Food and radiation exposure

[JMaus]

This is kind of an unsettling subject but how do you feel about the recent events in Japan and the radiation exposure to the food supply?  Has this event changed how you will choose your food now and in the future?   

[Ann]

It *is* an unsettling topic.  We'll certainly be wary of food products coming from Japan.  We don't indulge in them very often, but there are some items we keep in our pantry that will give us pause when it comes time to replace them.  If nuke plants melted down in Japan, that may or may not hurt the Cali food-growers.  A major accident at one of the nuke plants in Cali would likely wipe out California's abundant food-growing ability from of our nation's food basket. 

Even if we garden and try to eat locally, our local foodshed is absolutely downwind from the Cali plants.  And of course if INEL had a problem we'd have an issue.  Foodshed, watershed - lots of reasons to limit our demands for power so we can help those folks who are working to get our old plants shut down.

Another person from another post asked about Earth Hour at Bittercreek this year.  That's tonight.  If we try our best to reduce our power demands, maybe that's a good start toward protecting our food supply.

[JMaus]

Thank you for your reply Ann.  I hope this unfortunate event is the final nail in the coffin for nuclear power.