Food School: a 31 Day Course (day 5)

Hello Weekend!

On Day 2, I mentioned that I would be giving you suggestions on movies you can watch for free on Kindle (once you download the free 30 day trial).

Today I’m giving you 3 movies for you to consider watching.  All three of these have been eye opening for me to make different choices in my food, how it affects the world and animals–it isn’t just about organic broccoli or not eating meat–the issues are bigger and far reaching.  My goal is to educate myself to make informed choices and I want to share my findings with you.

People often ask me “why do you bother?”  “YOU can’t change the world.”  and I answer that by telling the story of the starfish:  a little girl and her Dad are walking on the beach and she keeps throwing the beached starfish back into the ocean.  The Dad asks–why are you throwing them back in–there are 1000’s of starfish on the beach–it just doesn’t matter!  and the girl looked up at her Dad, threw another starfish back into the water and says “I made a difference to THAT starfish.”  

That is why I write about food.  That is why I take less than perfect video of me cutting acorn squash.  I want to make a difference–even if it is only one person.  My goal is to show you that eating healthy, local and sustainable is not difficult and actually quite doable.  It all begins with intention.

So here are the those documentaries!

King Corn  this was a great movie about two guys who plant an acre of corn.  The kids loved this movie–so many great teaching moments (we home school and this was great!).

Fresh This is about eggs, chickens and what exactly happens.  I loved the interview with the “family farmer” who seemed clueless as to what the chickens eat, where they come from and what happens.  This film is graphic.  After I watch this video I called the BARE brand of chicken that I buy at Target–thinking that I was making a better choice.  It turns out that wording is everything and it is NOT as great a life for a chicken as the package makes it sound.

Milk? Confusing!  But maybe you will have a different reaction.  What I did find disturbing is that cows need to be pregnant to give milk or just have had a calf . . . giving up dairy was easy after watching this video.  I did learn quite a bit–I wouldn’t let the kids watch this one either.

Be Blessed.  

As always feel free to leave a message in the comments!  Have you seen a documentary or read a book that made a powerful impact on how you view food?  Please share!

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