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Sadly we are all assuming that people would want to do what is right if shown the "truth". I have found that people are perfectly happy being very ignorant about where there food comes from and really don't care or want to learn more. Sad but true. I have had endless discussions with people that demand healthier food. I told them they can buy veggies and stuff from me but it'll cost, since I am not a co-op and cannot produce good food for cheap. That is where the breaking point is for people. They want healthy food cheap and I really don't have a solution for that. I don't want to open this can of worms and I personally know a lot of people who simply cannot afford healthy food (and whom I supply with eggs and meat for free) but many others would have the opportunity to choose with their dollars and choose not to. They can't have it both ways unfortunatelty.
So true.......
Just this past Monday, I saw a movie/documentary called Farmageddon http://farmageddonmovie.com/. I was so upset after it was over but I was more educated on a few things. That has convinced and encouraged me more to support ALL of our local farms/farm hobbyists/neighbors/etc. who grow and produce healthy foods. And also encourages me more and more to grow a bigger and better garden so that I can have my own supply of healthy foods.
No worries, I am glad you brought it up. Will look into it.
I just went into the kitchen and hummed the X-Files intro when the woman who was disgusted with my feather walked in at the same time. I told her that feather was gonna get her any second.
Sadly we are all assuming that people would want to do what is right if shown the "truth". I have found that people are perfectly happy being very ignorant about where there food comes from and really don't care or want to learn more. Sad but true. I have had endless discussions with people that demand healthier food. I told them they can buy veggies and stuff from me but it'll cost, since I am not a co-op and cannot produce good food for cheap. That is where the breaking point is for people. They want healthy food cheap and I really don't have a solution for that. I don't want to open this can of worms and I personally know a lot of people who simply cannot afford healthy food (and whom I supply with eggs and meat for free) but many others would have the opportunity to choose with their dollars and choose not to. They can't have it both ways unfortunatelty.
So true.......
Just this past Monday, I saw a movie/documentary called Farmageddon http://farmageddonmovie.com/. I was so upset after it was over but I was more educated on a few things. That has convinced and encouraged me more to support ALL of our local farms/farm hobbyists/neighbors/etc. who grow and produce healthy foods. And also encourages me more and more to grow a bigger and better garden so that I can have my own supply of healthy foods.
The Film Americans right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent ac-tion, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why.
Filmmaker Kristin Cantys quest to find healthy food for her four children turned into an educational journey to discover why access to these foods was being threatened. What she found were policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities. Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems most often the industrial food chain policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target and often drive out of business small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food, but buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.
Farmageddon highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging farmers and consumers alike to take action to preserve individuals rights to access food of their choice and farmers rights to produce these foods safely and free from unreasona-bly burdensome regulations. The film serves to put policymakers and regulators on notice that there is a growing movement of people aware that their freedom to choose the foods they want is in danger, a movement that is taking action with its dollars and its voting power to protect and preserve the dwindling number of family farms that are struggling to survive.
Sorry to get off topic.......... I just got excited with your post. Now back on topic.
Filmmaker Kristin Cantys quest to find healthy food for her four children turned into an educational journey to discover why access to these foods was being threatened. What she found were policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities. Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems most often the industrial food chain policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target and often drive out of business small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food, but buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.
Farmageddon highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging farmers and consumers alike to take action to preserve individuals rights to access food of their choice and farmers rights to produce these foods safely and free from unreasona-bly burdensome regulations. The film serves to put policymakers and regulators on notice that there is a growing movement of people aware that their freedom to choose the foods they want is in danger, a movement that is taking action with its dollars and its voting power to protect and preserve the dwindling number of family farms that are struggling to survive.
Sorry to get off topic.......... I just got excited with your post. Now back on topic.
No worries, I am glad you brought it up. Will look into it.
I just went into the kitchen and hummed the X-Files intro when the woman who was disgusted with my feather walked in at the same time. I told her that feather was gonna get her any second.
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