Alrighty, I am preparing for an interview with Joel Salatin, aka “The most famous farmer in the world!” In doing so, I’ve been collecting my thoughts on the whole food controversy. After re-watching Food Inc., Farmegedon, reading through his books and putting some personal time into my own morals around purchasing food, something has become blatantly obvious.
For more information on the specifics of the food industry and the power of organic, sustainable farming, check out the Align Podcast episode with Joel on iTunes or Stitcher.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE for the current state of the food industry. You may be thinking, “woh woh, hold on a second, the government subsidizes the farming industry to grow the GMO, inorganic, cloned crap we call food and therefore, the government is to blame”
Yes and no. Break the word responsible down and you get “Able to Respond” That is us people, we are able to respond and we are beginning to! We are seeing organic food in most places now, weird fermented drinks like kombucha are all over the place and Kelly Starrett can get raw milk lattes at the farmers market. Good sign, I’d say so. Is it enough? Nope…
Our strongest votes are sitting inside our wallet right now. That’s right, your dollar is the only thing that has a real impact on this industry. By choosing to purchase organic real ideally seasonal and local food, you are voting to have pesticides, antibiotics, toxic manure, cruel animal treatment, wasted fossil fuels and pollution from shipping all the “products” banished from our reality. This is a slow battle, I know, but it is winnable if there is a shift at the individual level.
You may be saying, the food has already been shipped, the cow slaughtered and the corn mutated, it would be tragic to waste it. False, allow it to waste today and it will not be sent tomorrow! That is the key, we are voting every single day and we need to be conscious of our every vote.
Please spread this message and let’s make a difference!