So the first post did not scare you off... good job taking the red pill. You are ready to partake in the revolution. First lets begin with the mentality behind a participant of the current Agrarian Revolution. By the way do you know the definition of revolt? Well it is predominantly used in modern day syntax as a verb which is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. Revolt - a rise in rebellion or a cause to feel disgust. It can also be used as a noun; an attempt to put an end to the authority of a person or body by rebelling. You may think the concept of this blog which is that of the current Agrarian Revolution is almost too prickly. You might not like the idea of viewing yourself as a Revolutionary, BUT if you have disdain for the current food structure in the United States which encompasses the ever prevalent GMO concept, CAFO or food waste you are participating, you are REVOLTING!... or revolted, like I am. To further enhance your effectiveness you need to understand your opposition - the commercial or rather Industrial Agriculture infrastructure does not participate in direct market share. What does that mean exactly, well it means Monsanto is not going to have a booth at your farmers market next Saturday offering an end of season special on Roundup ready corn. It means Cargill slaughtered beef from a robotic assembly line factory slaughter house wont be the Delmonico available in your CSA meat box. So again what is direct marketing for a farmer, it means he or she brings and sellers their product directly to the consumer. This concept was the case for ages until around the Industrial Revolution and the rise of consumerism over ran productionism, to accommodate this new trend we created self proclaimed business of excellence, "SUPER Markets". Direct marketing hibernated till now.
The Locavore mentality is a giant step in to the inner circle of safe and rewarding eating. Again the multinational companies who lobby for a more oppressive farm bill, refute independent research proving their products unsafe or hell a government based regulatory body forcefully ensuring your consumption of such sub-optimal products like homogenized dairy and nitrate cured food, they use self proclaimed stores of excellence as their profiteering looting-place (not market place with such criminal tactics). The Locavore embraces his/her community to provide the solutions to their dietary dilemma. I can go to my Saturday morning 3 season farmers market and take home: Foraged fed bacon, raw goat cheese, non-homogenized low pasteurized Jersey Cow milk (with cream line!!), grass-fed steaks and pastured eggs fed organic scratch. Try getting that from Grossger or Unsafeway. Best thing about it is that my money leave my wallet and lands in the hands of the wonderful guy or gal who raised, birthed, planted, slaughtered (sometimes), milked or cured that product. Wow talk about an amazing opportunity to create transparency in your own diet. You at this point know who for the most part is creating your food.
More to be posted, this will be a stream of consciousness.
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