I came across this link to these great pictures on one of the food blogs I visit. I really think it is refreshing to see real food grown the way nature provides for. Monsanto can stay away from this food. It just takes me away to another world. I live in a world where people eat tons of processed foods out of a box or out of a freezer. To see fresh healthy food compared to the processed crap so many Americans eat is really cool and vintage to me.
When I was in SF Bay Area in 2000-2002 I developed some major GI problem stuff. I had to basically go gluten-free, and eat almost exclusively certified organic food.
In Australia in 2003 I worked for Greenpeace. Organic is one thing, Genetically Modified stuff is another -- it's pretty dodgy, that GM stuff.
Anyone with a Molecular Bio degree, Masters, PhD, etc. if you look up some of the literature on some of this GM stuff, it's, well, not as sophisticated (the GM techniques) as one would imagine.
GMs like herbicide or insect resistance will have no effect on the eating experience. Other GMs like tomatoes that can be harvested red and transported without getting soft, greatly affect the eating experience. These modifications have some serious effects on the texture of the fruit.
Many American prefer natural locally grown foods. Go to a small town in the American Midwest and look at the fresh produce, chicken, beef, pork eggs and milk. Such food continues to become more common in our cities. We have a beautiful farmers market a few blocks from my trailer here in Houston. You don?t have to eat processed rubbish in the US and you don?t have to be rich not to. Stop whining and go to the farmers market.
I agree. The whine you hear is the sound of laziness.
So the end of summer is here. When Fellowship started this thread the unstated question was "who in the US eats this way" my answer was "I kinda do".
With summer almost over it's time to morn the loss of these fresh fruits and vegetables. My house got an organic farm share this year which was very good. Thank you to my wife who seems to know what to do with all the fresh and unfamiliar (to most americans) veggies that came in each week. Who knew bitter greens could be so good?
I changed up my diet recently and lost 40 pounds. One new rule I had was "If it's a food that's good for you ... pig out". No one ever got fat eating fresh veggies.
Also this year we did square foot gardening which turned out very well. 36 square feet of garden, some green beans that didn't turn out, something that the local rabbits enjoyed, and 30 square feet of heirloom tomatoes. Right now I'm pigging out on a plate of fresh tomatoes with a little salt and pepper along with some locally made late harvest Riesling. With sleeping babies in the house it's a great afternoon.
So next summer get a farm share, grow your own, pig out on the good stuff.
On the other hand, when people from the Asian side of the planet come to the US, they are astounded by the quality and amount of food available. I tend to agree with them.
Truth, when I went overseas to Asia and the Middle East, the stores over there made Food Lion look like heaven!
Farmer's markets are nice to shop at, there are some good ones in our area. We try to avoid processed foods as much as possible and even have our own truck garden, but like what was posted above organic/whole foods just can't compete in the price area and are primarily a luxury item today.
Not to mention that there is no way subsistence/low intensity/high labor farming techniques can support our current population, not without a huge increase in farmed acreage.
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I came across this link to these great pictures on one of the food blogs I visit. I really think it is refreshing to see real food grown the way nature provides for. Monsanto can stay away from this food. It just takes me away to another world. I live in a world where people eat tons of processed foods out of a box or out of a freezer. To see fresh healthy food compared to the processed crap so many Americans eat is really cool and vintage to me.
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When I was in SF Bay Area in 2000-2002 I developed some major GI problem stuff. I had to basically go gluten-free, and eat almost exclusively certified organic food.
In Australia in 2003 I worked for Greenpeace. Organic is one thing, Genetically Modified stuff is another -- it's pretty dodgy, that GM stuff.
Anyone with a Molecular Bio degree, Masters, PhD, etc. if you look up some of the literature on some of this GM stuff, it's, well, not as sophisticated (the GM techniques) as one would imagine.
Many American prefer natural locally grown foods. Go to a small town in the American Midwest and look at the fresh produce, chicken, beef, pork eggs and milk. Such food continues to become more common in our cities. We have a beautiful farmers market a few blocks from my trailer here in Houston. You don?t have to eat processed rubbish in the US and you don?t have to be rich not to. Stop whining and go to the farmers market.
I agree. The whine you hear is the sound of laziness.
With summer almost over it's time to morn the loss of these fresh fruits and vegetables. My house got an organic farm share this year which was very good. Thank you to my wife who seems to know what to do with all the fresh and unfamiliar (to most americans) veggies that came in each week. Who knew bitter greens could be so good?
I changed up my diet recently and lost 40 pounds. One new rule I had was "If it's a food that's good for you ... pig out". No one ever got fat eating fresh veggies.
Also this year we did square foot gardening which turned out very well. 36 square feet of garden, some green beans that didn't turn out, something that the local rabbits enjoyed, and 30 square feet of heirloom tomatoes. Right now I'm pigging out on a plate of fresh tomatoes with a little salt and pepper along with some locally made late harvest Riesling. With sleeping babies in the house it's a great afternoon.
So next summer get a farm share, grow your own, pig out on the good stuff.
On the other hand, when people from the Asian side of the planet come to the US, they are astounded by the quality and amount of food available. I tend to agree with them.
Truth, when I went overseas to Asia and the Middle East, the stores over there made Food Lion look like heaven!
Farmer's markets are nice to shop at, there are some good ones in our area. We try to avoid processed foods as much as possible and even have our own truck garden, but like what was posted above organic/whole foods just can't compete in the price area and are primarily a luxury item today.
Not to mention that there is no way subsistence/low intensity/high labor farming techniques can support our current population, not without a huge increase in farmed acreage.