I finally watched Food, Inc. I have wanted to, but heard mixed reviews. I'm glad I saw it. It shared a lot of information, even for me who went to school to learn about a lot of this.
Where do I begin...
What I hear most from people is it costs too much to eat organic.
Well it does cost more, I can't discredit that.
If you shop around and eat locally and seasonally it doesn't cost too much more.
But the question is why does it cost more?
By not paying the little extra to eat better food we are allowing the wrong people to take our money, simply put, if coorporations are producing the food that cost less money and putting out our local family farms, why would you want to give them one cent? They do not care about the workers who prepare the food or the consumers who buy and eat it.
At least the local grown organic food is produced by people who have our best interest in mind and the food we eat. Where do you want to spend your money...
It is important to know we as consumers have a voice. We are placing a vote each time we by an item and it is scanned at the supermarket (organic or not) or less food is being bought from the supermarket and more food being bought at the Faarmers Market or the Organic and Local choice. The more we support convential food the more subsidies the wrong people will recieve. We have the power to flip the tables, decide which way you want to contribute.
If you don't have time to watch Food, Inc. at least check out
www.themeatrix.comJust think:
It costs more to eat well and you stay healthy. That's a great price to pay.
If you continue to eat the processed food and not know where food comes from and end up sick, not feeling well or in the hospital, in the end that will cost you more. When do you want to pay the price...
If you are what you eat, what type of food do you want to be?
Send comments and let me know what you think.
