I came back from the west in February. I set my snow boots on South Carolina soil, and soon began gardening, applying a certain passion early in the season of my life -- performing a set of tasks that I knew would be a part of my life forever once I acquired land. Along with it came an obsession with local and quality food. At the outset of this blog, I declared my rules and preferences in food consumption. I would now like to update it.
1) Absolutely no consumption of any animals other than those who ate their natural diet (grass for cows, for instance). 99.9% of animals bought in grocery stores do not come close to meeting this more-than-reasonable expectation. A happy exception is most seafood.
2) Local produce and (where possible) dairy products and meat. Local means fresher and therefore tastier, not to mention the higher nutrition content (as a cyclist who is often unkind to his body, I have come to appreciate this truth: local food heals). More bang for your buck! You also keep your neighbors in business and your spent money stays in the community and makes it stronger. Also: any natural disaster, especially when it occurs in metropolitan areas, should teach us that no community should be as foolhardy as to rely on all of their food supply coming from thousands of miles away.
3) Eating lots of colors (including white) and not being afraid to "over-consume" fruit! And remember, foraging for wild fruit and greens is also okay (don't let the economy tell you otherwise ;)
1) Absolutely no consumption of any animals other than those who ate their natural diet (grass for cows, for instance). 99.9% of animals bought in grocery stores do not come close to meeting this more-than-reasonable expectation. A happy exception is most seafood.
2) Local produce and (where possible) dairy products and meat. Local means fresher and therefore tastier, not to mention the higher nutrition content (as a cyclist who is often unkind to his body, I have come to appreciate this truth: local food heals). More bang for your buck! You also keep your neighbors in business and your spent money stays in the community and makes it stronger. Also: any natural disaster, especially when it occurs in metropolitan areas, should teach us that no community should be as foolhardy as to rely on all of their food supply coming from thousands of miles away.
3) Eating lots of colors (including white) and not being afraid to "over-consume" fruit! And remember, foraging for wild fruit and greens is also okay (don't let the economy tell you otherwise ;)
