I’m an unrealistic dreamer
There are a lot of things in this world I would change. Call me a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I may be the only one I’ve ever heard of, however, dreaming about the day that food—well, processed food—doesn’t contain allergens, crap and genetically-modified ingredients. I want my grain products without things like soy lecithin, corn syrup, modified milk ingredients, and x-y-z’s… without paying a premium. If everything was expensive, period, then organic cereal wouldn’t be such a big deal to pay for. The good news is, pure processed foods aren’t always bad: Gesundheit Bakery in Abbotsford, BC makes rye bread so good I ate four small pieces while waiting for the bus right after I bought it. I then went home and ate at least two more, plain. No scary crap or things I can’t eat on my food-sensitivity diet.
Seriously, why does soup have a bunch of corn and soy ingredients? There’s nothing wrong with corn or soy, intrinsically, but my theory is people like me are sensitive to it partly if not mainly because it’s genetically-modified and so pervasive in our diet. (Read The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan if you’re out of the loop.) I’m beginning to question whether I should be even eating beef and chicken products when the animals are raised on corn, unnaturally. Maybe that’s why I at one point thought I was allergic to beef. I get a very, very quick reaction to a certain brand of chicken, and it’s probably because of a high concentration of soy and/or corn. I have had neither corn nor soy in ANY form for a month.
Anyway, in an ideal world, we’ll be using sugar alternatives like stevia; using US/Canadian-grown and not Mexico-grown corn to fuel our car addiction instead of our beef and dairy addiction; growing strictly organic food and cotton; using strictly vegetable-based plastics for most goods especially plastic bags (cloth preferable); and not pumping everything we use full of chemicals. Etc. etc. etc.
So call me a dreamer, but in my ideal world, I won’t have to make a special trip or pay exorbitant prices to get products that are SAFE and HEALTHY for me and my environment. Everything should be, period. Who’s with me?
My current list of organic and/or natural products in my home (mostly kitchen)
– organic, free-range eggs (Maple Hill Farms, Abbotsford, BC)
– PC Organics Ancient Grains cereal
– PC Organics peanut butter (I will never buy non-organic peanut butter ever, ever again)
– goat milk from Happy Days Goat Dairy based in BC (antibiotic-free!)
– organic olive oil
– Tom’s of Maine fluoride-free toothpaste
– Tom’s of Maine and JASON deodorant
I realise not all of this stuff is local, so I’d like to get my hands on locally-made products with, if possible, local ingredients. In my ideal world, jets will run on sustainable fuel.