Money Quote: How Do You Like Them Apples?
Photo by Steve Bailey, under a Creative Commons license
I love this quote from Susan Rubin, co-producer of the film Two Angry Moms and founder of the advocacy group Better School Food, from an article excerpted by CalorieLab:
You get angry when your boundary has been violated, and the food industry has violated our boundaries with what they are offering out kids. I’m just trying to protect my cubs.
I think every penny is worth it. To me, food is health care. You can pay the farmer or the doctor.
(Emphasis is mine.)
I can really attest to that—since I started cutting back on processed junk for mostly local, organic food two years ago, I haven’t been sick once. (Well, other than my regular migraines, for which no earthly balm can abate.) My friend Felicia trumps me with THREE.
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Russ said,
August 20, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Same here, can’t remember last real cold I got since I’ve been buying mostly organic. And actually now I notice not feeling as well when I binge with “crap” food if I go out to eat.
Christine said,
November 6, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I get migraines too! I don’t know why I was so excited about that, but there you go.