There are two types of food that are really, insanely healthy: Donuts and Broccoli. Okay, donuts aren’t–we just made that up. But Broccoli? Sure thing. Turns out that this veggie is just jam-packed with nutritious stuff, including vitamins and minerals and chocolate jimmies. Wait, scratch the jimmies. We are still on that donut theme.
Anyhow, even CNN knows that Broccoli is the real deal. Check out what they say about our favorite vegetable.
Compared with meat and other grain-related foodstuffs, vegetables may seem relatively inexpensive, says Peter Ayton, of the market analyst Mintel. Research indicates that sales of fruit and veg have been star performers, growing steadily over the past few years. Mintel predicts that this will continue, due as much to our interest in healthy eating as reasonably stable prices. In the longer term, rising oil prices combined with water shortages are likely to increase costs. Most vegetable production needs nitrogen fertiliser, which is energy-intensive, and plenty of water.
Heirloom Tomatoes: They aren’t pretty, but they taste better than they look. A few years ago, we became ‘converts’. It’s worth seeking them out, which occasionally means finding a local farm or Farmer’s Market. Want more info? Have a look at this information about Heirloom Tomatoes on that Internet thingy.
We have a plan. A good one. Mostly, we think that it’s a good one because we’ve never really had a plan before, and so we don’t have much in the way of yardsticks with which we can measure. But we’ll cover that matter another time.
Our plan is simple: We are reducing the amount of meat that we consume. There you have it. That’s our plan. Read the rest of this entry »
We just happened to have found this really useful website that does a swell job of identifying and mapping local farms, farmers, markets and the like. Obviously, we think that’s a big deal. And going forward, it’s likely to become an even bigger deal (we see that as good news).
Why Locally Grown?
People worldwide are rediscovering the benefits of buying local food. It is fresher than anything in the supermarket and that means it is tastier and more nutritious. It is also good for your local economy–buying directly from family farmers helps them stay in business.
There are two types of people in the world: those that really, really like shopping at Whole Foods, and those who hate those shoppers. We “get” the whole duality of this; we are both types, at the same time. Anyway, Columnist Mark Morford nails it, in this piece.
There are two types of food that are really, insanely healthy: Donuts and Broccoli. Okay, donuts aren’t–we just made that up. But Broccoli? Sure thing. Turns out that this veggie is just jam-packed with nutritious stuff, including vitamins and minerals and chocolate jimmies. Wait, scratch the jimmies. We are still on that donut theme.
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