Go Local!
With the current trend in our household of watching informative food industry related films and documentaries like Fast Food Nation, The World According to Monsanto, King Corn, The Future of Food and Food, Inc. (soon coming to a theatre near you) we decided to support our local economy as much as we can. In a city like St. John’s, or should I say in a province like NL, it’s somewhat difficult to completely turn your back on big food corporations. We still depend on them for the things we can’t find at a local farm such as Lester’s Farm, but we’re certainly saying NO to all the processed food that Sobey’s and Dominion would have you believe is the good, convenient and fast stuff. It’s definitely convenient and fast, but in the long run a dish that’s full of preservatives and sugar is poisonous for you! And even though it seems that that ready-to-serve lasagna costs you less than fresh produce and saves you time in the kitchen, it will cost you more later down the road when you develop diabetes or heart disease. We are lucky enough in Canada to have the kind of health care that we do, but have a look at an average Joe in the US who doesn’t have health care coverage. He saves on food today and he will pay the big bucks later when he develops food related illness. And then again, having health insurance doesn’t guarantee that you will receive support from your insurance company.
So, go to Lester’s Farm or any other farm for that matter, I hear there is another one in the East End. Load up on fresh locally grown food, spend some time in the kitchen with your family to make sure you are your own boss when it comes to what you feed your family and let the big, disgusting food corporations know that they can shove it! And if you’re about to tell me that you can’t cook, have a look at my Food Blog to find inspiration and some easy to follow recipes. After all, if I can do it, so can you. ????????? 10 ??? ?????
Oh, BTW, I almost forgot… Here are a couple of snapshots from Lester’s Farm. We went there yesterday to get some fresh herbs for my very primitive looking herb garden (I really can’t wait to have a proper green house) and some delicious spinach. Yes, that’s Randy giving love and some grass to the horse 
