Thursday, April 22, 2010
Do you know your food source?
We just watched Food Inc. on a PBS special last night and I have to say it really got me thinking. For those of you who have never seen this documentary, I strongly encourage you to do so. It exposes the dangers of industrial farming and what it has done to taint the quality of our food supply. I have always been a fan of small farms and try to support farmer's markets and buy my produce locally as often as I can. Local meat however, is not as easy to find, especially from farmers who still practice free range feeding. But after last night, the importance of knowing the source of our meat has become a bigger priority for us. We are planting a garden this year, but since we are not in a position to start our own small farm (yet), we must rely for the time being on someone else. So the researching begins...
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I can hook you up with some local farmers for beef (no hormones/antibiotics, but not entirely grass fed, which we personally prefer anyway) and a local-ish source for natural creamline milk (I have not been able to find an easily accessible source for raw milk as of yet.) butter and sour cream. We make our yogurt from this milk. Let me know if your interested. ~Lisa B. from St. Joe's!
Good luck finding good food! We're blessed to have two amazing farms supplying meat, and a great farmers market in Portland - though I'm just looking forward to finally starting our homestead this summer!
I'm really grateful that Food Inc. has brought a lot of the issues with our food into the light. I've talked to at least 5-6 people in the past week who are changing their diets because of the movie!
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