you are what you eat. but, do you know WHAT you're eating?

Just watched Food Inc. with Sweet Husband.
It's been a long time since I've been so disturbed.


The last time was probably when Michael What's-his-name
in Halloween became forever imprinted in my mind
raising up in the back seat of Jamie Lee Curtis's car
after she got in and started the engine...
I still catch myself looking in my back seat before I get in,
especially at night.


I guess I should now expect to have visions of maltreated
cows, chickens, pigs and farmers
racing through my dreams tonight...
and many nights to follow.

Will I ever look at a piece of meat
on my dinner plate and not see reruns
of scenes of chicken houses or factory farmed cows
or the largest pig slaughterhouse in the world?


When will I be able to summon up
the stomach to walk into a grocery store again?

I think I just developed an allergy to SKU numbers.
If I see one I might break out in hives,
start foaming at the mouth and
begin chanting in an unknown tongue...
that's pretty disturbed...isn't it?

The first priority of our government should be
the protection and welfare of the people.
After watching this documentary...
I'm feeling extremely vulnerable and unprotected!
I can only imagine how farmers have felt
for the past 30 to 40 years!

Politics these days are enough to make anyone sick...
but, for politicians to be so power-hungry
that they would allow the four or five giant food companies
to have basically unlimited control over
our food sources...permitting genetic engineering and,
in essence, protecting them from exposure...
that's just wrong...inhumane...greedy...pride at its ugliest.

And for the four or five giant food corporations,
which control and produce most of the
47,000 items on grocery shelves,
to be more concerned with cost reduction and profit margins
rather than the quality and health quotient of the food
we, the consumers, are eating...
that's just wrong...inhumane...greedy...pride at its ugliest.

Well...we, Sweet Husband and I, are going to do our best
to stop supporting these giant food companies!

We are going to get to know and support our local farmers.
There are several organic farms in our area
with vegetables, fruit, eggs, chickens and beef
available for purchase...
these will be our new merchants of choice,
and I dare say, I feel a little healthier already!

It's just going to take some planning on our part...
and it will be a lesson in diligence and perseverance,
because we have grown accustomed to convenience,
the drive-thru, the instant gratification of
comfort foods.

However, after being educated on how my "comfort" is being produced,
I'm thinking a little discomfort is totally in order!