“I try to tell as many people as I can how important it is to know where your food comes from. The government is not going to tell you what’s happening to your food.

“Most fruits and vegetables in our local grocery stores travel an average of 1,200-1,300 miles before they end up there. And even if it’s organic, the USDA allows a certain amount of gassing to the produce so it can last and stay in the stores. That’s why I try to push farmers markets. I tell people to meet your farmer, know who your farmer is, know where your food is coming from.

“I’ve always enjoyed cooking for my family, but now I’ve learned to cook differently. A lot of people will say it’s too expensive to eat organic. Well, we have six kids at our house all the time, and I feed them completely organic and it’s fine. When you’re not buying bags of donuts and chips and spending $30 at Whataburger or Sonic, then you can eat healthy. You really can.

“I say eat local, eat fresh, eat organic. Know what’s being done to your food. Start looking into and paying attention to what you’re feeding your family because you could very well be the one who’s making them sick.”

— Christy Morris Reeves

Follow Christy on her Beloved Restoration page on Facebook.

Related:

• Eating right key to enjoying healthy life

The post Eating healthy means eating fresh and organic appeared first on The Baytown Project.

“The problem is that corporations have messed with the way food is grown. They’re genetically modifying it. For example, they spray a lot of things with glyphosate, which was the active ingredient in Agent Orange. They say it’s safe, but it’s not safe. It’s making people sick. There are people with all kinds of digestive issues, to name the least of the problems that it creates.

“The food that we get from the grocery store, most of it is dead. It doesn’t have enzymes in it like it should. It just isn’t what it used to be because they changed farming so much, claiming that we needed it to feed the world. But those were all lies.

“When I got sick in 2013 with celiac disease, I started researching everything and it really opened my eyes. Now I eat mostly organic and very little processed food. I feel a ton better. I have more energy than I have in years.

“Socrates said, ‘Let food be thy medicine.’ I’m passionate about our food and what it’s done for my life. If you eat right, it’s amazing.”

— Kim Buscaglia

Related:

• Fighting for the bees and our food supply

The post Her motto: ‘Let food be thy medicine’ appeared first on The Baytown Project.