Growing Green: We're Moving in the Right Direction - By Nora Pouillon
It is no secret that our bones, heart, brain and every part of our bodies are made up of the matter that passes between our lips. But how many of us stop to think about this while rushing through dinner or supermarket aisles?
We are what we eat, and unfortunately for most Americans, that means that we are made up of the same unhealthy, chemically-infused and unsustainably produced food that we put on our plates every day.
When I moved to the United States in the 60s, I was shocked to find that people lacked a relationship with their food. Supermarkets were full of lifeless sameness: packaged and processed foods without any diversity, and NO seasonal or local foods! Americans were (and increasingly are) plagued by horrible diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes.
And after learning about how food was produced in the U.S. - with fields covered in pesticides, animals pumped full of antibiotics and safety sacrificed in favor of the bottom line - it all became clear to me:
Americans were eating themselves sick.
That's why I opened
