Comments on: Food Inc. unsurprising but powerfully presented

By: Janet Majure

Janet Majure — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:57:44 +0000

Jennifer–I didn’t even think of that. Good point! yea!

Susan–I think the meat/dairy/chicken that Hen House gets locally don’t count as regular supermarket fare. As to the “better half,” just don’t tell him! (And don’t let him use any supermarket salad dressing or BBQ sauce or the like.)

Frug-ess–Thanks! Hope you’ll join us. :)

By: The Frugal Hostess

The Frugal Hostess — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:12:25 +0000

The Frugal Hostess is going to come out of her usual third person voice to say – I love that you’re doing this! My husband and I started in the summer of 2007, after I read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Your local farmer’s market makes all the difference in how difficult this challenge is, but I promise you will taste the difference, especially in grass-fed beef.

By: Susan G.

Susan G. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:18:54 +0000

So what if we have a supermarket (Hen House) that goes to a lot of trouble to feature and promote local (maybe regional) products over and above the regular supermarket fare. Should that be avoided if it’s not organicl?

High fructose corn syrup won’t be quite so hard for us. About 3 years ago I started making a conscientious effort to stop buying as many things as possible that use it, such as regular peanut butter vs. natural peanut butter. Or many juices, cookies, lots of breads. Wow, the list goes on and on. I may buy some of those items occasionally, but I know what’s in them.

I like this challenge but not sure I can get the better half on board!

By: Jennifer (Baklava Queen)

Jennifer (Baklava Queen) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:56:32 +0000

Janet, your timing is superb. August 2-9 is National Farmers’ Market Week, so what better way to support the farmers’ market than to take this challenge and go shopping for the good stuff? :-)