Video: Eat Real. Eat Local.
Take another look at this short video shown in seminars (open View Full Description for the link). Where does your food come from? Do you know? Why does this matter?
Re: Eat Real. Eat Local.
Since watching this video I have been greatly impacted. I have started shopping at the local farmer's market rather than the big chain grocery store. I look for items that specify that they are made in Ontario, or at least in Canada if nothing else is available. I now go to the farmer's market first, and then hit up the big grocery store for anything I wasn't able to find at the market. I'm trying to get my friends and family to do the same. If everyone explains how important this is to their friends and families, we could really turn the economy around.
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After watching this video in seminar, I was quite stunned to find out how much food we import versus what we export. We barely export anything compared to our imports. However, we are also not supporting our local growers. We shouldnt have to rely on our farmers exporting their goods in order for them to make a living. We should be purchasing produce and goods from as local as possible. I have only been living in this city for a litle bit over two years, and yet I can name about 5 farmer's markets off the top of my head. They are at every end of the city, and readily available for everyone. More people need to be supporting their local growers. Large chain stores carry produce that is grown in Ontario, but farmer's markets have produce that is grown in our region of Ontario. This is the best option for produce, so that we may support growers close to home, and have a greater positive impact on our local community.
I truly hope that watching this video opened the eyes of many students in our class. I hope that this video is shared on facebook to everyone, so that we may spread awareness of the importance of purchasing local goods.
I have been making a conscious effort to shop for everything possible at my local farmer's market. Only after buying everything I can there, will I go to a grocery chain to purchase the items unavailable at the market. For the most part this only includes meat, as my local market carries most everything else, all made locally.
Shopping primarily at a local market is a much healthier option as well, because rather than buying frozen and processed foods as one likely would from a grocery chain, the goods purchased at the market are fresh, unprocessed, natural, and wholesome foods. By eating this way, I have lost weight and feel much healthier in my daily living, compared to when I was shopping at a grocery store and buying all kinds of unnecessary and unhealthy foods.
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