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I have but one regret; so far, in the way I’ve raised my son… Food. I wish I would have been more educated on how important it is to eat local, organic, “slow” food. My own zeal for the greasy joint has dribbled onto my son since the time of his first Happy Meal (younger than I’d like to publicly announce.)
I did switch to all organic milk by the time he was four years old, and from there bought what other organic foods that didn’t break the bank. I became educated about factory farming about three years ago, and since have attempted to make the majority of our meat purchases from smaller, free-range, grass fed, hormone-free farms. However, I NEVER thought about how important it is to eat local until recently.
I’ve been reading a great book on the subject called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle that’s teaching me the importance of eating more local whole foods. Yesterday I learned about the Slow Foods movement (also very...
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