Sustainable Agriculture and Our Food Supply: What’s Edible and What’s Not!
I am going to be bringing you more information, so you can sort through the nonsense that surrounds the quality of our food supply. The woman in this video tells you like it is, we are selling ‘authenticity’. This movement is bringing you food that you can view as ‘edible’ and ‘healthy’ for yourself and your family.
It’s one thing to have an opinion in a free nation and exercise that opinion by enjoying your choice to buy produce and food which is either organic or processed or laden with synthetic chemicals somewhere in the chain of the production of food that makes it to our tables; but it’s another matter altogether to not have that choice when regulatory agents raid sustainable farms and buying clubs anywhere in this nation that prides itself on Freedom of Choice!
I am not going to apologize for my stance on these issues. I have experienced many sides of these food issues and I know from my direct experience what’s edible and what will compromise the health of the human being.
My body is an excellent indicator of the quality of a food that is consumed. I also happen to have instruments that are based on solid science which assist in the determination of the nature of any substance, including foods and beverages.
At least I am honest. I acknowledge that there will always be people who are fooled into trusting commercials, experts, and marketing campaigns that attempt to sell them on a brand, a label, or a specialty item. I recognize that there will always be people who blindly trust companies without investigating their claims and representations about their products.
It goes with the territory of being in the business of making money. Some companies and their employees will stop at nothing and show no moral code when it comes to selling their wares. Where would the lawyers be without bringing lawsuits to bear against cases about the problems within the industry? Why would we bother to have departments that are designed to protect the consumer and assess the compliance with the laws and policies that are in place to prevent reckless actions that compromise the health of the public?
I recently approved two comments from someone who doesn’t share my positions. I don’t walk in that person’s shoes and they have never walked in mine. Each of us is entitled to our own opinions and make our own responsible choices when purchasing food in this free nation. I have seen what allergies to processed foods to a person. I have seen the ravages of cancer from a refined foods diet. I have tested thousands of foods and beverages over the years. I draw from that experience and I trust that you will do with this information as you wish…
With obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, infections, inflammation, and a host of other degenerative and chronic diseases affecting millions of people; it is important to have a few voices that are willing to tell you why this is happening. The quality of our Food Supply is at the very heart of our health or illness. You cannot ignore this without facing the consequences at some point in your lives.
I am old enough to have eaten foods prepared by my mother and father and other family members that came from real gardens, real farming communities, and suppliers when they did not use synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, or other common agricultural chemicals that are in use today. I watched my parents both die from cancer due to the consumption of processed foods. No one can debate that fact. It’s my passion to provide knowledge that can prevent anyone from having to go through that when they change their food choices to organic and natural whole foods that are grown in accordance to ‘sustainable agricultural’ practices.
I am not the only one… There are millions of us who have learned the hard way and are are the cutting-edge of bringing change to the way we source and grow our food, bring that food to market, and prepare that food for consumption. In fact, this is one of the only thriving and growing industries in the world! The statistics prove it. The popularity of Whole Foods Markets, organic foods, sustainable agricultural produce, and many different movements that restore the health and vitality to our food supply is evident and undeniable.
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
By the way, beginning today, we are celebrating National Farmer’s Market Week! This is the 12th year of recognizing the value of markets and local access to produce. You are going to get fresh and healthy food at local Farmer’s Markets.
Markets are UP! and More Information about National Farmer’s Markets Week
Most of the food in your big box grocery stores is processed and comes from centralized factories that ship around the country or the world. It’s not sustainable and most of it isn’t necessarily healthy. It’s only natural that we are heading back to a local strategy for the health of it! In fact, it may be the only way we can actually grow enough healthy food to feed people now and in the future without compromising the health of the land, the economy, the people, and the industry of supplying food fit for human consumption.
So what is ‘edible’ in your area? There is a website and a group of magazines that share the local information with you to ensure that you know more about your regional resources.
Edible Communities: Information and Resources
There is more information and support for people now than ever before to learn, produce, buy, and sell whole foods. There are grants and government money to start and expand your business or your NPO. There are more people willing to purchase and eat whole foods which are sustainably grown and brought to the market than in any time in recent history. This is definitely the time to immerse yourselves in this evolution of our healthy and edible Food Supply through sustainable practices.
You can walk away from processed and compromised foodstuffs in the big box grocery stores and cheap outlets and stroll right into your local Farmer’s Markets, Food Coops, and CSAs to eventually get your own hands in the soil to grow healthy foods. There’s no going back to what has destroyed the health of a nation and several generations! We are here now and we are going to be the driving force in the future of food.
