tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post57664564714674867..comments2024-03-27T23:47:41.656-07:00Comments on Whole Health Source: We're Starting to Get ItStephan Guyenethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218114625524777250noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-16320122453227059612010-04-21T06:05:43.895-07:002010-04-21T06:05:43.895-07:00Anecdotal I know, but around this part of the UK w...Anecdotal I know, but around this part of the UK we have a significant number of fit active elderly people. We also have a significant population of local shops supplying local food: grass-fed beef and lamb,open air pigs, fresh fish and fresh vegetables and fruit. Oh and cheeses.<br /><br />A lot of this food bypasses the profit-making of the supermarkets and comes straight from farm to shop. Some doesn't even go that far - there are actual on-farm shops and a farmers' market too.<br /><br />I'm convinced these events are not unconnected.<br /><br />The food isn't much more expensive because fewer middle-men are involved and more of the cost goes back to the producer. IMO the effects on health make it significantly cheaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-60618762943205206732008-10-19T09:42:00.000-07:002008-10-19T09:42:00.000-07:00And see for example this story from England in the...And see for example this story from England in the Sunday Times <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article4919415.ece" REL="nofollow">"The Ray Mears caveman diet"</A>.Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-68885623779139332362008-10-13T21:20:00.000-07:002008-10-13T21:20:00.000-07:00Reid,Good point. I'm amazed the farmer's markets ...Reid,<BR/><BR/>Good point. I'm amazed the farmer's markets are able to compete at all, considering the amount of subsidy money the supermarkets get.Stephan Guyenethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218114625524777250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-42188528250960323432008-10-13T18:21:00.000-07:002008-10-13T18:21:00.000-07:00Whether because of rising costs of oil, devaluatio...Whether because of rising costs of oil, devaluation of the dollar, or market speculation, food prices have been rising and the trend is unlikely to reverse anytime soon. My hope is that local food producers who are less enmeshed in the corporate global market will start to outprice supermarkets. If awareness of the importance of nutrition (and concern about rising costs of healthcare) continues to spread, independant stores and farmers markets will become even more competitive. <BR/><BR/>But big business won't go without a fight. Just recently Monsanto backed a bill that would outlaw rBGH-free labels on milk: <BR/><A HREF="http://www.naturalnews.com/024453.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.naturalnews.com/024453.html</A>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12825726029706055238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-11805356331369748082008-10-13T10:08:00.000-07:002008-10-13T10:08:00.000-07:00Methuselah,Great! I've heard the same shift is ha...Methuselah,<BR/><BR/>Great! I've heard the same shift is happening in the UK.Stephan Guyenethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218114625524777250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-82116325893458164502008-10-13T09:18:00.000-07:002008-10-13T09:18:00.000-07:00"We're realizing that a return to traditional, who..."We're realizing that a return to traditional, wholesome food is the only path to whole health and well-being. "<BR/><BR/>Either that, or everyone's getting <A HREF="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/18/5-farmers-markets/" REL="nofollow">whiter</A>Dennis Manganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934802482968611507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-1097269058046802982008-10-13T08:27:00.000-07:002008-10-13T08:27:00.000-07:00I wish raw milk was easier to get than cocaine. No...I wish raw milk was easier to get than cocaine. Not that I have either. But one I really want. As soon as it's gone I want more. The milk, silly.mess talkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10673067295817519593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-57724392430202221132008-10-13T05:00:00.000-07:002008-10-13T05:00:00.000-07:00Hi Stephan - we have recently found a local farm f...Hi Stephan - we have recently found a local farm from which we can buy all our animal products - grass-fed, free-range, organic etc, and are spreading the word. Word of mouth can be a powerful driver of change, and with the internet involved I think it becomes even more powerful.<BR/><BR/>In the UK, big supermarkets are acutely aware of changing customer sentiment, and you can see the trends you describe not just by the increase in farmer's markets, but the increased emphasis on 'local' and 'free-range' in the supermarkets. I think these stores will strategically choose to ride this wave. I wonder whether in time they will themselves be transformed into cooperatives for local producers rather than their current role as peddlers-in-chief for industrialised food production?<BR/><BR/>Methuselah<BR/><A HREF="http://paynowlivelater.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Pay Now Live Later</A>Methuselahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134860337125242027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629175743855013102.post-53919739980076182008-10-12T21:48:00.000-07:002008-10-12T21:48:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link! I do think people are catchi...Thanks for the link! I do think people are catching on. Among my friends, I've passed on information about things like raw milk, grass-fed butter and meat, and shopping at the farmers market, and those friends have then passed the information on to others. People want to change how they eat and how they buy their food.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it seems like the more people wise up to unwholesome ingredients, the more insidiously those ingredients get marketed and hidden where you wouldn't expect them. Of course if your food consists of grass-fed animal fat/meat/bones from a small farm and local, organic produce, it's pretty hard for high fructose corn syrup and cottonseed oil to get slipped in to what you eat.<BR/><BR/>Debs<BR/><A HREF="http://www.gofrolic.org/gofrolic/food_blog/food_blog.html" REL="nofollow">Food Is Love</A>Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217281333751656056noreply@blogger.com