Sweet Peppers hit a Sour Note!
Author : teriann
Be careful of buying tainted sweet peppers! copyright 2011 Teri Ann Paisley
It never fails. Someone always wants to ‘reap’ what they did not ‘sow’. Recently over 300lbs of sweet pepper were stolen from a farm in Agulta Vale, St. Mary.
Those peppers had just been sprayed with Caprid, a chemical, which makes them poisonous to humans for the next seven days.
A small part of me would rejoice if those thieves were the ones to actually ’reap’ the consequences of their actions. Unfortunately, the amount stolen suggests that it was done with the intent to distribute and sell. So now the consumer will become the victim if they purchase the tainted product.
This type of attack on farmers affects everybody! We need to put in place measures now to stop preadial larceny!
What do you think about it? Let me hear from you!
In the meantime since we have no way of knowing where these sweet peppers will eventually be sold, it is a good idea to stay away from them until the danger has passed.
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Teri Ann Renee Paisley (Gleaner on-line writer)
Tags: farmers, poison, preadial larceny, sweet peppers
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I know nothing about farming ,so I’ll ask is there a reason for & is it the normal procedure
to prepare these Bell pepper (sweet pepper) for sale by spraying this substance on the pepper?
If the answer is no this farmer should be arrested, its very wrong & illegal; a person cannot electrify there fence or house to electricute intruders, many innocent ppl can die if ppl dont take heed.
No doubt farmers R tired of working very hard only to have their crop stolen, I would have prefer this farmer get assistants in lay-waiting the thieves and then chop one hand off of each thief when they R caught, like that boss that cut off the thieving employee finger.
Its warped to poison food especially that intended 4 market.
I think Jo that the farmer never intended to sell the sweet peppers so soon! He meant to wait until the time had passed for the product to be safe. I guess those who took the peppers had no idea or didn’t care that if the peppers are consumed so soon after being sprayed they will be poisonous.
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JO.
The spray is to protect the peppers from insect that can damage them before they are ready to be harvest for market!..
The problem with those thieves they are not so bright!.. and there are also some Jamaicans think when they get some things at bargain basement price they are always legit!…
I have a solution for these thieves!.. where they can never sell what they steal . they will have to use it in their house hold so they will be the ones who will suffer the consequence of their trade!.
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A small part of me would rejoice if those thieves were the ones to actually ’reap’ the consequences of their actions. Child have you lost your mind? You would rejoice at the death of a person because they stole some pepper? It is becoming increasing hard to distinguish between the good and the bad in Jamaica.
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Well in my defense I did say ‘a small part’ of me! Truth be told the average Jamaican is very frustrated at the ease at which thieves are able to take away hard earned crops as well as endanger innocent members of the public by selling poisoned produce!
Thanks Elenore! Keep visiting!
Thanks for enlightening me to the spraying procedures
McSage.
I don’t know if you have planted a mustard seed in your life!.. you seem to have no clue how hard a work it id and the cost associated with preparing the ground for planting!..
and when you sew those seeds and watch them start to burst from germination. and then to grow and be transplanted!..
It get even more excited when you see them started to blossom. and then comes the fruits, then you start making your plan just to wake up one morning to see them all gone reap by people who never sew a thing in their lives but always reaping what others sew!..
I am with Terri-Ann on this one!..
May be you should go start doing some farming and see how hard it is. some of those thieves swear that the only way their hands get dirty is if they fall down.
i 2 agree with terri and also bob. I appreciate the info in the blog however the 5th paragraph lines 2 to 3 left a bitter taste in my mouth. Legit farmers cant tell their crops to stop growing, due to this situation. Supporting a claim such as that does more harm in and of itself. Instead emphasis should be made for the agriculture sector or some organisation to assist in the regulation of farming produce. In ‘innocent’ cases, the same situation maybe be occurring but hasn’t gotten full recognition.
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Bob, you are right I have never planted a mustard seed. I have however grown hogs and cows. Farmed vegetables and flowers. And I hope I will never live long enough to want a human life for the life of a hog.
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