In 2004, I started a journey of developing a cool website system that would help moms all across the country efficiently plan, shop for, and prepare their meals. I believed God had brought this unique perspective and plan to me to complete. My project was enriched in purpose tremendously when He brought to my attention, in 2006, that the foods that we eat are contaminated and are contaminating our bodies (health). Though I believed the FDA completely protected us, I discovered there was not a single system in place that monitored or compared all the ingredients found in our food supply. Neither have I found a single long term (or short term) study that is monitoring what we are consuming in relationship to our ultimate health. We see the rise in diseases coinciding with the increase in decisions like releases of genetically modified (GM) foods, certain processed foods, and the ways in which food is not being manufactured and processed (ie. irradiated, hydroponic, etc). As consumers, it is time implement a system to compliment what the FDA is doing and raise the standard of what is in our food and how it is distributed to us.
We believe God created our bodies in His image, and when we eat the foods HE specifically, and intelligently, designed for our bodies, when given the right amount of rest and proper nutrition, they will remain healthy and can even heal themselves. When man tampers with God's design (even under the pretense of preserving foods or solving world hunger), we are setting ourselves up to be destroyed. Just like unmonitored debt comes to a head and causes an "economic earthquake", so to will turning a blind eye to our food processing (that we are allowing and supporting currently with our dollars spent) which will ultimately destroy us.
How do you decipher between foods that are created with ingredients (now proven to be associated with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and others) among the whole foods that God created to bring health and wellness to our bodies? One obstacle is the constant bombarding from the media promoting what we should buy. Another is the veggie libel laws that inimidate informed people from exposing the truth about such products. The average consumer realistically does not have the time to each become a food expert. How in the world can you get this done when it seems like an urgent and impossible task?
The GroceryPlanner project is committed to providing one place with solutions to the myriad of problems that are making up this food crisis. One main goal is to educate AND empower consumers with practical tools and information to help them decipher what they should and should not buy when grocery shopping. The information is overwhelming, the factors involved in these decisions are too many for any one person to be able to consistently and effectively analyze, and there are many unknowns with FDA regulation problems. This is why we believe we have a vision and a solution that will help everyone. We just need the teams and task force to implement our plans.
We have a SOLUTION and we need YOUR help! Though you have the opportunity to become highly educated about these topics in our websites and discussions, our main focus is SOLUTION oriented.
This is a highly complex undertaking, and it will take a Divine Miracle to accomplish all the goals. However, we believe, YOU have been directed to this website for a reason: to not only become more educated about how you can protect you and your family, but also to use your God-given talents and skills to help be a part of the Grocery Miracle that will take place when we all pull together.
Let's get started. Please join me in accomplishing the GroceryPlanner goals. Believe me when I tell you this MUST be a collaborative effort. I have been working on this for years and have believed it possible to get it up and running. God has recently shown me that it will be through many more of His children, than just me, for this Grocery Miracle to work! We need 100% participation! There is a stirring in our country and a heightened need and awareness for change. The time is NOW!
Please login and choose the job description you feel most excited about using your skills and talents. We want passionate people in each position, so choose what you feel drawn towards. Don't worry, this is not a forced instant committment, it is simply helping us assemble teams of people. It can be reassessed as we go! We encourage you to pray over your choices, and if you feel you need to make changes, come back and make those changes as needed. Ask God for the guidance of where He can use you to bless this effort that we whole-heartedly believe He has shown us.
Though there are many different areas of need, and a place for everyone to be a part of this combined effort, if you are not sure what you want to volunteer for, please at least give us your name and contact information so we can stay in touch with you as needs may arise and to keep you in the loop about new developments that come about.
If the dream of Nehemiah can be fulfilled and God can build that wall in 51 days, and if David could run toward Goliath with 5 little stones in his hand, full of faith, and conquer the giant all the others were terrified of, just imagine what we can do with our combined faith and efforts alongside God's deliverance out from this bondage and wilderness of food confusion!
Let's do it!
Sincerely, Your Health Advocate & Detective,
Rachelle Rankin :)
P.S. By the way, this is straight off the USDA's website. "In addition, U.S. food processors are wary of consumer reaction to products containing genetically modified (GM) wheat, so no GM wheat is grown in the United States." (reference)
Consumers!! WAKE UP! We have the POWER to change this. The food processors will stop buying the GM commodities if they know we won't buy their products if they contain them! In turn, the farmers will quit buying the GM seeds, and in turn the GM seeds will quit being profitable - thus hopefully become extinct!
STOP BUYING ALL FOODS WITH GM ingredients! HOW? Well, that is only one of the many focus' of this project. Please join us to help this massive undertaking! It's against God's design and we CAN do it together! There's something everyone can do to help! Big or Small it will all add up to more than any of us can do alone!
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