Comments on: Huge Food Recall – Are You Tired of Contaminated Food?

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:50:45 +0000

Precisely. The next best thing is teaching yourself how to preserve these foods. My wife and I had freezing down pat. This year we taught ourselves how to pressure can everything from tomatoes to homemade soups. It’s great, and now we will save a bundle in groceries this winter.

By: Steve in W MA

Steve in W MA — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:43:39 +0000

If you have access to land for your own vegetable garden–that’s really eating like kinds and queens. There is nothing as good as a vegetable that you just picked 10 minutes ago, it’s like another entity entirely than anything you can buy, even from a farmer’s market.

By: Steve in W MA

Steve in W MA — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:42:07 +0000

Very little of the information in An Inconvenient Truth can be honestly and truthfully refuted. The main dispute regarding the movie was the “hockey stick” graph–and the criticisms of that graph do not seem to hold up. But since the criticisms are repeated endlessly even after being taken apart, they gain the status of “truth” through repetition.

By: Forest

Forest — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:24:55 +0000

Still not seen the movie but really have been meaning too…. Grassroots movements to eat local and healthy often do save cash too, especially with growing coops or buying straight from farm.

I really hope this movement blows up big time in the next few years…. Down with the mega farms

By: Sarah Chino

Sarah Chino — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:55 +0000

it’s been said a bunch of times already but yeah, food inc is an eye-opener

By: Myfinancialobjectives

Myfinancialobjectives — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:03 +0000

Ahh I wasn’t aware that food Inc was a grass roots movement. I will definetly check I out. Incon truth kinda rubbed me the wrong way

By: Craig/FFB

Craig/FFB — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:47:38 +0000

We recently watched Food Inc and indeed it is eye-opening. I believe the movie is based mostly on the book Fast Food Nation and the Omnivore’s Dilemma. I read Fast Food Nation a few years ago and it really made me re-think eating food that I don’t know where it comes from.

Another great book on health is Ultrametabolism by Dr Mark Hyams. In it he talks about artificial sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:28:27 +0000

My garden will double and maybe triple in size this year. I’m excited!

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:27:48 +0000

Ha ha… winners are announced on March 22nd.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:20:08 +0000

Well as spring is here (the second Burpee catalog’s arrival kind of confirms it), it’s back to the raised beds again this summer. This is where frugalistas and foodies and environmentalists shake hands. Homemade pesto anyone?

By: Jizzo

Jizzo — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:43:14 +0000

did you win any of the awards we were voting on or did I waste my time voting for you 67 times?

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:22:30 +0000

I haven’t watched An Incov Truth, mostly because I believe it to be 100% propaganda. Food, Inc. is more of a grass roots effort against the establishment. Great stuff.

By: myfinancialobjectives

myfinancialobjectives — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:04:24 +0000

I was recently in a long discussion with a coworker about the merits of being a vegetarian, particularly in regards to the quality of our food due to the increase in demand in relation to world hunger. Now that was a great discussion.

I have heard that Food Inc. is great and I want to see it, though I wonder how much of the information in it can be refuted, kinda like An Inconvenient Truth.

By: Mrs. Money

Mrs. Money — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:51:54 +0000

Ughhhh that makes me sick. I like to grow a lot of our own food in the summer. Looks like I’ll have to do more of it and a better job preserving now!

By: T

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:36:08 +0000

You need to watch No Impact Man. Loved it. The trailer for the documentary can be found on You Tube, hilarious. I watched Food Inc. a couple of weeks ago. Very eye opening. I wonder how similar Canada’s agriculture is compared to the states. I can only hope that things are a little better here in Canada.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:08:18 +0000

Heck yeah it is… my wife and I rewatch it once every few months just to keep the information front and center in our minds.

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:07:29 +0000

Yeah, there is soooo much more to this topic than I was able to cover in this short little post… I’ll have to check out that book – sounds great!

I believe the most important thing to come away with is awareness. We really need to pay more attention to where our food comes from and how it is grown/prepared.

I probably won’t be happy until I’m raising all my own food on my own land – which is all part of my long term goals.

By: David

David — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:44:57 +0000

I highly recommend EVERYONE watch Food Inc. It is an eye-opening experience and will change your eating habits forever. Seriously, check it out – it is well worth renting/buying/borrowing however you can get it.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:44:43 +0000

Try reading “Just Food: Where locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly” by James E. McWilliams. It will blow your mind, especially knowing that it was written by an avowed environmentalist.

He skewers localism saying that there are much better ways to evaluate the food we eat than “food miles.” Also, all that’s claimed to be organic just simply isn’t.

I was impressed by his willingness to search for the truth, even if it didn’t fit his version of reality. It’s a captivating read.