Comments on: Food – Going Organic http://aisling.net/food-going-organic/ How to make art ! Thu, 10 May 2012 11:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aisling http://aisling.net/food-going-organic/#comment-661 Aisling Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:34:12 +0000 http://aisling.net/?p=907#comment-661 Hi Doris, You're a steady inspiration, and an amazing resource for... well, all kinds of wonderful things! That link was astonishing, horrifying, and... well, I'm preaching to the choir, I'm sure. HT and I want to launch our own organic farm -- mostly to raise cotton, hemp, etc. for fibers -- but food would have to be part of it. We're fast reaching the point where shopping for food is either obscenely expensive, or the nutritional value is dubious... or both. We haven't seen <em>Food, Inc.</em>, yet. It's on my list now. The funny thing is -- in a funny = weird way -- HT's job involves <em>packaging design</em> for the foods people see in every grocery store in America. So, he sees the ingredient labels before the rest of the world does. (And generally, it's not good news.) He's even more ferocious than I am, about checking labels for HFCS and other not-good-for-us ingredients. I think we need to build a big, artists' retreat center with farmland attached, where people can visit to create art and leave with a crate full of healthy food and wonderful artwork. Love, Ais Hi Doris,

You’re a steady inspiration, and an amazing resource for… well, all kinds of wonderful things!

That link was astonishing, horrifying, and… well, I’m preaching to the choir, I’m sure. HT and I want to launch our own organic farm — mostly to raise cotton, hemp, etc. for fibers — but food would have to be part of it. We’re fast reaching the point where shopping for food is either obscenely expensive, or the nutritional value is dubious… or both.

We haven’t seen Food, Inc., yet. It’s on my list now.

The funny thing is — in a funny = weird way — HT’s job involves packaging design for the foods people see in every grocery store in America. So, he sees the ingredient labels before the rest of the world does. (And generally, it’s not good news.)

He’s even more ferocious than I am, about checking labels for HFCS and other not-good-for-us ingredients.

I think we need to build a big, artists’ retreat center with farmland attached, where people can visit to create art and leave with a crate full of healthy food and wonderful artwork.

Love,
Ais

]]> By: doris arndt http://aisling.net/food-going-organic/#comment-579 doris arndt Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:59:29 +0000 http://aisling.net/?p=907#comment-579 aisling, I am so with you on the HFCS thing. I've been avoiding it for a while. And I'm trying to choose better healthier food, like you. I buy organic when I can but I've heard (and believe) that the word "natural" has little to no meaning on food packaging. There is a brand around here that I like, Full Circle, who's prices seem very reasonable. Also, you might be interested in this as well: http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=14469696 It's scary what is happening to our food supply. And if you haven't seen it, you have to see Food Inc. An eye opening movie to say the least. xoxo, doris aisling,
I am so with you on the HFCS thing. I’ve been avoiding it for a while. And I’m trying to choose better healthier food, like you. I buy organic when I can but I’ve heard (and believe) that the word “natural” has little to no meaning on food packaging. There is a brand around here that I like, Full Circle, who’s prices seem very reasonable.

Also, you might be interested in this as well:
http://capwiz.com/grassrootsnetroots/issues/alert/?alertid=14469696

It’s scary what is happening to our food supply. And if you haven’t seen it, you have to see Food Inc. An eye opening movie to say the least.
xoxo,
doris

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