Honor Thy Mother Earth

People all across the country have been sickened by bad tomatoes. Despite much effort to discover the answer, we have yet to learn the original source of the contaminated fruit. Could any news story be crying out "eat local" more than this one?

Source of Tainted Tomatoes Still Unknown

When you buy your food from local sources, you know who grew it. You know where they grew it and you can ask how they grew it. If you have concerns about a practice, you can talk it over with the people who have control over the ways your food is produced.

When you buy your food from a massive industrial food chain, you can become sickened (just the way people all across the nation have) and have no way of knowing who made you sick or how. And you certainly aren't going to get anyone to speak with you about your concerns.

Go out and meet the people growing and producing food in your community. See what they have to offer. This is the prime time of year to develop such relationships. Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs), farmers markets and local farms and ranches are in operation everywhere. Look for options in your area on the Local Harvest website.

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