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The Farmer’s Market
For the longest running farmer’s market in Kansas City, you go to the River Market, right off of Grand Avenue. This photo from the 50s shows local farmers peddling local produce from local farms, in season. The food does not … Continue reading
Ain’t Democracy Great?
Most of the time it doesn’t matter in the slightest what you or I, as individuals, think about an issue. Sometimes an issue comes along that proves that it doesn’t even matter if we all agree on an issue, it … Continue reading
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Tagged genetically modified foods, gmo, honest labelling, local food, monsanto, natural food, organic food, real food
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Selling Convenience
More than half of the problem with the foods we eat in the US stem from the market’s attempts to make everything convenient for us. Convenience is a way to add value to foods, value meaning profit in this case. … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial ingredients, farmer's market, fertilizer, local food, real food
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Pay The Minimum
Living in a dirt-floored hut with no running water or toilet facilities…no bed to sleep on…no pay for months until the boss says the job is done…necessities for sale a the company store for many times their street value to … Continue reading
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Tagged farmer's market, Food Chains, local food, migrant workers, minimum wage, modern day slavery, new peasants, real food
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Local Beef Bottleneck
I love eating meat that lived well and died happy. In my opinion, the most critical thing in my diet is my quality supply of meat. If food animals live on the diet that they prefer, not the diet that … Continue reading
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Tagged bandwagon, industrial meats, local food, local meat, meat processing
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Least Expensive Is Best, Right?
I can get this bacon on sale this week for 1.99 per pound. At my local meat processing locker I can get smoked sugar cured bacon for 6.49 per pound. I can get a fresh pork belly from the locker … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon, Contaminated meat, Food Safety, HIMP, local food, meat inspections, saving money, USDA
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Modern Day Slavery
If you want to make a one hundred percent sure-fire contribution to a better world, buy local. I constantly sing the praises of local food suppliers and I have listed the good, compelling reasons to get to know your local … Continue reading
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Tagged BUY LOCAL, farmer's market, HUMAN RIGHTS, local food, SLAVE CONDITIONS, SLAVE WAGES
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Now Is The Time
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere like I do, now is the time to be thinking about buying fresh foods from your local farmer’s market. Right now most of the produce that is locally grown is at it’s prime, … Continue reading
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Tagged canning, canning tomatoes, farmer's market, local food
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It’s Really Just That Easy
When I started looking around for how to make all of my foods myself, one of the earliest finds was mayonnaise. Mayonnaise looks like a really special kind of sauce. A little sour, completely opaque, I could not imagine the … Continue reading
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