are supported by chemical company grants. On the other hand, I'm often baffled by organic growers who simply substitute dangerous organic insect controls for the synthetic poisons. Very few people seem to understand what the word quality truly should mean. The quality of fruits & vegetables served to themselves and, particularly, their children, concerns everyone. That concern naturally extends to the feedstuffs consumed by livestock when YOU and YOUR CHILDREN consume livestock production. It is unreasonable to expect top quality eggs, milk, cheese, and meat from animals fed on poor or average quality feed. And, it is equally unreasonable to expect humans to be strong, healthy, and clear thinking if they are fed poor or average quality fruits and vegetables.  Nor should we expect to take up extreme dietary regimens that fail to address quality without expecting negative, perhaps deadly, results somewhere down the road. Many books, charts. and computer programs purport to show mineral & vitamin content of various foods. Libraries and bookstores have entire shelves of books reporting supposed food values. It may come as a shock to you to be told that information consists of average values collected by writers from sources such as the United States Department of Agriculture or the various universities. Did you know that there are many animal feed testing laboratories across the US and throughout the world? Livestock farmers simply cannot work to "tables." There is little room for guessing.  Their livelihood depends on knowing exactly what feed value is in the