finally decided
so i have put off buying and eating all organic as a whole, because i just wasn't really into the idea of paying more for food that looked smaller, older and generally less-appealing. however, i just finished watching this movie:
i can't remember which friend or acquaintance mentioned or recommended it, but i wasn't ready to watch it until now. man oh man, was i in for an awakening. i mean, i've read "the jungle" and known that there are pesticides and weird stuff that goes on in the food industry. obviously. i've gotten food poisoning a few times, but for some reason, i always thought that it was my fault for "choosing" the food that i had. i've also worked a couple of waitressing jobs and was a pizza chef (first job), so i know what kinds of gross things can happen. trust me, you don't want to know. this movie sort of reiterated more the importance of how i need to choose better for myself and for my family.
i already cook practically every day for my family, but there are still a few things that we buy/eat that we could change. even though it costs more money, i think i want to try and buy as much organic as i possibly can. i would like to make more things from scratch, and this is where my baking skills are going to have to take a step up. perhaps a baking class? i don't think i can stop eating meat. it seems impossible for me and my family right now, so i would like to try and seek out locally-farmed and butchered meat options. does anyone know a good place to go for that in utah? also, i am going to seek to get better at growing plants/veggies/herbs again. my thumb is so black, it might as well be frostbitten.
anyway, i know a lot of this can't happen overnight. i just know that i'd like to be more conscious of what i eat by supporting more local growers and farmers in general. i already read labels like crazy (for izzy), but now i am going to be more diligent about it. i want to instill healthy eating into my family, especially my kids, because i don't want them to end up with type II diabetes like most in my family or even dying from tainted food. and hopefully...just hopefully, there will be a good change in my efforts.
i guess this is kind of a resolution for me, but i hope that i can carry it through the years to come.
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We've been buying our beef locally for the last three years. Really good stuff! In fact, we stuffed our freezer with half a beef this past year- it was a lot of freakin' meat. Anyway- I'll find out who we get it from and pass the info along.
i found a place that's relatively close that sells grass-fed beef from a local farm. i think it's called pleasant valley beef from mount pleasant, utah. there is also something close to park city. the only thing is that we don't really eat red meat a whole bunch, because pete has high cholesterol. he won't go vegetarian ever, so that leaves us with free range chickens. however, i have yet to find a farm that supplies that. i haven't seen much at the grocery stores, but maybe i am shopping at the wrong places.
we just watched this movie, and came to a similar conclusion! there are some gross, gross things out there.
yeah, after reading animal, vegetable, miracle, i felt the same way. now that we are back living with my parents it's harder to stick to it, though. have you looked into a local csa?
i haven't yet, eva. i didn't know what it was until recently, but i'd like to see if the wasatch county offers one. otherwise, we will just be trying to focus on buying as much organic as we can at the regular grocery store.
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