Clean strawberries

I bought strawberries today from a local grower, an organic farmer. They are medium-sized a beautiful red, rough to the fingers when you cut them up, and so sweet that I didn’t need sugar. They were not grown using Methyl bromide, a pesticide used in America. It was supposed to be phased out of use by 1 January 2005 according to the Montreal Protocol. Why? Because, according to scientists, it contributes to the hole in the ozone layer. Are we in trouble environmentally? Of course we are…Sea ice that would cover Australia and Texas has melted this summer. The US will continue to use it until 2009. Another example of the bully country acting as an international outlaw.