A Big Step

For some time I've been uncomfortable with the methods used by the food industry. Especially the meat producers. I stopped eating beef (again) several months ago, but I do love pork and chicken and seafood have been a constant for many years. Still, that voice in my head kept nagging at me about the ethics of eating intelligent animals. Yep, this bothers me. So why not DO something about it? Like vote with my wallet? Then on Martha's show this week...and I wasn't even going to tape this show but for some reason I ended up watching it...she featured the director of the movie "Food, Inc." Martha and the guy took it easy on the audience and didn't show any fearsome film clips from the movie, but, hey, I don't have to see it to imagine it. And Martha was on it as far as encouraging everyone to be more thoughtful about what they eat. So, I'm not going to hide my head in the sand anymore. I am going to eat locally and organically. Today I went to a special holiday Farmer's Market in my 'hood. I gotta say that the growing season in Western WA is short. I pretty much bought everything that was offered: rainbow chard, flat leafed parsley, sage, a gorgeous pumpkin, honey, goat milk soap, and a big bag of sunchokes. The pumpkin will grace my front porch for a while; the soap and honey will be Christmas gifts.

My guys ARE NOT vegetable lovers. Well, adjustments are going to have to be made! Tonight I roasted teryaki chicken legs (from the freezer) plus the sunchokes; steamed the chard, and used chevre I made this week on the bread. Those fresh vegetables and cheese are DELICIOUS. I WILL find an organic turkey for Thanksgiving. I know it will cost a lot more, and really won't taste any better. As for eating pork in the future...I gotta say I've never seen organic pork (aka humanely treated) in my grocery store.