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Today on the radio I happened to catch a snippet of someone talking about the Slow Food movement, in which they were criticizing the concept as elitist. I hear this an awful lot when people talk about organics, the 100-mile diet, ethically-produced animal products and the slow food movement, and I have to admit that it both bothers and puzzles me. The speaker, who’s name I was unable to catch, was bringing up as an example the fact that when politicians want to appeal to the common man, they often position themselves in some fast food chain restaurant, probably with a Whopper and plate of fries in front of them. Fast food, prepared food, factory farmed meat and potatoes, standardized foods… those are the foods of the “True American”. What happened to the “Victory Garden”, and how crazy is it that in just a couple generations we’ve gone from patriotism = self sufficiency to patriotism = buy everything you need from some corporation!?!
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Embarrassing as it is to admit, I started gardening during the sick years, when I had no income, but a lot of time and land galore. We were beyond broke and had so many dinners centered around figs, blackberries and tomatoes that my husband is still suspicious of anything in a canning jar. To hear that growing and eating your own is considered elitist just leaves me speechless.

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There is a lot more I want to say on this subject, but it will have to wait for another post. I need a day or two to collect my thoughts on this matter, right now I’m having a hard time reconciling the happy meal with true happiness.

xoxo,
Lori