Comments on: Is Eating Well An Act of Civil Disobedience? http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/ challenging politically correct nutrition Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:24:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Elisabeth http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1857 Elisabeth Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:36:31 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1857 Organic is seen as "faddish, fringe" while intensive farming gets called "conventional'" farming. Wow, Big Food won the PR battle there. In truth: organic farming is conventional farming, the way farming has always been done (traditional combined with the latest eco-sciences and techniques of course) while intensive farming is well...intensive. chemical, industrialised... Let's call a spade a spade (so to speak). <abbr><em>Elisabeth Organic is seen as “faddish, fringe” while intensive farming gets called “conventional’” farming. Wow, Big Food won the PR battle there. In truth: organic farming is conventional farming, the way farming has always been done (traditional combined with the latest eco-sciences and techniques of course) while intensive farming is well…intensive. chemical, industrialised…

Let’s call a spade a spade
(so to speak).

Elisabeth

]]> By: Sarah http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1843 Sarah Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:19:57 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1843 Amen to that! Best, Sarah <abbr><em>Sarah Amen to that!

Best,
Sarah

Sarah

]]> By: Michelle http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1828 Michelle Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:13:27 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1828 In my opinion: YES. But it's the best kind and it leads to great personal freedom. I loved your post! Count me in as another dangerous revolutionary ;) <abbr><em>Michelle In my opinion: YES. But it’s the best kind and it leads to great personal freedom. I loved your post! Count me in as another dangerous revolutionary ;)

Michelle

]]> By: Motherhen68 http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1810 Motherhen68 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:28:23 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1810 It all comes down to personal responsibility. If we (our culture) wer not "sue happy", then there would not need to be so much ridiculous legislation. If people weren't always trying to get an easy buck, a "I gots mines" mentality, then we would be able to trade/buy/sell things like we want. Honestly, I don't know why the Fed. Gov. gets involved with small farmers or bakers who are just trying to make a little bit of money while providing whole foods to people who WILLINGLY want to purchase it. They need to focus on Big Agra like those peanut processors who KNEW their products had Salmonella, but insisted on selling it anyway. Would a small dairy farmer who knew one of his cows were sick sell milk to the public? Could he look into the eyes of a mother with a small child knowing the milk was tainted? I doubt it. I highly doubt it. It all comes down to personal responsibility. If we (our culture) wer not “sue happy”, then there would not need to be so much ridiculous legislation. If people weren’t always trying to get an easy buck, a “I gots mines” mentality, then we would be able to trade/buy/sell things like we want.

Honestly, I don’t know why the Fed. Gov. gets involved with small farmers or bakers who are just trying to make a little bit of money while providing whole foods to people who WILLINGLY want to purchase it. They need to focus on Big Agra like those peanut processors who KNEW their products had Salmonella, but insisted on selling it anyway. Would a small dairy farmer who knew one of his cows were sick sell milk to the public? Could he look into the eyes of a mother with a small child knowing the milk was tainted? I doubt it. I highly doubt it.

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1807 KristenM Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:58:50 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1807 Ed -- Yes, he did. And in fact he wrote a guest post for me today which you might enjoy. Michelle -- I've never had a problem linking from Facebook to my site. And, as far as I know, my blog is put together just like every other wordpress blog out there. Thanks for wanting to share my posts with your Facebook friends! That's always an encouragement. Ed — Yes, he did. And in fact he wrote a guest post for me today which you might enjoy.

Michelle — I’ve never had a problem linking from Facebook to my site. And, as far as I know, my blog is put together just like every other wordpress blog out there. Thanks for wanting to share my posts with your Facebook friends! That’s always an encouragement.

]]> By: Michelle @ Find Your Balance http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1806 Michelle @ Find Your Balance Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:53:14 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1806 p.s. Kristen, I always want to post your links to my Facebook page. But when I do the title of the post and photo don't come up like it does with other links. Maybe it's something to do with how your blog is put together, have you ever tried it? <abbr><em>Michelle @ Find Your Balance p.s. Kristen, I always want to post your links to my Facebook page. But when I do the title of the post and photo don’t come up like it does with other links. Maybe it’s something to do with how your blog is put together, have you ever tried it?

Michelle @ Find Your Balance

]]> By: Michelle @ Find Your Balance http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1805 Michelle @ Find Your Balance Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:52:07 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1805 So interesting. You are right, organic gets a bad rap but really it's the most mundane, old fashioned thing! haha When I started doing my cooking classes at my house, some friends warned me that I might need a permit from the city, etc etc etc. Well I have three cats so I doubt I'm passing any inspection. But, hey, that's how people cook. In their homes. I've worked in plenty of restaurants and they can have all the government inspections in the world, still nastier than my kitchen any day! <abbr><em>Michelle @ Find Your Balance So interesting. You are right, organic gets a bad rap but really it’s the most mundane, old fashioned thing! haha When I started doing my cooking classes at my house, some friends warned me that I might need a permit from the city, etc etc etc. Well I have three cats so I doubt I’m passing any inspection. But, hey, that’s how people cook. In their homes. I’ve worked in plenty of restaurants and they can have all the government inspections in the world, still nastier than my kitchen any day!

Michelle @ Find Your Balance

]]> By: Ed Bruske http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1803 Ed Bruske Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:00:21 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1803 Wasn't it Joel Salatin who said, Everything I want to do is illegal? <abbr><em>Ed Bruske Wasn’t it Joel Salatin who said, Everything I want to do is illegal?

Ed Bruske

]]> By: Sustainable Eats http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1799 Sustainable Eats Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:47:30 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1799 Great post Kristin. 2009 is my year of real food. I had no idea it existed before this, and I'm 42. They do a great job of keeping things secret...but the internet reveals all. <abbr><em>Sustainable Eats Great post Kristin. 2009 is my year of real food. I had no idea it existed before this, and I’m 42. They do a great job of keeping things secret…but the internet reveals all.

Sustainable Eats

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/is-eating-well-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/#comment-1794 KristenM Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:27:00 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=705#comment-1794 Marianne -- Yes! As much as I want to be a law-abiding citizen, some laws are stupid and are just asking to be disobeyed. Particularly when it comes to food. Marianne — Yes! As much as I want to be a law-abiding citizen, some laws are stupid and are just asking to be disobeyed. Particularly when it comes to food.

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