Comments on: Food Inc and eating organically on a budget

By: Bits of randomness… « ♥Sharon the Love♥

Bits of randomness… « ♥Sharon the Love♥ — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:02:24 +0000

[...] Dan told me I need to watch Food, Inc. which aired on PBS last week. My sis in law wrote about it here last year. I’ve kind of lived by the thought when it came to this kind of stuff that [...]

By: The Daniel Fast: Day Six | Lisa Ashby

The Daniel Fast: Day Six | Lisa Ashby — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:23:43 +0000

[...] our diet in general and ways that we can add in healthier foods in affordable ways. A while back, we decided to add in more whole foods to our diet, but we can do more. It probably means that we will increase our grocery budget, and we will do [...]

By: Lisa Ashby

Lisa Ashby — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:31:18 +0000

I have no trust for the food industry now. Even after doing some Google searches and finding some Food Inc rebuttals on the big companies websites, I found it hard to believe that what they say is true. It’s too little too late, ya know?

Supporting local farmers feels good, tastes good, and makes my body feel better. It’s a win-win. I don’t know that I’ll go back to conventional eating. We’re taking baby steps right now with our diets, but I already feel some improvements.

By: CraftApple

CraftApple — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:46:44 +0000

We JUST watched this a few days ago and I was truly appalled at what I saw. We’ve been eating pasture beef for a little over a year now (ever since we watched KING CORN) and I feel physically better after a meal than after eating grocery store meat. The next step is veggies.

It’s hard to trust the food industry, isn’t it? I felt betrayed when I realized that milk/diary products were the cause of my migraines.

By: Lisa Ashby

Lisa Ashby — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:26:50 +0000

I didn’t think my hubby would enjoy the vegetarian meals either. We’ve tried a few and he’s really into them. I think it’s all about getting the veggies cooked right.

By: Ruth - Green Health Expert

Ruth - Green Health Expert — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:25:35 +0000

That’s great that it didn’t cost you as much as you expected. I found also that I can save money/ eat more healthily by making more vegetarian meals. At first I thought they wouldn’t be as tasty, but they’re really great and I picked up some soya protein mince replacement VERY cheap.

By: Lisa Ashby

Lisa Ashby — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:22:10 +0000

That’s a great idea! I just did a search in my local area and found a few more CSAs than were there just a few years ago. I’ll be checking these out this weekend. Might be too late in the season to sign up to get boxes now, but definitely worth doing homework on for next spring.

By: JuliaA

JuliaA — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:56:37 +0000

a way to eat even cheaper than farmers’ markets for veggies is to get a veggie share with a CSA. (community sponsored agriculture)

a little googling and you should be able to find one in your area. there’s a few that i know of in my city of chicago!

http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

my roommate and i used to get a huge box of veggies every two weeks for $20. we’d look up unknown veggies in my trusty “how to cook everything” cookbook, and try all sorts of new things.

with a CSA, you don’t get to choose which veggies you get, but it makes you try new things, and great stuff.