Showing posts with label Eating Locally. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eating Locally. Show all posts
Monday, May 4, 2009
Buy Local!
I am a strong proponent of buying locally grown, fresh food. Please head on over to my other blog to see my latest on NOT buying Mexican tomatoes (it has nothing to do with Swine Flu!). I didn't post it here because it's not about MY crops but I do think it's worthwhile to consider!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A Different Take On Eating Locally
Today at preschool I noticed a small child in camo pants with a toy shotgun. (We don't have play guns at school so I knew it was from home, he turned out to be the little brother of a student) At first I thought maybe his parents were part of a separatist group I was unaware of in my suburban neighborhood. I commented to his mom (not about the separatist thing.) She said that tomorrow is the start of Turkey season (I always thought that would be November!) and that her son was excited because his dad was a hunter.
It piqued my interest. So I asked her about that. How many turkeys can you get? Do they eat anything wild besides turkey. (They do) How do her kids like it? (Apparently her daughter will not eat any meat daddy doesn't hunt) and why (Dad likes hunting and Mom likes lean meat with no hormones and without having to worry about how they were raised & of course, price is a factor for them.) It was all so Pa Ingalls. I imagine that there are costs involved with a permit, ammo, and of course, method of hunting. But I also imagine the cost of hunted game is VERY LOW per pound of meat. Another take on providing for yourself in an unconventional way (Though, hunting, has been, the conventional way of providing fresh meat since about the beginning of mankind!)
We don't hunt at our house. We're not morally opposed to it, we just don't have the interest, skill, inclination, and if the truth were known, stomach,to kill our own food. (although my husband DID skin a squirrel last October.) If you ARE morally opposed to it and you still eat meat you may want to consider the conditions your own food is grown/slaughtered under before you make a value judgment about hunting. I do know if I lived near the ocean I would go clamming and gladly eat fish from the sea. (The Lake? I don't know about the type of quality or fish in there.)
All in all, a really interesting conversation about eating locally & a (Now) non-traditional way of feeding your family that doesn't involve supermarkets & tons of fossil fuel)
It piqued my interest. So I asked her about that. How many turkeys can you get? Do they eat anything wild besides turkey. (They do) How do her kids like it? (Apparently her daughter will not eat any meat daddy doesn't hunt) and why (Dad likes hunting and Mom likes lean meat with no hormones and without having to worry about how they were raised & of course, price is a factor for them.) It was all so Pa Ingalls. I imagine that there are costs involved with a permit, ammo, and of course, method of hunting. But I also imagine the cost of hunted game is VERY LOW per pound of meat. Another take on providing for yourself in an unconventional way (Though, hunting, has been, the conventional way of providing fresh meat since about the beginning of mankind!)
We don't hunt at our house. We're not morally opposed to it, we just don't have the interest, skill, inclination, and if the truth were known, stomach,to kill our own food. (although my husband DID skin a squirrel last October.) If you ARE morally opposed to it and you still eat meat you may want to consider the conditions your own food is grown/slaughtered under before you make a value judgment about hunting. I do know if I lived near the ocean I would go clamming and gladly eat fish from the sea. (The Lake? I don't know about the type of quality or fish in there.)
All in all, a really interesting conversation about eating locally & a (Now) non-traditional way of feeding your family that doesn't involve supermarkets & tons of fossil fuel)
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