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Gramps,

Why does the Bishop’s storehouse stock and give out food that is not healthy and loaded with GMOs?

Marie

 

Answer

 

Marie,

The Bishop’s Storehouse is not in the business of following the latest food trends or diet fads.  It has one real purpose, and that is to support life.  Please note I said support life, not support lifestyle.  Jesus Christ gave the command to feed the hungry and that is what the Bishop’s Storehouse is designed to do as efficiently as possible.

Now you can have the opinion that the food is not healthy for GMOs or other reasons. Just don’t expect everyone else to agree with your opinion. For example, I think the food from the Bishop’s Storehouse is much healthier than starving to death, so I would not tell anyone who needed it not to use it.

Of course the use of the Storehouse is also designed to be of limited duration, to get people over a rough patch in their lives. Therefore the choices made by the Storehouse are focused on maximizing that short term goal.   Once past that rough patch, the people can and should buy food for themselves that matches what they can afford and what lifestyle they are willing to pay for. They should make informed choices about what they eat to ensure health and long life.  But that is a choice they get to make for themselves, once they have recovered and are in a position to do so.

Gramps

 

 

 

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