This post isn't related to the house but I wanted to share it with you. A friend of mine posted a link to this article and it just reinforces yet again why we should read labels on our food and eat local as much as possible.
7 Foods Even Food Safety Experts Won't Eat
Canned tomatoes are still one thing I haven't found a replacement for, but I think this summer/fall I'll be attempting to can my own after reading this article. We've already switched to grass fed beef, organic produce (especially for any produce we eat the peel or skin - I'm not overly psychotic over bananas, oranges, etc.), eggs and hormone free milk from a local dairy. We still eat microwave popcorn, but we've recently bought a hot air popcorn popper, which after reading this will get much more use.
Buying organic or purchasing from local farmers can be more expensive, there's no doubt. However, after a lot of the recent talk of "pink slime" in ground beef and other toxic chemicals that are sprayed on our food and used to control weeds and pests, I feel better removing those items from our diet. I look at my little girl and just feel that I wouldn't be doing my job as her mother if I didn't try to feed her the best food we can reasonably afford. I guarantee you that if you try meat from a local farmer, whether it be beef, chicken, turkey or pork, it will have more flavor and taste better than anything you can buy in the grocery store. It's also been proven in scientific studies that locally raised meat has more nutrients and is higher in healthy omega-3's than commercially produced meat.
Support your local farmers - I guarantee you will love the quality and flavor you get from locally grown produce and locally raised meats!
Here's a link to the Raleigh Farmer's Market.
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