This will change your life

Okay maybe not really, but maybe really!!

http://www.foodincmovie.com/

Please watch this movie. It's so interesting, and funny in places too-keep you ears peeled for when the organic farmers meet the buyers from Wal-Mart. But if nothing else, it may change your mind about a few things and you can sound super smart by dropping sound bytes from it at cocktail parties.

Other cool things to make you sound informed:

• Food travels and average of 1,300 miles before it gets to you...even organic! Those "fresh" tomatoes we buy, not so fresh. They're picked green so they can be transported (all the while soaking up awesome and nutritious fumes and chemicals from gasoline) and then gassed so they turn red and then coated with an edible film, YUM!


• In the US, Canada and UK, we feed over 50% of our grain to our LIVESTOCK. Tell the hungry people in your community to go ask the cattle rancher if his cows would be willing to share their dinner.


• China is the number one exporter of organic foods. Pretty sure China is kind of far away.

What can we do? Buy local! Shop at farmer's markets and try to buy foods that come from 100-150 mile radius of where you live.

Buy foods that are in season! This way you know they came from your area.

Support local agribusiness! Join a CSA (community supported agriculture). The money stays in your community and supports your local economy.