Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of research about food.  Yes, food.  I love food and hate to give up things that I love but, with some of the stuff I have read, I think I may have to stop eating and survive solely on pranna alone.  I just finished Food Inc. (the book) and just saw the movie on DVD the other night (I’ve watched it twice now).  So, a review will be coming as soon as I can find words to describe why it is such an important film to see at least once. I finished Barbara Kingsolver’s, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life and Michael Pollen’s,The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals not too long ago, so I owe you a couple of book reviews also.  Michael Pollen is my new hero.  I have some awesome videos that I will be posting soon and are so worth a look-see.  I just watched “King Corn” and have been recommending it to everyone I know.  It’s really simple and yet the message will change the way you look at food, especially corn. I think the simplest way to bring about a change as far as food is concerned is to read the labels.  I cannot stress this enough.  Seriously, read the labels, if you can’t pronounce it and you have no idea what it is, put it back on the shelf.  We vote with our dollars and in this economy, we really need to take that seriously.  Buy organic, buy local, it really should be a mantra when you enter the supermarket.  My veggie drawer looks pretty empty these days because I am only trying to buy what’s in season and there isn’t much right now. I am lucky that I froze and canned a lot of stuff from my garden and the CSA this season and I am hoping that gets me through the winter until spring. Of course, we do have the greenhouse and I will discuss that more in a later post. But I digress, send the message that healthy food is what you want and they will be forced to supply it. The best way to send the message is the choices you make as a consumer.  Be conscious, always.

Because I am a mama, I will have a section for our little green ones, fun ways to educate your children and show them how to be conscious and earth-considerate little bundles of joy.  Our friends over at Progressive Kid are doing an incredible job keeping us informed with their online mag and they even have a kids section.  Do yourself a favor and check them out and use your Nexyoo discount!