Comments on: Journey into The Local Foods Movement

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:45:44 +0000

Wow. My lunches in college were a bit better – peanut butter and jelly but oh boy, did I like Tastykakes – peanut butter tandytakes and butterscotch krimpets and the lemon pie. BUT, I would also visit the Yogurt Shoppe at the University of Delaware for a vanilla yogurt and carrot salad. In our house now, no high fructose corn syrup and grass fed meat and CSA fruits and vegetables. My husband was a moderately difficult convert at first, having grown up with Sarah Lee but I come from an Italian background and greens and beans and pasta and fish were a large part of my diet. So, I am full circle with my diet and my weight, cholesterol and glucose levels are great! I do spend a bit more for food, but it tastes so darn good and I know where everything comes from and except for my genetic predisposition to high blood pressure and the need for minimal bp meds for that, my health is stellar. I am hoping that meditation will decrease my need for the bp meds. Thanks Lisa so very much for the fruit shares at the West Chester Growers Market. It is so fresh and delicious – you can’t buy those tastes at the grocery stores.

By: Walt

Walt — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:34:17 +0000

I enjoyed your piece about your “Journey”….couldn’t resist sharing my dinner menu during my lonely freshman year of college…I was living away from home for the first time…my poor parents were paying for my cafeteria meals but I was finding “comfort” in the dorm TV lounge with vending machine chocolate milk and cheddar cheese peanut butter crackers….my tastes have changed over 40 years, but to this day, if I’m feeling a little low, I will seek out the peanut crackers and make myself some chocolate milk and everything’s better again.

By: Mary Jane

Mary Jane — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:21:48 +0000

My lunch during the college years was usually coffee and two of the two-piece crunchy Nature Valley granola bars. I was a vending machine addict. But I did always eat veggies for dinner–say, a baked acorn squash (10 cents back then–a long time ago!). However, although I always loved fresh apples when I could get them, I never became a fruit junkie until I discovered North Star!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:13:44 +0000

Cool – I’m glad it’s not just me who went through this!

By: Marsha

Marsha — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:41:03 +0000

What a fun essay to read! This would be great to show to anyone who claims they can never change their food habits.

We are loving the fruit CSA, by the way. Everything is good, but whenever I tell Sylvia that this week’s newsletter says we are getting Asian pears she starts jumping up and down in happy anticipation.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:39:29 +0000

I can relate to your post – for 3 of my college years my lunch every weekday consisted of a nickel bottle of coke and a package of peanut butter crackers that cost 10 cents! My Dad did have a garden when I was growing up with corn, tomatoes, gr. onions & lettuce but most of our veggies came from a can and were cooked to death. My husband is an enthusiastic gardener & when we got married, he clued me into fresh, fresh veggies directly from the garden to the stove to the table in a matter of minutes. When I walk thru the Grower’s Market, I just marvel at the variety of fresh local products we have available to try – asian pears, edamame, goat cheese, swiss chard and on and on.

By: Musings of a Housewife

Musings of a Housewife — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:41:46 +0000

I can relate to this post so much, you have NO idea. I have made a similar conversion in the past few years (although I don’t grow anything; I want to though!!)

I recently started a site called Eat Local Philly where I can showcase fabulous farms like yours and other places to find locally grown foods in our area. I hope to stop by sometime!