Local Food Movement builds Better Health

I believe the local food movement is an opportunity to build better health and transform our communities and agricultural economy for the better.

I am blessed to be able to purchase CSA veggies, grass fed beef, raw milk and pastured eggs from local growers within miles of my home.  But Farmer’s Markets are a great alternative in bigger cities to find nutrient dense foods produced the “old-fashioned” way.

Read more:  “ Celebrated author and local food advocate, Michael Pollan, recently observed that the growing awareness of food as sustenance for social and individual health (instead of simply being “fuel”) is reconnecting families, legitimizing our democratic way of life, and proscribing the demands of healthcare in an era when all three institutions stand on the brink.”