Posts under ‘Challenging the System’

Out of the mouths of babes

I followed this link on Twitter a few days ago and can’t get this girl’s plea out of my mind.  It’s a great video.

Remember the old admonishment, “Leave a place in as good a – or better – condition as you found it“?   Well, I’ve been asking myself whether we’re leaving our beautiful, precious [...]

Fresh from the Farm

By now surely everybody has heard about Food Inc. and hopefully many have seen it (it’s not yet available here).
The truth is that in America, and most other industrialized countries, our food has been industrialized and commercialized too, with the result that we’ve stopped eating food and now eat products.  Not coincidentally, shortly after this [...]

Prevention or Cure?

Karla from Living a Whole Life found this poem in the back of one of her naturopathy textbooks and published it on her blog. And I’m shamelessly filching it, because I want you to read it and I know that many people don’t click through.
On a day where many people are celebrating freedom, I [...]

Why I Cook

I was never much of a cook. In fact, I hated the drudgery of it.
But the more I learn about food, its origins and what is added to commercial foods, the more willing I’ve become to experiment with cooking my own fresh food.
Quite surprisingly I’m reveling in it! I adapt most of [...]

Yada Yada

Thank you so much for the encouragement yesterday! You guys are great!
Today is just a rambling post. If you’re wondering what happened to Fertile Friday, search me. Or bite me! I just wasn’t in the mood…
I made a lovely pot of soup last night and only had one portion. I [...]