Blog #6

Sustainable farming means that you're using the land for your benefit but not to the point that you disrupt or harm it for the future. You utilize the land in a manner that it can replenish itself and still be beneficial in the future. Too much plowing or using combine machines damage it in different ways, but they both harm the nutrients that are normally found in the soil and by over plowing or whatever, it depletes the richness of the soil and it cannot be revived. I don't really buy organic products. I think that they are overpriced and a tad overrated. I know that in order to be USDA organic they have many laws and regulations but I'm not quite convinced that it's as great as they try to make it sound. My mom grows her own tomatoes and cucumbers, because I eat myself lots of cucumbers, and you can totally tell a difference between store bought cucumbers and the home grown ones. If you eat a slice of a fresh homegrown one then a store, it tastes like you just took a handful of pesticides and ate them. I know theres like a list of things that you SHOULD buy organic but I feel like everything else in the world is pretty bad for you anyways so whats all the hype about? I feel somewhat disconnected from the current food system, I don't really eat fast foods. My mom has always cooked out of the 'eat clean diet' book so those ways have somewhat been passed onto me. I always cook with whole grain gluten free noodles or the leanest ground beef . I try to eat a lot of fresh things but I also eat a lot of salmon, which is frozen but I think it's nutrients outweigh the fact that it's frozen. I work in the restaurant industry so theres a lot of items that I just flat out won't eat due to the fact I know how it's preserved and then cooked, for the however many time.