tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182019937566557141.post7874634841005006590..comments2024-01-24T05:40:53.512-07:00Comments on <center>Simple Pleasures</center>: Hungry for ChangeDebra Joanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05690883713662940142noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182019937566557141.post-47197132821058994732012-06-20T14:38:02.507-06:002012-06-20T14:38:02.507-06:00Yep, I know of Sparrow's Nest :)
I grew up in ...Yep, I know of Sparrow's Nest :)<br />I grew up in Thorhild, barely a stone's throw away from Opal lolDebra Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690883713662940142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182019937566557141.post-85125445249592211422012-06-13T20:39:10.689-06:002012-06-13T20:39:10.689-06:00Hiya,
Excellent thoughts and tips. I am just now...Hiya, <br /><br />Excellent thoughts and tips. I am just now embracing a 'slow' and local lifestyle in a more serious way. I live on the west coast so we have a pretty long growing season.<br /><br />You are in Edmonton, my brother runs an organic farm in Opal named Sparrow's Nest Organics, have you heard of them? Just curious.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589561633739644084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182019937566557141.post-15591319227920825662012-03-22T10:18:34.372-06:002012-03-22T10:18:34.372-06:00wowzers~
love your commitment and passion about w...wowzers~<br /><br />love your commitment and passion about what is important to you and your family!<br /><br />i think even without mapping it, my bullseye would be mostly local or canadian at least<br /><br />thanks for sharing<br />you are inspirational to me for sure<br /><br />cheers<br />su ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182019937566557141.post-12648590301239741472012-03-22T08:06:54.111-06:002012-03-22T08:06:54.111-06:00Awwww, thanks Su! :D
2-4yrs ago if I had watched t...Awwww, thanks Su! :D<br />2-4yrs ago if I had watched that film I would've run out and bought a juicer, etc etc. Now I explore the food world with my personal values (which took time to develop) and compare what information I'm taking in with to the lifestyle I want to create for myself and family.<br /><br />A food-bullseye is exactly what it sounds like, but the rings on your bullseye may be very different widths to others.<br />The centre would be the largest, it is where you try to get most of your food from.<br /><br />My centre is Food My Family, Friends and I have Grown, Hunted, Foraged, Raised. That is what I try to make most of our diet of.<br /><br />My first rings from the centre is:<br />Locally Produced Foods, Organic/Free Range - to my standards, which is only discovered by developing a relationship with the farmer (I try to keep it 100mile, but always within Alberta)<br /><br />The centre and 1st ring are largest in my bullseye.<br />It then expands out to include:<br />Western Canada, Organic/Free Range<br />Canadian, Organic/Free Range<br />Local, BigAg<br />Western Canada/Canada, BigAg<br />Imported Organic/Free Range/Fair Trade<br />Imported, BigAg<br /><br />I made a conscious choice when making our bullseye to put Local and Canadian "commercial/BigAg" products BEFORE imported organics.<br />My family and I made the decision to use Canadian products over imported. Do we get everything we want/need from Canadian producers? Not yet... but that's why we still allow ourselves to enjoy imported foods, just in much more limited quantities, and only certain items (tea, coffee, chocolate, peanuts, rice, etc)<br />But, just because our Canadian,BigAg ring is before Imported,Organic, it doesn't mean that it's bigger than the imported. Practically everything we could get from the Canadian,BigAg ring is found in the previous 3rings. So, there isn't very many items we source from there. <br />But, what we source from the Imported,Organic ring are things that we just cannot get/find in Canada so that ring is going to be a bit larger. One of my goals this year is to cut back on the number of imported goods we use.<br /><br />I encourage everyone to make a food-bullseye of the foods you eat now. Then, if you don't like the way it looks, make another one of where you want to be in 6months. Make a list of goals to accomplish every month into order to realize your new food-bullseye.<br /><br />I hope that helps! Enjoy your weekend :)<br />- DebDebra Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690883713662940142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182019937566557141.post-28238410574829492222012-03-22T06:59:36.518-06:002012-03-22T06:59:36.518-06:00thanks deb,
nice recap, hard not to agree with all...thanks deb,<br />nice recap, hard not to agree with all of your statements.<br /><br />what is a food-bullseye? <br /><br />love love love YOUR blog...thx<br /><br />su :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com