It’s what’s happening….

….Smithfield, the big pork producer based in Virginia, has just negotiated a 7-billion-dollar sale to the Chinese.  Smithfield assures us that this is good news not only for its employees and shareholders, but for the consumer….assures us that the new Chinese owners share a commitment for high quality and safety in its products.

Sure, if anything is true of the Chinese it is that they’ve always sold us high quality, safe food products.  Sarcasm, of course.

http://www.meatingplace.com/Industry/News/Details/42331?allowguest=true

One other note, and it’s a point we’ve made in the past: despite all the focus on oil, and more recently water, the real crisis looming is food.  The Chinese have already cornered much of the world’s mineral supply so vital for fertilization.

The United States is uniquely blessed in its land resources for food production, but will our Chinese bankers, and now owners of one of the biggest American food processors, always have our interests at heart?

As the saying goes: to ask the question is to answer it.

And thanks to Dr. Sue Beal for the link.