Farmers Have Been Using Spray Paint On Their Vegetables To Make Them Look Fresh
101 India recently posted an informative, and slightly disturbing video regarding India’s homegrown vegetable gardens that make you question how the fruits and vegetables on display at our local supermarkets maintain their appetizing look.
The workers of India’s farmers markets normally pick their vegetables and add a layer of silicone spray to those that look dull and unappetizing before they send them out to markets for the everyday consumer. ‘We pick our vegetables from our farms and put them in a tank,’ says an anonymous farmer, ’then we apply colour and send them off to the market.’
‘When vegetables get left over at the end of the day,’ says the farmer, we spray them so they look shiny and fresh.’
Silicone spray meticulously slows down the ripening process. In turn, vegetables looks fresher for longer periods of time. In addition to silicone spray, these farmers use Malachite Green artificial textile dye to make vegetables appear vibrant and full of natural nutrients. But with any artificial flavoring, certain chemicals are toxic to our bodies. The video exposes that these unnatural chemicals ‘form free radicals in the body which could affect the liver and kidneys.’
Sources: providr.com, 101india
101 India recently posted an informative, and slightly disturbing video regarding India’s homegrown vegetable gardens that make you question how the fruits and vegetables on display at our local supermarkets maintain their appetizing look.
The workers of India’s farmers markets normally pick their vegetables and add a layer of silicone spray to those that look dull and unappetizing before they send them out to markets for the everyday consumer. ‘We pick our vegetables from our farms and put them in a tank,’ says an anonymous farmer, ’then we apply colour and send them off to the market.’
‘When vegetables get left over at the end of the day,’ says the farmer, we spray them so they look shiny and fresh.’
Silicone spray meticulously slows down the ripening process. In turn, vegetables looks fresher for longer periods of time. In addition to silicone spray, these farmers use Malachite Green artificial textile dye to make vegetables appear vibrant and full of natural nutrients. But with any artificial flavoring, certain chemicals are toxic to our bodies. The video exposes that these unnatural chemicals ‘form free radicals in the body which could affect the liver and kidneys.’
"Next time you reach for the biggest, shiniest or freshest looking vegetable on the cart, think about what may have been added to it. The shocking revelations of a vegetable farmer just outside New Delhi show us the additives, injections and sprays used to make old vegetables look fresh. And according to him, he isn't the only one. All farmers do this, he says. With rising inflation and families to feed, he says poor farmers such as himself are left with no option when consumers reject even fresh, hygienic vegetables. "
Hormone injections are also used to speed up the vegetable growing process in order to produce more vegetables at controllable speeds. ‘We use medicines easily available at medical stores,’ says the anonymous farmer, ‘we inject the bottle gourd (lauki) at night and by morning it becomes bigger in size and we directly take them out. Otherwise they take a week or so to mature.’
Sources: providr.com, 101india
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