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Lynette and Barbara, thank you for your great comments. I loved having a vegie garden when I had the room and the time to take care of it. I had a small yard but managed a 10x10 plot of lettuce, onions, beets, tomatoes and carrots. It's SO satisfying to put your home grown food on the table. Now I don't have the room for a garden but tomatoes do very well in large pots and the taste is.. well if all you've had is store bought, chemically ripened tomatoes lately.. you've probably forgotten what a REAL tomato tastes like. I've grown lettuces on a sunny window ledge and if I just need a few leaves for a sandwich I can pick just the leaves I need and leave the rest growing for next time. I'm so heartened by the comments people have written. It makes me more determined to keep up with the small changes myself. If we can get the word out to enough people we can really make a change for everyone. I haven't seen the movie, but I lived on a farm and even when married we had a HUGE garden of vegetables and fruits, made all our own bread, preserved our own vegetables, and lots more.
Yup, that 'stuff' from the store shelves is difficult to eat when one knows what fresh, good food is. Interesting to see my grown sons and grandkids return to gardening, using organic foods and more. I didn't think they'd carry on those good habits, and they didn't for a while....... but are returning to them.
So let's enjoy teaching our kids, and then share cooking and such with them....... and feel good when they carry those skills forward to their generations. We women can change the world, step by step.
Enjoyed your blog and input, Barbara Filla
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Helen, I love your wisdom ... one small step at a time... one small step can lead eventually to huge positive benefits for our children, ourselves, the farmers, and the food industry. I am with you on the idea of doing things gently, without screaming or preaching, ... simply by being informed and being conscious of what we are putting into our mouths, we can effect the change we want to see. I look forward to your next post! Your BH sister, Lynette Ritual Divas Community
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Hi Wendwordz, I thought I knew about the food I ate and I was shocked at what I learned. I think you will be too. What's really cool is that the power to change it is in our hands. Thanks for reading and caring. Hi there Dreaming... I know a lot of people are squeamish about learning where their food comes from. We've been conditioned not to want to know. But the more info we can get out there the more change we can make. Thank you for reading and letting me know you care also. Hi Pkimboko. That's a great idea to have a garden of your own. Also I live in Denver and even in the middle of the city there are farmers markets where we can get fresh locally grown produce. Plus the taste of a tomato that you've grown yourself is amazingly different to anything you buy in the supermarket. I wish you lots of luck with your garden. Thank you to all that have read my post. And a big thank you to those that have commented. I might be preaching to the choir here but I really believe the more informed we are, the better choices we can make. Have recently watched the movie and have begun to wonder how I can eat the 'right' foods. I was particularly disheartened by the awful treatment of animals and seeing up close just how they are abused and why the animal industry needs to fill them with antibiotics so they can survive long enough to be made into our food... Going to search out some local farmers who raise animals humanely and raise fruits and vegetables free from pesticides. Even thinking of how to have a really good garden in my own yard. Hey Helen, Hi. Everything you said is right. Do whatever you want. At least you'll be informed. Big or small, it doesn't matter, any deviation from unhealthy eating habits is an improvement. It's unfortunate however that this is one of those subjects some folks don't want to know about. For the unethical and avarice players in this business these are dream consumers (that's for another day). Also that it is a money thing for others is no small issue either. Organic and raw foods and Whole Foods products can be expensive. Anyway we should all be educated consumers, people are watching (a good thing), not to mention dependents such as children who are predisposed by the good or not so good judgment of the bread winner. Good topic, Helen. Thanks for the information. Im'a pass it on. Smile
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