Save Your Local Farm

with Sally Fallon Morell

If we want nourishing food, we need to put our money where our mouth is. Sally Fallon Morell, the head of the Weston A. Price Foundation, makes a strong case why it is so important to spend at least 50% of our food dollar supporting local farms and artisans.

In today’s podcast, she gives practical tips for how to go about buying more food right where we live, how to stretch our food budget, and which foods are especially important to buy locally. She also reminds us of the big picture–that is, how powerful educated consumers are. The way we spend our money shapes the direction of the food industry.

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Highlights of the conversation include:

How when we know where our food comes from, it’s easier to know its nutrient density
How buying local means we don’t have to rely on the conglomerates
The importance of putting our money where our mouth is
How to find sources of real food in the first place
Why you can’t believe labels like “organic” or “pastured” necessarily
Why we don’t need to lose sleep about the carbon footprint of food coming from another part of the world
How to celebrate how small the world has become
Where Sally got her produce before she became a farmer
Why Sally likens farmers today to serfs on a global plantation
The fact that 16 dairy farms go out of business each day
Investing in local farms & local economies is not inexpensive
Why a real food network is thriving
How industrial farming depletes the soil, limits genetics of cattle in facilities and may lead to crop failures and animal die-off
How to manage buying local and from farms on a budget
How our choices encourage the farmer in the choices he/she is making
The power of the consumer to sway what is grown and raised
What to do if you want to eat ALL local foods and not anything imported
Why milk and honey are especially good foods to buy locally