tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16899492.post115946168502195225..comments2023-10-12T04:30:39.080-04:00Comments on Reclaiming My Inner Pioneer: Another Reason to Eat Locally...Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02784160644947020521noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16899492.post-1159944922017713612006-10-04T02:55:00.000-04:002006-10-04T02:55:00.000-04:00And likewise there have been relatively few e coli...And likewise there have been relatively few e coli spinach outbreaks in CA because we send all our diseased spinach to other states. Actually I don't know if this is true of spinach (probably not), but I know that CA imports from afar a lot of the same food that it grows and exports to other places.<BR/><BR/>Our Co-op members recently voted in favor of starting to sell meat in the store. It's been a big debate and hullaballoo. In the course of the debate I toured the Farm Sanctuary in a nearby town where they have rescued abandoned and sick livestock (cows, goats, sheep, pigs, turkeys, chickens, and some rabbits) and nursed them back to health to live out their days in comfort. They are quite tame for the most part. Fun to pet the cows and pigs. On Thanksgiving they have a big dinner for the turkeys, not of the turkeys, featuring cranberries and risotto and sweet potatoes, all the things the turkeys like. Most of them were debeaked at the factory farm that discarded them so they have funny, stubby beaks.<BR/><BR/>The point is, I left there grateful that I have options to the horrors of factory farming without having to become a vegetarian. I can look these animals in the eye and still think about eating them, but I can't support the factory farm "Meatrix" any more if I can help it. My cow / elk / buffalo must have grass to graze to the extent possible. I voted Yes on the meat question because I'm hoping my store can offer those of us who are hopelessly omnivorous some good alternatives to the factory farm, especially for those folks who aren't inclined to hunt or inclined to raid the hunter's freezer from time to time.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506678625592788292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16899492.post-1159496853936825872006-09-28T22:27:00.000-04:002006-09-28T22:27:00.000-04:00I would be fine with the 100 mile diet, because th...I would be fine with the 100 mile diet, because there is an Atlantis Burger only 1.3 miles from my house. Malt-o-meal cereal has a plant in Tremonton. The fake Cap'n Crunch is my fave.<BR/><BR/>I know - I'm being silly.Natalie Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881802413940621367noreply@blogger.com