This year I resolved "to stop making resolutions and just live my ideals and values". Sounds simple doesn't it? It might be if you weren't a person who prefers broad statements like this because they have less wiggle room.
So, after a 24 hour period of false smugness, I encountered my first real challenge. I came across a reference to Coca Cola's impact on an African country. I recognized this as my first chance to "do the right thing" or "do the easy thing". I believe I chose... Wisely. So, now, I am Coke-less. I know it is good for me, good for my budget, and voting with my feet seems to work for me.
Within a week we had watched "Food INC". (Insert painful sigh). I am a reasonably well read individual with a morbid fascination for biological processes and the ramifications of the things we humans do to our world. So, this movie with it's detailing of how we are mucking up our food systems via factory farms was just the kick in the butt I needed for change. As a resident of Maine, I am aware of "agricultural runoff" laws because we do have farms here that are affected by them. But, after seeing feed lots crammed with beef critters, well, it all begins to make more sense.
We, as a family, decided to *choose* pasture fed, and where possible, locally grown meats and poultry. Luckily, I had just purchased a half a pig and half a cow, that fulfil those criteria. So, how is this going to affect us?
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