Six months

It' as been about six months of eating local and I'm starving!

A few things we've learned

1.  We have all learned to "not to drown our food",  I never thought I could go without ketchup, mayo or salad dressing.  Don't drown your food .
2.  On a rare trip to the grocery store I can look at a dairy display and tell you what state everything came from as is true for most of the store, and my family can as well. Texas is a huge producer of dairy, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan produce a lot of pasta and flour. Most people are aware that California is the major producer of fruit and vegetables inside the country. 
3. Real food, whole food is hard to find in a sea of processed food. It goes back to the food pyramid, the four basic food groups. Marilyn Manson and the food pyramid.
4. Most people have heard of antibiotic resistance or "super bugs". There are a few causes the first one is one seen in Emergency rooms and doctors offices everywhere, people get sick go to the doctor and demand antibiotics. Antibiotics will NOT cure the common cold or other virus's. Another is the meat we eat, for example; beef, cows are naturally allergic to corn but, it's less expensive to feed cows a corn diet than it is to let them feed on pasture. SO, cows are given antibiotics to fight the infection they get from eating corn. Now you eat the beef and get extra antibiotics.

The chemicals that they pass off as food, can kill you. Many food companies sell their products in other countries without the harmful chemicals because those other countries demand it. The FDA does not? Demand change

Four Months

It's been four months of eating local and I feel great and I'm twenty seven pounds lighter. I found that even in the winter there is a huge supply of local produce and meat. The "pop up" Farmers market in Salt lake has introduced us to more local farms. Lau farm in Soda springs Idaho is a producer of beef and lamb. Clifford family farm in Provo has great pork. Parkers farm in Hooper Utah still has a great supply of produce. We also found fresh made pasta from a local producer. (tankinz.com)I believe that just living with what we have instead of going to the grocery store has helped with being healthier and has helped our pocketbook.




On New Years eve we did indulge in foods that we hadn't had in months. We have been regretting it all week. It is nice to have more energy and not to feel yucky all the time. It's just not worth it I would much rather feel good than have a few bites of something that will make me feel like poop. Actually, the processed food doesn't even taste good any more.




We have gone through our winter supply pretty fast. We are down to four jars of peaches, one applesauce, six jars of marinara sauce, ten jars of tomatoes, one jar of tomato salsa and four small jars of peach salsa. In the freezer we still have plenty of green peppers, Swiss chard, pumpkin, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, a few berries and a ton of zucchini. From our original supply of meat we are down to 2 bags of chicken wings, two bags of thighs, one package of steaks and three packages of ground pork. We do have the winters farmers market once a month, so it's not nearly as hard as we thought in the beginning.

Cheers!