Who Cares?
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No one does. That, is precisely the problem. Today's American culture is one of instant gratification: We want it and we want it now.
Ironically,we are killing ourselves by sustaining ourselves. Basically, the food we consume is the cause for most major diseases and fatalities in the country-cancer, diabetes, heart disease etc.
Not only are we killing ourselves, we are destroying the economic system as well. I bet you didn't know that the chicken you eat, be it at home or McDonald's, is raised by one of only four chicken companies that monopolize the market. These places pay farmers to grow chickens 500,000 at a time in dark coops. The chicken you eat, never sees the sun. They are also pumped with growth hormones and antibiotics to accelerate their growth
; your chicken's breasts were so big, that it could never even stand up. Talk about double D's.
Watch this alarming clip
Basically, with this blog, I will be ranting about the importance of local food as well as the governmental corruption of the food industry. I will be reading Barbra Kingsolver's novel, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which tells of her own journey into the world of strictly local eating. If the Kingsolver family didn't raise the product, or purchase it from a farmer within a fifty mile radius, they did without (yes, that means no soda or Starbucks). I will also prepare an entirely organic, local-centric meal one night a week(gathering produce at Farmers Markets and Earth Fare). I will also dine out at as many local businesses as possible such as Wildflower Bakery, Troutdale Bistro, and The Harvest Table (Barbra's own eatery outside of Abington). Most individuals don't understand the importance of local food and I endeavor to change the status quo.
Ironically,we are killing ourselves by sustaining ourselves. Basically, the food we consume is the cause for most major diseases and fatalities in the country-cancer, diabetes, heart disease etc.
Not only are we killing ourselves, we are destroying the economic system as well. I bet you didn't know that the chicken you eat, be it at home or McDonald's, is raised by one of only four chicken companies that monopolize the market. These places pay farmers to grow chickens 500,000 at a time in dark coops. The chicken you eat, never sees the sun. They are also pumped with growth hormones and antibiotics to accelerate their growth
; your chicken's breasts were so big, that it could never even stand up. Talk about double D's.
Watch this alarming clip
Basically, with this blog, I will be ranting about the importance of local food as well as the governmental corruption of the food industry. I will be reading Barbra Kingsolver's novel, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle which tells of her own journey into the world of strictly local eating. If the Kingsolver family didn't raise the product, or purchase it from a farmer within a fifty mile radius, they did without (yes, that means no soda or Starbucks). I will also prepare an entirely organic, local-centric meal one night a week(gathering produce at Farmers Markets and Earth Fare). I will also dine out at as many local businesses as possible such as Wildflower Bakery, Troutdale Bistro, and The Harvest Table (Barbra's own eatery outside of Abington). Most individuals don't understand the importance of local food and I endeavor to change the status quo.
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