Food Wise

Have wisdom in the process,
with wisdom in your heart,
Have wisdom in the choice you make,
each time you take a part.
Have wisdom for the lame,
who without you have no voice.
Have wisdom of the suffering,
Their life left to exploit.
Have wisdom in the money,
changing people into slaves.
Is convenience really worth it,
do we know the price we pay.
To live the Word of Wisdom,
there's a promise for our day.
When we live with Wise Traditions
healthy livings here to stay.

Kristen Davis 9/3/2010

I recently watched "Food Inc." which is a documentary about our food industry in America. I saw chickens in dark filthy chicken houses that completely lacked the strength to stand up due to the hormones they are given to speed up the growth of their breast meat. These hormones leave their other organs including their lungs underdeveloped. Most of the chickens only have energy to sit in their poop and struggle to breath. I know it's easy to say, "it's just a chicken" but I believe that everything on this earth was created by God and that we should have thanksgiving in all that we are given and treat everything with respect! I also saw cows being bull dosed with a tractor because their legs were so maimed from standing in one place they could no longer walk. I can help right now is to support the local farmers in our area and have started buying raw milk and eggs from this farmer. Since then I have also come across an organization called Weston A Price Foundation. I'm learning how to bring back the wise traditions of cooking the way our ancestors did, before all the industrialization and money became the driving force in our American food. I'm not going to change everything overnight and I know it's going to take time for me to break old habits. I'm taking it one step at a time and looking forward to being healthier and healing my body from chronic pain.