Faulkner Farms
By now most people understand how important all natural and organic food is. However, people will often use cost as a reason why not to purchase organic. Pictured above are a few items I recently received from my friend Ben, sole owner, and general manager of Faulkner Farms. Actually, it’s not a farm in the traditional sense… Ben just has a vegetable garden at his house in Clayton, along with 2 or 3 chickens (the different breeds of chicken lay different color eggs). My point is that if you want organic vegetables you can always just grow them yourself for a tiny fraction of the cost to purchase them in the stores. Growing your own fruits and veggies also allows you to maintain complete control over the products used to cultivate the crops, so you can keep it as pure as you like. And although raising chickens may be a bit more responsibility than you want, a vegetable garden is not only an easy way to produce your own food, it can also be relaxing and therapeutic…. just don’t let your crops dies, then it becomes stressful and traumatic.
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Monday’s WOD:
As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes:
3 Squat Cleans
6 Pullups
9 Pushups
inspired by CrossFit Football
Want more inspiration to grow your own food? Or at least know exactly where it comes from? Watch Food Inc . . . Please!!
http://www.foodincmovie.com
I hear that a lot too about buying organic, WF’s is too expensive, etc… I say we pay now or we pay later, your choice!
-Fat is not the enemy, sugar is.
Nathan Brammeier
> My point is that if you want organic vegetables you can always
> just grow them yourself for a tiny fraction of the cost to
> purchase them in the stores.
It’s actually probably more expensive to grow your own food than it is to buy from the store, but it certainly tastes better. A home grown tomato is a thing of beauty.