Food INC

ok, so just with this title, some people wont even read this...BUT...before you exit out, I want to justify my thoughts and interests in this movie. I am not going to spoil the movie, nor am I going to tell you every little detail. The purpose of this post is to tell you some things I've learned by watching this movie. Like I said, I will spare you the details of the entire movie. (Because I really want you to go watch it yourself:)

The point of the movie is to KNOW what is in your food, and how money drives the food market (like money drives most everything).

What I have taken (and every ones take will be different) is to buy as much organic/farmers market as possible. Everything I buy at the grocery store is my vote/demand for what I personally want in stock at the grocery store.

• I will be buying my produce from the farmers market and if I need the grocery store, I will be getting organic. I want my vote to count. I want vegetables that are really vegetable/ and meat that is really meat. 
• Right now we are very budget minded, and I, like many of you cant necessarily afford only organic. My take, is a slow one. READ your labels. Don't buy thing that is injected with hormones. 
• What this doesn't mean is I am going into my freezer/fridge and throwing everything that isn't organic out, but this will be a slow process of weeding it out and replacing it with the best. 

The are very diverse opinions about this, and life is a balance and I will be the first to tell you about this. But, on that same note, why not be more educated.  What really made me start thinking like this is now that my sweet Brylee Jayne is eating our food. When we sit down to eat and she can't eat what we are eating, because it isn't good for her, then WHY am I eating it? My intentions are not to be an extremest (we just fed her Pizza for dinner) but my intentions are to become more aware and make baby steps to living and eating a healthier lifestyle. 

SO, I challenge you to watch it. Go in with an open mind and just see what you can learn! you don't have to become an organic farmer (although at some points in the movie you will want to be).  Just be aware! 

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Balanced but Learning, Meredith