August 31, 2012 by desertrose
Nuclear Power Truths
Food Safety : Radiation / Contamination
Highly contaminated barley and wheat are coming to the market
Fukushima Diary
Two of the most basic ingredients, barley and wheat are highly contaminated and distributed to everyday supermarkets.
Though Japanese barley and wheat don’t have price competitive power, we need to check the exporting volume of Japanese contaminated products and to where. On this article, I will only report the contamination situation of them.
In July of 2011, Ibaraki prefecture measured high level of cesium from their barley.[Link 1 2] However because the safety limit of food was 500 Bq/Kg at that time, they were let to the market.
(Ibaraki prefecture is the third largest producing area of barley in Japan.(7.9%, 2005) )
Highest readings.
Sample 1
Sample taken : 6/20 ~ 7/4/2011
Measurement data : 7/8/2011
Location : Hitachinaka city
Cesium : 460 Bq/Kg
Sample 2
Sample taken : 6/20 ~ 7/4/2011
Measurement data : 7/8/2011
Location : Hitachinaka city
Cesium : 340 Bq/Kg
Barley can be used for barley tea of this year. On 8/12/2012, a media writer, Chidai measured 19.89 Bq/Kg from tea bags of barley tea. [Link]
(More articles about Chibai’s radiation measurement..3128 Bq/kg of cesium from Ibaraki mushroom
2567 Bq/kg from soil in Kashiwa )
On 7/11/2012, he also measured 16.65 Bq/Kg of cesium from Japanese wheat. [Link] Contaminated ingredients are already processed for variety of food.
<Settlement report 8/11/2012>
I’m taking up this space to report how much donation I received yesterday.
I’m sorry for the belated report.
I booked a flight ticket yesterday but soon after I submit my credit card information, I was transfered to their starting page and no confirmation code was received. thought that was the first fishing fraud I’ve encountered in my life.
I managed to call them to check and so far, they are an ok airline company and safe.. hope so.
Today I’m going to catch up with news. Sorry for inconvenience.
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- UPDATE1: Record high cesium detected in fish in sea around Fukushima plant (english.kyodonews.jp)
- #Radioactive Japan: Miyagi, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Chiba to Have Final Disposal Sites for Highly Radioactive Ashes from Garbage Incineration, Sludge (ex-skf.blogspot.com)
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Rosemary, I make my own compost from yard clippings , leaves and kitchen scraps as well egg shells. I use the layering method and do not till the soil. I boost nitrogen naturally and add yeast to my garden. Everything seems to be very happy. I had an old pond that the previous owners had created. By the time I bought the house the pond was a distant memory. I know it was a pond or water garden because of the stones around it that I had to dig up, lol. what I did was I loosened the soil with a shovel, not removing it simply moving it and added recycled paper to the pit added yeast and water and let the little bacteria do their job. When the paper had broken down into a fine black compost I added the rich compost I have in another pile and dispersed millet and amaranth. Lightly covered with compost and watered. The rest nature took care of . The other grains I planted in narrow trenches I made alongside the greenhouse. They looked like little motes running up either side. I did not loosen the soil but layered it with shredded paper, yeast and compost. sprinkled the grain berries and covered with more compost. I make sure they are watered everyday. I set up a wand sprinkler for that purpose , it covers the entire width and length of the greenhouse and the outer trenches. I hand water twice a month for the nitrogen treatment and I use Epsom salts in the water as well and viola!!
They are very , very happy and the birds love the millet, lol. I still have about 5 mammoth sunflower heads to harvest. Hope that helps
DS do you give classes? I have not experience planting cereals yet. Not enough space. But your description of your grains sounds really good.
Awwwww, I love you too Dianna. Well I figured I had the flour mill and they say you should practice growing different types of food so you know what you are doing before you really need it to survive. Not to mention testing the durability and performance of the flour mill. And well my kids do love their grains,lol.
DR.. I love you... you are just like a little Betty Crocker... God love you... growing your own grains... not doing that yet here... thinking about it, though... Seriously, organic is the best.
I agree Dianna. But organic is also a good way to go especially if you have the space to grow your own food. I am making my own amaranth and millet flour from home grown organic. I also make porrage with them instead of ordinary cereal grains, adding quinoa, flax seed and chia. I will be trying the red wheat berries next to see how they grow and how viable they will be . If it is viable then not only can it be used for flour and cereals,but it can also be used to make milk,like rice and almond milk oat milk is very good and an excellent milk substitute. I make them quite often.
two words... gluten free