 disenchantedcitizen says: I don’t think anyone disagrees that a single corporation can be more efficient than several smaller companies. However, when it comes to food production, bigger is not better. I am not a big fan of mega-corporations, I think they lose touch with consumers and this leads to them doing whatever they think is most financially beneficial to themselves without regard to their customers desires. It’s the old ‘too big to fail’ mentality. This loss of connection, along with us losing (giving up) our knowledge of how to grow our own food, is contributing to our poor diets and as a result our poor health. ‘Big Food’ produces more convenience foods, typically cheap and fatty, because it is cheaper for them to produce and because we buy it. In order for us to loosen the grip that ‘Big Food’ has on us and to regain our sense of self-sustainability, we are going to need a major shift in our commitment to our health and re-learning how to grow our own food is how this is going to happen. Regaining the ability to grow our own food and then canning it for use over the winter months, will greatly benefit our health. Education on the beneficial effects of whole foods is crucial to wresting control of our diets away from ‘Big Food’. We do not have to eat fast food. We do not have to eat the unhealthy, fatty, bland foods that require chemical additives to make it palatable. Granted, not all of us have the space to grow our own garden, but there are farmers markets, there are community gardens, there is a host of online information (and at libraries) on how to do it all. It’s only as far away or as near as your desire to learn how to do it. Go online and search for home gardens, ... We are what we eat. So be vigilant, even suspicious, what you are eating and drinking. Far from everything, that can be chewed and swallowed, are deserve that sacral way. But in our routine rush we automatically choosing easiest way with food enhancers or even mood enhancers. Consequences of such dumping we are witnessing today. Actually, natural farming is rather attractive perspective, but in our urban life it's not simple puzzle. IMHO, we cannot completely reject Big Food Industry, they still have something to offer after changing bureaucratic approach and bizarre ideas of recent past. Very true, aklimento. Too often, I fall victim to my dreams. Container gardening/ roof top gardening is also a possibility for those with living in apartments or with a limited amount of space. And there are many fruit and vegetable hybrids that work very well in the container garden. Great clip Disenchanted, and an extra 2 pops for the comments. VERY good article. Should read the whole thing. And Definitely what we need to do. !0 pops. The lack of access to proper food in the cities is a very real issue. I either have to pay $30 extra a month on a taxi to take me home from grocery stores out in the suburbs, or else try to struggle with a small, overloaded cart on a crowded bus through several transfers just to get real food into my home. I remember when I was a kid, there used to be several grocery stores in the city core, but not any more. The stores with the real food have all moved out to the outer fringes of the city to serve the yuppy elite with outrageously-priced food, leaving inner city dwellers with just junk food restaurants and variety stores as their local source of food. |
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