Sunday, July 06, 2008

Locavore Grabbed Me When I Wasn't Looking

The universe has been hitting me over the head with information about the history and current state of the food we eat and all roads are leading to locavor-ism. For example, a friend who knows I love the TV show "LOST" sent me a link to a video of a TED talk by J.J. Abrams. The next talk cued up under "other talks" was Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat, http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html.
I highly recommend checking it out. Another example was the book I decided to listen to by Barbara Kingsolver. I ordered the book "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" on CD from my monthly subscription service for my 30 min commute to work because I just finished "Poisonwood Bible" and felt like another Kingsolver. If you haven't read the book, it's a one year memoir/journalistic investigation of her families attempt to be locavores plus nutritional information, meal plans, and a few sidebars on food-production science and industry--not the fictional escape I hoped for but obveously just what I needed.  And then there was the link my mom sent me of her friend's endeavor in Canada, http://www.stowellakefarm.com, an organic, multi-family farm. I know that going green is hot in marketing and advertising but these are odd avenues into a topic I wasn't looking for. We eat organic food and I'm very aware of biodynamic gardening, fair trade, and sustainability. Locavor-ism is not only new to me but tracked me down and jumped in my face. I hope you look into it since it's the only logical way to reduce the amount of fuel required to product you next meal. Just think of it, you too can be a superhero and save the planet!




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