Archive for the 'Local Food Economies' Category

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Kitchen Literacy – How We Became So Ignorant About Our Food

Here’s a quick “heads up” to a book that looks like it provides a perfect compliment to what I wrote about recently in “The Local Food Economy and Health”  Part1, Part2 and Part 3.
It’s called “Kitchen Literacy – How We Lost Knowledge of Where Our Food Comes From and Why We Need To get It Back”

According to [...]

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

The Local Food Economy and Health – Part 3 (of 3)

In Part 2 of The Local Food Economy and Health I raised the point of your being left with less and less choice over what you eat, as one of the consequences of getting caught up in the artificiality of the modern marketing “machine”. 
Are You Disconnected From Your Food Source?If you have been brought up in the city environment, it’s [...]

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

The Local Food Economy and Health – Part 2

From reading Part 1 of this article, I hope you are starting to see why it is so important for your health to:

1. Know where your food comes from and what’s in it. 2. Know how it is grown and processed.3. Establish a personal relationship with the growers and suppliers of your food.

Regarding this, I am usually quite shocked at the frequency I see [...]

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The Local Food Economy and Health – Part 1 (of 3)

The biotechnology industry (along with other multinational corporate food giants) are having a huge negative impact on the small farmer and local food systems globally.If you are not yet clear on the ramifications, please watch the excellent 3-Part documentary I have posted within my Nov 30th post entitled  Genetically Modified Foods – What You Should Know.
Towards the end of [...]