Reflection: Weeks 5 & 6

Last Monday we watched "The Future of Food" which was a great documentary about critical factors of the production of food.  One example they brought attention to is how large farming companies are trying to wipe out the family owned farms by sueing them for having some of their pattened crop in their field.  I thought this was outrageous!! And personally, I feel that something pertaining to nature should not be pattened, rather it is there for the world to use.  It made me feel so bad for those farmers because by destroying their land and crops is basically destroying their family's many generations of hard work.  During week five we also had our second eco-chic lifestyle update post.  So far I have been getting outside about 3 times a week.  Although, it has been so rainy out lately that I usually am not out for too long, because it gets chilly quick.  To overcome this weather conflict, I have been bundling up and trying to get outside when it is not raining.  I am looking forward to the snow however, because I feel there will be more outdoor activity options, instead of just walking or hiking in the icky rain.  We also had our first reed 'n' seed due, so I gave an update of my 100 Mile Diet book, you can check it out on my other blog post labled reed 'n' seed if you have not.

The Monday of week six we watched a video called Diet for New America.  This movie was led my John Robbins who went into discussion about how many farms are ran and how their livestock is treated.  I found it so saddening, but also interesting, that meat that is known to be tender and lighter in color is really from animals who are treated with very little care and that have barely any walking space in their barns.  It made me aware that when I buy that type of meat I am basically supporting this treatment of the animals.  It really opened my eyes to look into what kind of meats I am purchasing, and to be sure that the meat that I do eat is from healthy, well treated cattle.  We also had to figure out how to make a header and add it to our blog.  I finally got it figured out and decided to put up a picture of a sunset on a lake in Minnesota.  Happy Friday everyone!!

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