All too often the food we consume is produced miles away from where we live and we only see the end results, neatly packaged, polished and piled on supermarket shelves.
Welcome to From Field to Table, a weekly look at how food is produced and how it travels from the point of production to your dining room table.
For people who are interested in growing their own food, we will explore various ways this can be done, from indoor container gardening to community gardens and community shared agriculture. City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes, http://cityfarmer.org, is an excellent place to begin your quest to grow some of your own food. Or you can visit http://www/199.91.69.18/testing/healthy food/foodch1.htm and explore the healthy communities approach to food self-reliance.
Let's return to my opening statement, are we what we eat? Simply put, food is a means of transporting necessary vitamins and minerals from the soil into our bodies. Some foods are much better at this than others. Studies have shown that what we eat can have a noticeable affect on our mood, http://www.health-net.com, as our food choices dictate which vitamins and minerals we receive. This means, that it is possible that if we are feeling blue , then what we need to do is change our diet and add more vitamin B6 and B12 to our diet.
This brings us to two controversial issues which I will explore in greater detail in future articles. One is our soil so depleted, due to the farming methods of agribusiness, as to not be able to meet our dietary needs? Two, can a vegetarian diet meet our dietary needs?
Vegetrianism is a controversial issue. For some important background information,visit http://www.veg.org/veg. Aside from the reasons that people become vegetarians, the ability of the vegetarian diet to provide the body with sufficient vitamin B12 is a confrontational issue..
Next week, I will address the B12 controversy and provide two vegetarian recipes that will entice anyone's taste buds.
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