Rotten - Netflix - FU Christopher Ranch!

[Dubbington]

Watch this series on Netflix!

I'm only 3 episodes in and it's pretty interesting.

Episode 3 about Garlic was great. Reminded me of many other slimy companies and organizations; maple syrup mafia in Canada, the liquor distribution shakedown on the east coast.

Basically Christopher Ranch, whom about 90% of us get garlic from, buys their garlic wholesale and deeply undercut from a Chinese conglomerate who has prisoners peel the garlic 12 hours a day AND are for some reason immune tariffs and anti-price dumping taxes. Nearly all out garlic comes from China by the way.

Episode 2 was about food allergies and the seemingly rise in peanut and other allergies in children. Linking the spike to overly processed foods/crops, kids playing outside less, and our bodies having less beneficial bacteria.

 

[bojangle]

I'm interested in watching this documentary series.

I did find some articles regarding Christopher Ranch disputing their claims. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01...putes-netflix-series-calling-business-rotten/

One thing about documentaries...They ALL lie. They all mix truth and fiction to create emotion and shock value for entertainment. Always take everything you see on a documentary with a hefty grain of salt.

 

[bikeama]

I enjoyed the series. Yes, all news is propaganda.

I also liked Water & Power: A California Heist on Netflix. Never will think Pom is wonderful again.

 

[GAJ]

"Ken Christopher, the third-generation manager of the family-owned private company, this week denied the the documentary’s allegations. He said that Christopher, Gilroy’s biggest employer, is planning to file suit against Netflix asking it to stop showing the documentary and to issue a correction.

He said the company is overwhelmed by negative comments on social media as a result of the show. Christopher said his company has never sold garlic peeled by prisoners and 90 percent of the garlic it sells is from California. He said the company has no connection to the Golden Lion brand and that the video claiming to be filmed in prisons is a fake.

“The documentary is a hit piece on us,” said Christopher, whose family has grown, packed and marketed garlic in Gilroy since 1953. “We’re being dragged through the mud. I want to keep emphasizing, who we are is about California garlic. No Christopher Ranch product uses Chinese garlic. Having our integrity means so much to us.”"

http://gilroydispatch.com/2018/01/11/christopher-ranch-disputes-accusations-netflix-show/

 

[Climber]

Article from 2014 about Chinese imports:

Illegal Chinese garlic imports pounding U.S. industry

Doesn't seem like Christopher Ranch was involved in them back then.

 

[enki]

having grown up in the 60s, Ive always been baffled about the peanut thing. We had pb&j sandwiches at school at least one a week and noone, No one, ever got sick.

 

[bojangle]

Article from 2014 about Chinese imports:

Illegal Chinese garlic imports pounding U.S. industry

Doesn't seem like Christopher Ranch was involved in them back then.

I just watched the Christopher Ranch documentary on Rotten. They make a compelling case. I watched that one first because it's closer to home. I'll be watching more of this series.

Anyways, I think, for Christopher Ranch, it might justbe a case of "If you can't beat me, join em" for their alleged involvement since 2014. According to the documentary, the Christopher Ranch involvement started in 2015 or 2016.

 

[bojangle]

having grown up in the 60s, Ive always been baffled about the peanut thing. We had pb&j sandwiches at school at least one a week and noone, No one, ever got sick.

Blame hand sanitizers and not playing outside.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/20141576/too-much-hand-sanitizer-leads-to-more-allergies-report-says

I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Prior to the 90s, kids normally played outside a lot more than they have been the 90s and today. We also didn't have hand sanitizers and antibacterial soaps and products back then. There appears to be a correlation.

 

[byke]

^^^I'm about the same era. We never thought about this stuff. Five second rule hadn't even been invented yet. There was only, "Did it fall in shit? No? You're gtg".

I knew these two pasty kids with neurotic parents that'd stick them in snow jackets when it was 70 degrees outside and use sanitizing wipes on them all the time. Sickest little whiny snot nosed bastards you ever saw. Parents totally set them up to conflict with the environment.

 

[Shaggy]

^^

My wife drives me nuts because she doesn’t want to put our 8mo old son in a shopping cart when we go shopping. I’m like “Let him get exposed to stuff! He can’t live in a bubble his whole life!”

 

[bojangle]

^^

My wife drives me nuts because she doesn’t want to put our 8mo old son in a shopping cart when we go shopping. I’m like “Let him get exposed to stuff! He can’t live in a bubble his whole life!”

Some people use those cart cover things. And now lots of stores have shopping cart wipes available. That stuff didn't happen in the past. Exposure to environmental elements is important. There's evidence that living in an environment that's too sterile will increase the likelihood of developing more and worse allergies.

There's also a correlation with food exposure. Limiting peanut exposure until a child is older might just actually make the child more susceptible to developing a peanut allergy than giving them peanuts at a younger age will. It's counter to what was believed to be conventional wisdom.

 

[Reli]

Reminded me of many other slimy companies and organizations; maple syrup mafia in Canada,

…..Italian olive oil, much of which is mafia-controlled and mixed with cheap sunflower or canola oil.

 

[Reli]

^^^I'm about the same era. We never thought about this stuff. Five second rule hadn't even been invented yet. There was only, "Did it fall in shit? No? You're gtg".

The 5-second rule is bullshit anyway, because it wouldn't take 5 seconds for bacteria on the floor to stick to the piece of food you dropped.

 

[byke]

The 5-second rule is bullshit anyway, because it wouldn't take 5 seconds for bacteria on the floor to stick to the piece of food you dropped.

NO U!

My wife drives me nuts because she doesn’t want to put our 8mo old son in a shopping cart when we go shopping. I’m like “Let him get exposed to stuff! He can’t live in a bubble his whole life!”

It tough with kids because you need to be aware, but you also don't want to be too aware, because there's lots of cum and poo on shopping carts and none of us would touch them if we constantly brought it to mind.

 

[bojangle]

The 5-second rule is bullshit anyway, because it wouldn't take 5 seconds for bacteria on the floor to stick to the piece of food you dropped.

I don't think anyone really believed that. It was more like just something to say before eating something that fell on the ground.

 

[Shaggy]

...there's lots of cum and poo on shopping carts and none of us would touch them if we constantly brought it to mind.

Why do you think I insist on grocery shopping at stores instead of Safeway delivery?

 

[bojangle]

Why do you think I insist on grocery shopping at stores instead of Safeway delivery?

. You like to make deposits?

 

[Abacinator]

The 5-second rule is bullshit anyway, because it wouldn't take 5 seconds for bacteria on the floor to stick to the piece of food you dropped.

I'll almost always eat food I've dropped. Zero fucks given

 

[Lucky Jones]

The 5-second rule is bullshit anyway, because it wouldn't take 5 seconds for bacteria on the floor to stick to the piece of food you dropped.

I don't think anyone really believed that. It was more like just something to say before eating something that fell on the ground.

I'll almost always eat food I've dropped. Zero fucks given

You just blow on it, right?

Wipe off the leaves/rocks/cat hair/whatever and munch.

It's sanitary.

 

[afm199]

The 5-second rule is bullshit anyway, because it wouldn't take 5 seconds for bacteria on the floor to stick to the piece of food you dropped.

No it's not. The five second rule is the inviolate rule of childhood and adulthood. It's the one rule that is absolute, with two amendments, the six and seven second rule.