I finished The Omnivore's Dilemma yesterday. I recommend it highly. It is very informative about where our food comes from, as well as very well written--quite witty in many places. In one place, for example, he calls his father, "one of the great indoorsmen." It has gotten me looking at how far the food we buy has traveled, among other things. I was surprised to find that most of the apples at Food City came from Chile. We signed up to get weekly food baskets from a local organic farmer group for the rest of the growing season, as a consequence.
Today's Kingsport newspaper had a supplement telling about the United Way supported organizations in the city. They had a profile on the Literacy Council, where I am a volunteer tutor. They had a picture of me with my adult student and told about how he sent his first Mother's Day card this year, wrote a personal note inside, and addressed his first envelope. (I didn't realize until we were about to address the envelope that he didn't know how to spell his own address, much less his mother's. It is amazing what we take for granted.) I was very proud of his courage for allowing his picture to be in the newspaper, even if no name was associated with it. Among other things, we are now working on reading the messages at the ATM, so he can get money from it. He now has to depend on family members to help him or get extra money when he buys something. I had no idea how complicated the vocabulary was at an ATM until I stood there and copied down what it said word for word.
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Hi Rhoda! I am still glad that you have this blog. I think I would like to read the book you just finished. Several friends have also read it. It seems that this food thing should not even be an issue. Proud of you that you are going to get food from the local farmer again. Also proud of you for the literacy thing.
Love you , Susie
Great Blog...good work you are doing. I'm very proud of YOU! Have you seen the documentary, Food, Inc.? You can get it on DVD, but it has also been on many Public TV stations. What an eye opener! You will not like Monsanto after you see it. Well worth the $ to buy. I'm going to buy the book you suggested. We also try to buy most produce from local farmers, but it is very expensive and somewhat limited. We do grow our own bananas (small apple bananas), papayas,figs,avacados, lemons and limes. We also have access to mangos and guava. OH yeah, pineapple. But they are almost gone...cheaper from South America, believe it or not! Still love those "Maui Gold" though when they are available. Keep up the good work, Cheryl ;o)
Food, Inc. is at our local Blockbusters. We considered it the last time we were there, but settled on Crazy Heart instead. Loved Crazy Heart if you haven't seen it. Will try for Food, Inc. when we can stomach it.
I can't believe that you live in Hawaii, but South American pineapples are cheaper. That is so bizarre.
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