"The further we remove ourselves from the source of our food, the less we are able to maintain physical and emotional balance. Our processed food diets that are so lacking in nutrition that we require coffee to wake up, sugar to get through the day, television to calm down, alcohol to let go of our inhibitions, chocolate and ice cream to feel satisfied, pills to sleep through the night and drugs to provide us with the illusion of health. [...] Have we become a society that is artificially sustained?"
"What we need is connection -- to our bodies, hearts and spirits, to our families, to community, the environment, the land, the season and to a purpose."
~ Terry Walters, "Clean Food" cookbook
{Isn't that so true? Definite food for thought, in the truest sense of the phrase.}
couldn't agree more! and that dish looks amazing, did you cook that?
ReplyDeleteSo so so true. Have you watched "Ingredients" on netflix? very good documentary.
ReplyDelete@Ashley ~ That is a photo of our dinner. It was kind of a ratatouille pasta... just a bunch of squash, onions and tomatoes from our CSA tossed with pasta and olive oil. Pretty yummy :)
ReplyDelete@Trysha ~ I caught "Ingredients" right before I canceled my Netflix Instant account! It was pretty good, although I thought some other food documentaries made stronger arguments. Still, it's definitely worth a watch!
I love both the photo and the quotes so much! It sort of makes me fall in love with the romantic vision of working with my hands in a big garden and feeding my horses all day. Then I remember that I can barely keep cacti alive and I'm afraid of horses up close. BUT! I still love being in nature and connecting with it and enjoying natural and unprocessed foods. I'm halway there :)
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