It is now officially the day after the end of B.L.O.M week. The last thing I had was a cup of organic local grass fed milk. By the time the week was over, I had pretty much finished all the leftover dinners, but there was a ton of bread, milk, etc.
When I look back on that week, I didn't seem to starve as I thought I would. Pennsylvania, though it's not known as the agricultural state of the nation, still produces enough organic vegetables. There was more than enough. Just two problems however. One it's expensive, (my bill came to $160 with tons of leftovers) and two you can't sustain a family on just organic local food.
I think that's what this week has taught me. It's very very good to have a organic side dish, or eat a meal part organic, but it really is not practicable for a family, like 5, to eat complete organic local food. It's expensive, and hard. That's why my final conclusion is: Eat organic or local, but don't limit yourself to it. Eat the different food chains. One thing that I mentioned, before was that their was a lack of fruits in May. That's why you have to eat non local. Organic food is very pricey, that's why you sometimes have to eat industrial. Every little bit you eat counts towards voting with your fork, for the food you believe in.
It wasn't actually very hard to eat completely organic and local. Maybe just a little when resisting foods that I liked, but I overcame them.
What I don't really like is that soon this week became my challenge rather than my help towards the environment. That's why I also want to not have a steady diet of organic local food.
Nothing really changed with me. It's just that I know that I'm helping those animals and farmers, and that I ,along with every other organic local eater, is helping the environment.
This is the BLOMer signing out.
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