies, I have planted the pillar size fruit trees, all the fruit grow on the main trunk and the tree grows to about 2 metres. If you use and adapt the space you have it’s amazing what you can grow . We have got strawberries growing in a raised bed built on top of a wooden storage shed, last year I got 8 kilos of fruit off it , enough for eating and some jam 😂 I must admit though Mark the highlight of my year is when we are back in Oz and the first bite into a calypso mango 🥭🥭🥭 heaven
So true. I started my garden here in NZ two years ago. While I am not yet self-sufficient (trees take a while !), I can say i eat something from the garden every day. It may be just some lettuce leaves, or spinach. It may be beans, broccoli or strawberries from the freezer, and my own jam on toast. Every little helps ....
My chillies and peppers also grow like stink. So do the apples and peaches. Beans didn't do well this summer so been buying. Darn it. Love your channel. Thankyou so much for being you. Regards from NZ
Chemical free? Unless you're growing your plants in nothing and not watering them, then they're not chemical free.
@@looksirdroids9134 i think the term here relates to chemical ADDED to the growing medium, not minerals already a part of the soil.
I can’t think of anything else I could do to not have added harmful chemicals in my garden … I make all my own compost .Having lived in Australia I really know how important rain water 💦 rather than tap ,we store at least 1,000 litres of rain water in water barrels and another 500 litres in recycled milk bottles I keep tucked away behind my potting shed . I make my own bug spray (olive oil ,baking powder and a little organic washing up liquid) I use comfrey tea, liquid seaweed fertiliser ,I know which fruit and vegetables I would be choosing .
Found you during COVID and I still come to your channel for some well balanced and researched information. I always leave eager to get back to my garden.
Great job presenting this info. I appreciate your fairness while heightening our awareness. You are one of the best in the category thank you!
After reading Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" back in the eighties, I embarked on a journey of questioning what was in the food I eat. It seems that the American companies who are selling the exact chemical toxins to Australian farmers have not stopped. Even selling them to poor farmers in other countries, where health problems are now rife because of a lack of knowledge on the correct use of these chemicals. Thank you for keeping people informed about what is really in their food.
This is true. The push to use certain chemicals is massive. We’re always told “use X to gain the advantage in the market”. But we’ve seen what using a recommended chemical can do; we have neighbours whose properties are still partly quarantined from past chemical use (mainly Dieldrin). Can’t graze animals for meat or milk, can’t raise vegetables for sale, have found it difficult to sell for retirement due to restrictions. These people did the right thing with recommended chemicals, pushed by manufacturers who claimed they were the best thing since sliced bread. Nah, I’m happy to have the bin chickens pick out grubs from the soil rather than spray. Yes, there’ll be bare areas in the paddock, but next year the growth is better because of ibis poo and them aerating the soil by picking out the grubs. So it’s a win all round.
Having worked on an apple and cherry orchard in Tasmania, i have seem alot of chemicals sprayed on the fruit while on the trees and then treated again before cool storing apples and packing cherries, the amount of chemicals used is insane it a wonder the fruit does not glow in the dark.
Oh wow... Thanks for sharing your lived experience working in the industry. Cheers :)
Thank you for these informative videos!! I enjoy them & love when your little dog is in the background!! Keep up the good work! 👍💯😃
Great video. Good balanced commentary on the topic presented with your usual flair. 😊❤
Just yesterday my 6 year old grandson was picking and eating fresh, ripe blueberries in my front yard. They have always been pest free and organically fertilized. I think he found every ripe one!
Robertstanton 👍would u mind sharing what you use to organic fertilize your blueberries?, im worried to upset the ph levels but mine (which are in pots)need a good feed!😊
The birds are guilty of that too
I planted 14 fruit trees this year...figs, dwarf mulberry, and pineapple guava. I have about 20 ground cherry and cape gooseberry plants too and started strawberries this year.
@@blablabla2616 The main product I use is Holly-tone. It's for acid loving plants.
Good for him! 😊
I always hate it when someone says "eat healthy" or "eat green vegies," it's not about EATING it, it's about GROWING it on your own because of the toxication of our food. (On purpose)
God bless to all the farmers and all of us.
Go Carnivore!
@@jakecarroll5 can't small city with no local butcher, store prices are insane and cant afford all that meat
Because of the toxicity* of our food...😊😊
On purpose?
Meat has chemicals too!!
Thanks for sharing your useful personal experiences, advice and knowledge. I grew up in a large house with a large garden in which my patents grew vegetables and fruits in the 1960's & 1970's, when nurturing, cultivating & growing was done naturally. I brings back memories of my happy childhood.
How I need to return to that era. 😊
You are a voice for all of us who want vegetables and fruits that are not contaminated with chemicals, Thank You. And I share all of your vids on my social media, GOD BLESS...
I use this list (Dirty dozen) to choose my garden growing. Just bought a Peach tree, growing pineapples, strawberries, kale, spinach, collards, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes - the rest I do not eat anymore. Thank you for the reminder.
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Finally somebody said it.
He is quoting studies tho.. So someone said it before him 💀
Many of us have been saying this for literally decades now, along with what they put in our city water (I will get censored if I use the FL word)
@Makrel94 He doesn't just quote studies though. He includes his own thoughts also to give you something more to think about.
I'm afraid to eat everything now
@@quarterhorsgirl A huge load of mental gymnastics there bud..
When did i suggest he didnt include his own thoughts ?
Thx for the real retrospect. Greatly appreciated !
Thank you for sharing what you have found out about these fruits and vegetables. I have no way to grow these foods for myself, so I will watch what I consume and pray over all that I do eat. God bless you ….🌻
Total agreement with you. I have a very small lot. I grow 30+ fruit trees, vegetables, and raise pet chickens for eggs. It can be done in small space. Working in the garden is good exercise and keeps you young, strong, and healthy.
How you do it
I am so impressed
I knew strawberries would top the list. They topped the list 15 years ago when a nutritionist friend of mine said you need to eat organic. That was back when Organic wasn't a big thing and only existed in posh grocery stores. Thank you for posting videos like this one and giving us an alternative or at least being honest about how hard it would be to replace it. 👍🏻👍🏻
what if i told you that organic foods are just as dangerous if not more.
@@aminorityofone.... why? Please explain, thanks
Most organic foods aren't really organic. Takes 10+ years of pesticide free environment to be deemed a true organic farm, in addition to other requirements. A lot of the labeling used in stores is marketing more than true distinction. Farmer's markets/local farmers are your best bet.
@@purpleamber1 I assume you mean Organic Farmers markets and local farmers' produce. They ARE the best! But general Farmers markets/local farmers are fresh, not necessarily chemical free.
Thanks for taking the timeto video this information.
Informative, well presented and explained, thank you for this :)
It us getting to the point that unless you grow it don't eat it if you want to be healthy and live to your full potential!!!
That’s not an option in a city sadly.
@@MrWhitmen1981 I know. Do you have room for planters to grow a couple of things?
@MrWhitmen1981 That's what farmer's markets and local farmers are for. Lots of resources to find them. If your closest one is 45 minutes away, make it worth your while and stop at a park on the way there for a picnic.
I grew up in a MAJOR metropolitan area, btw, then moved semi-rural, now rural. The only thing stopping you from eating better is yourself. Where there's a will, there's a way. Find it.
@@nannygranny9534 Everyone does if they MAKE room, even if it's just a single tomato plant or some rosemary.
@@katie7748 It all depends if the person really wants it or not. If they do, they will find a way. I agree with you totally. Even the bush type green beans, broccoli; a cauliflower can all be grown in pots.
I have been growing a veggie garden for the last 40 years. There's nothing better than going outside in the sunshine to plant, hoe, weed, thin and pick. Unfortunately our winters are too cold to grow much. But we try to preserve, dry, pickle and ferment as much as possible.
My dream life too! which country are you in?
Chceš-li býti šťasten den, opij se. Chceš-li býti šťasten rok, ožeň se. Chceš-li býti šťasten celý život, pořiď si zahrádku. Jak trefné!!!!!
Pretty cool way to prioritize what you grow in the garden.
Much appreciated... My garden surrounds 3 sides of my home (a small lot in a community of housing tracts, surrounded by 100s of other housing tracks). Iv'e been a composter for many years, letting it's rich beneficial nutrients turn my planters into kitchen produce, and my lifestyle into an urban gardener.
And even with your helpful videos, I find myself less than happy with my contrubution to the ecosphere (my micro-organismic abundance feeding & spilling into the surrounding environment).
Your doubts, expressions of good and bad points to the Dirty Dozen (& the Clean 15) echo my own. And it's good to hear it expressed where others can respond.
Thanks
You're right on. We have a small Garden and grow as much as possible in containers knowing that we're eating real organic vegetables and fruits which, as a bonus, is a very satisfying activity. Just because any produce in the supermarket is labeled 'organic' and priced twice as high is not necessarily 'organic.
Big farmers don't eat their own product. Wash your produce diligently. Grains are worse, you can't wash your crackers.
You enlightened us even more.. grains, sugar and tea leaves, those are the ones under the radar 😢
Can't wash APeel off either...
What do they eat?
@@acbeaumo Farmers market and organic foods. I'm not even a big farmer, I just did promotions for some. They DON'T eat their own products. Don't let the pictures in the grocery store flyers confuse you, the small and mid size farmers featured in pictures are NOT the growers of the majority of the stock being sold, if they're even actually farmers at all.
@@mahnamahna3252Yes! It’s scary what they’re putting on our produce.
Glad to see you Sir. And I enjoyed your video lecture on the subject of food contamination. Kudos and God bless you, the Mrs, and the rest of your family!
Thanks so very much for sharing your important knowledge. You’re so correct about the importance of the need to know to be choosing
the dirty dozen. Please keep sharing the information about the dirty dozen!!! 👍♥️😊
Mark, thank you for not only talking about issues with pesticide contamination but also tackling some of the more subtle but equally important points that are nuanced and typically excluded from the conversation:
- the difficulties had by farmers, especially family farmers in navigating the intricacies of producing a marketable project while maintaining the integrity of the land they grow upon while supporting their family.
- the importance of regulators in making sure that governmental regulations are keeping up with the times
- the difficulty of the consumer that is outside of the system, possibly uninformed about pesticide residues, but just trying their best
- the fact that fresh produce is still way better than highly processed foods
- the interwoven problems faced when trying to create a national or worldwide food web
It's easy to point fingers and call someone the source of all the problems. It's way more difficult to try to navigate the ins and outs of a huge food web that we all participate in.
Well said, thanks
Thank you Kris! You've made a great comment, and I totally agree with you. Yeah, it's a tricky subject because (like many issues in the world) there's no black-and-white to the "chemicals in food" debate. I hope that with technology, awareness, and improvements in managing these systems, we can see a decline in chemical residue found in foods. All the best :)
@@Selfsufficientme and all the best to you too Mark. I have really enjoyed your videos and think you make some top notch content! Thanks for everything you do to encourage others to get out there and get gardening.
I just bought a Royal Crimson cherry tree that only requires 100 chill hours and is self-pollinating, the first time I've found a cherry that will grow in my very mild coastal climate and fit into my small yard (no companion tree is required for pollination). 💚
All the best with your new cherry tree! I also hope ours will grow and crop well once it matures. Cheers :)
I planted a beautiful sour cherry here in MD and unbeknownst to me the voles ate all the roots and killed it. There are so many things I can’t grow here! They also love poppies!!! 😢😢😢
As always, a well thought out and arranged video. I appreciate your thorough coverage of both sides of the issue without demonizing the 'other side'. My grandparents had a large garden, but I was too young (and uninterested at that time 30 years ago) to know if there were a lot of pesticides used. I do remember Seven Dust, but that was also used for dog fleas. I have a small garden and don't use chemical pesticides and been just lucky. Watch you videos and have been slightly motivated but hope to do more soon. Keep up the good work.
Thankyou so much for sharing these very vital and important informations MARK. MUCH APRRECIATED . BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. 🎉❤ ❤🎉🎉 🙏 🙏
Your little brown four-legged inspector is really charming 😊
Thank you! For those of us who can't buy land this is frustrating, but still good to know.
Farmers markets and organic producers...cost can be a bit higher but think of it as health insurance
Buy pots if you can't rent land.
@@McRod-1 There are a lot of tips on container growing online, everything from herbs to potatoes.
I have a friend who lives in a highrise apartment in NYC. She has an amazing grow bag veggie garden on her balcony (she's lucky she got a South facing balcony) and it's amazing how much produce she is able to grow. Certainly not all she needs to live, but a good percentage.
It’s another reason why ‘they’ want everyone living in high density housing, high rises, etc.
Stops you growing decent food.
Thank you for your very informative chat about pesticides !
Thank you for this informative video Mark. I subscribed a few minutes into the video. All the Best! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️💐
my partner dedicated to our home grown and I have been watching you, I Can Not tell you how much we love this channel
Thank you... That's so kind of you to say/write :)
I live in a bus that I converted to essentially an RV or mobile home and I grow microgreens in the front of the bus and shop organically. I took notes of everything you said. Thank you
This was a really good topic to cover
Thank you for sharing the important message.
Mate i cant tell you how refreshing it is to see this video get only halfway through at number 1 you go on to expand on this topic very well and thoughtfully the world needs this discussion
Thanks mate, I appreciate the feedback. Cheers :)
I'm incredibly proud of you taking your time to post this information here thank you very much Mark❤
Thanks for your channel! We need more of this. ❤
Thank you for this videos. Thank you for your concern for the health of the people who eat these fruits and veges.
We need a VIDEO like this every month
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We come across a documentary on some farmers from India line up at the Coke Cola factory to buy bulk coke to spray on their farms. My husband put this to the and mixed 1 part coke to 4 parts water. It was so unbelievable that after he sprayed our citrus and vegetables most of the insects died. Do you think that the chemicals that they may use in coke penetrate in the fruit and veggies be harmful that we grow?
Great video!! Thank you so much for sharing
Keep on spreading awareness, Mate! Cheers!
It’s been only 3 years that I do my own garden. I have a lot to learn yet, but I love it. My boyfriend and I LOVE your videos even if our climate is completely different from your, we are still learning and get inspiration from you 😁
Hello, from Québec, Canada 🇨🇦
Well done for "getting into it", and thank you for supporting my vids! I also learn a LOT from other growers in different climates - you never know what gem of information you can find when looking outside of the circle. All the best :)
Plus the neighbors spray their lawns. We're surrounded by poison.
Yeah I'm thinking more and more that buying some raw woods and developing it myself will be best and this is one of the reasons why. Bit of distance from neighbors and any industrial farms.
My neighbours on one side stopped spraying herbicides because of my concerns since im growing food next door. They pull their weeds by hand now. I said i would help pull them too.
@@SH-jy6lc Wow! You have nice neighbors. Alas, I am not fortunate on that front. My neighbors love to spray. The spray doesn't'help much, it kills beneficial insects, and the neighbors tell me it's expensive. I don't see the benefit in our neighborhood, but they won't stop. I suppose the poison is beneficial somewhere. [Insert shrug here.]
@@SH-jy6lcwow you have kind neighbors. My neighbor pays to have her lawn sprayed for weeds and the mosquito guy sprays during the summer. We have no problem with her and only ask she let us know when they are coming so we can keep the kids inside. The long time mosquito guy sprays and says, "its harmless." Meanwhile, he zones out and stares up at the sky frequently 😅. So no thanks. It doesnt work anyway, our entire area is full of moqsuitoes. Its a collective problem.
@@nunyabusiness863the fact he’s practically getting high on insecticides is crazy
Your videos are always a tremendous help! Thank you so much from Virginia, USA.
Money talks here in the US as much as anywhere and the it's a crime how much toxic substances we're allowed to have in our food system. Good vid and I'm glad to see the perspective on how hard the different items are to grow. Thanks for the info.
You have no idea how much you have inspired me to grow my own food. I have been eating salads from my garden this year, the difference in taste is amazing! Thank you so much for educating us, we appreciate all your great tutorials.
Happy gardening!
I think it’s a valid point to raise. We grow a lot of our own food without chemicals.
At times it’s incredibly frustrating when bugs/ birds don’t share properly 😂 We all need to think about what is in our air, food, water and soil, people can make up their own minds . Love your channel and have picked up loads of tips over time
Thanked you for saving this life saving information 🙏💕💕 much appreciated it
Wow, I memorized the dirty dozen before 2020. So it’s crazy to see some of these to newly show up on the list.
Thank you!
I grow bush beans, green and purple in pots. Easy, fast and a great raw snack. Kids love them.
I`ve never used pesticides on my green beans in Louisiana. You can grow pole beans on a porch in pots. Put poles in buckets of sand and make a twine trellis between them. Put the pots under it.
I grew peas a few years ago and ate most of them fresh off the vine lol, so sweet and tender.
Hello Mark from Texas,
good information , more motivation to keep grow my own vegies.I also enjoy fishing and like seeing your fishing trips.
G'day Dale, and thank you, mate! Cheers :)
Ty for all your share. This information is important for all.
Thanks for the helpful info. Much appreciate it
This is exactly why I started growing my own veggies about 20 years ago! I saw the list and tried to buy organic, but I live in a poor community and back then organic was sooooo expensive!
Organic is still far too expensive for majority of people to afford. I can understand they cost more to produce but still when one has to weigh what can I afford for dinner this week against, say making sure there’s enough to pay the rent, ordinary commercially produced foods have to suffice.
Coming from Australia, organic tastes the same here as conventional did twenty years ago. I'd love to know exactly what they did to make our current conventional vegetables tasteless.
@@Mikathedog100 I agree. Here in the USA some of our berries and definitely our non organic tomatoes are tasteless mush.
You need to be poor to have the time to garden. Problem is being poor, growing your own is more expensive than buying. (Life long gardener, that’s my experience).
@@Mambojambo157 i work a full time job and have since I started gardening. If you make your own compost out of kitchen scraps and save your seeds and use leaf mulch, then gardening is free. You just have to get your systems set up correctly.
love the dog at 14:11 checking the pots!!!!
Hey Mark, Love your stuff, that was awesome, Cheers ✌
Thank you for this.
I consider myself quite health conscious, but I learned lots from this!
I love the information you are presenting here! I have been watching you on you tube for several years and always enjoy the information you present to us.
Thank you, you’ve open my eyes, the world needs people just like you again thank you so much
Thank you for highlighting the chemical poisoning also known as pesticides
Thank you for all your work
I absolutely agree with you. We are in the North Island of NZ. We have a water bore, the local water here is brilliant too. We grow some vegetables in raised beds and big terracotta pots, but we’ve only been here for 3 yrs. We aim to do much more next harvest. I’ve decided bottling/canning is my new skill to learn. Fortunately my MIL is an expert. I’ve had excess from her bumper crops of apples, pears & peaches. She has espalier trees that grow 2-3 types on one tree. Bottled and stored. Tomatoes & tomato sauce. Feijoas. My husband loves to make chutney so he makes his granny’s feijoa chutney, tamarillo chutney and tomato sauce. I bottle our lemons in salt and make lemon curd. The carrots & celery get added to onion for packs in the freezer. Courgettes and pumpkins chopped and ready in packs for meals. Chillies are preserved in olive oil in the fridge. My garlic crop was, er, pitiful. My herbs grow all year, bar the basil, which is made into pesto. The tomato waste from the processor we dried this year, pulverised to dust in the NutraNinja and now have Tomato Powder, fantastic stuff. The blueberries, I have to agree. Our three cosseted bushes are very low yield, but we won’t pull them out, yet. We got a few cucumbers, a learning curve. They were delicious. We don’t use pesticides. I let the chickens roam on a Sunday afternoon under supervision. We use blood&bone. Dried milk in the tomatoes. We are now at the stage where we have a good compost heap. I love gardening. I also plant flowers among the vegetables. It looks nice to have the beds with colour and the bees love it. Chemicals are never the answer in food. It’s as if the people making these decisions have deliberately ignored the lessons of the past. I don’t mind a few brown spots. My carrots are far from perfect, but they taste great. Our tomatoes pop with flavour. Quantity over quality as usual. I’m going to carry on growing my own as much as possible. I so enjoy your channel. I watch every new episode, always learn something new 😊😊😊❤❤❤
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I agree that growing our own is best. A good organic local farmer can also be a good source.
I think its all about information (thanks Mark) and not panicking.
Thanks for your great content ❤
You're the best!
I do think these videos are relevant. Thank you so much for making them.
I started my own garden this spring. I have cantaloupe and tomatoes growing, and a variety of chili pepper. 🤞
So far so good. 😁
Thank you for such important information