Comments on: The Anti-Feminist Diet? http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23 independent, Jewish & frankly feminist * www.Lilith.org Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Patricia http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23&cpage=1#comment-2454 Patricia Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:33:21 +0000 http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23#comment-2454 <p>I was impressed by your site and offerings. I was looking at some of the articles and it really impressed me. All I can say is congratulations on creating this site and what took you so long? I look forward to returning....</p></p> <p>I was impressed by your site and offerings. I was looking at some of the articles and it really impressed me. All I can say is congratulations on creating this site and what took you so long? I look forward to returning….</p>

]]> By: World's History at Culture Club http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23&cpage=1#comment-349 World's History at Culture Club Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:28:41 +0000 http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23#comment-349 <strong>World's History at Culture Club...</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting... World’s History at Culture Club…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

]]> By: jewish blogs point the way « words from hanvnah http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23&cpage=1#comment-66 jewish blogs point the way « words from hanvnah Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:15:27 +0000 http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23#comment-66 [...] Lilith Blog- has a couple postings on food as a Jewish feminist issue. The one on the ‘commandment’ to make challah reminds me of the summer I made challah [...] [...] Lilith Blog- has a couple postings on food as a Jewish feminist issue. The one on the ‘commandment’ to make challah reminds me of the summer I made challah [...]

]]> By: Vicki Raun http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23&cpage=1#comment-42 Vicki Raun Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:33:34 +0000 http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23#comment-42 I'm so glad this is being discussed. My local farmers' market is great and one block from my house, but I no longer get home from work in time to shop there, and my work hours aren't flexible. I do live in Southern California so my local independent grocery store has a great variety of food grown nearby in including the dates. However, the organic farms I've visited in my area don't really treat their workers any better than the non-organic farms and that is a factor that really should be considered. Also, do we all give up coffee, which isn't grown much in the U.S. outside Hawaii? How do people continue family food traditions if they rely on imports from "the old country?" And, what if purchasing a product from outside you local area or your country actually benefits improvished farmers? How does one weigh health, the social benefits of a food purchase for grower and consumer and the cost to the planet? I think much more discussion is needed to help people develop guidelines for their circumstances and families. Vicki in Coronado I’m so glad this is being discussed.
My local farmers’ market is great and one block from my house, but I no longer get home from work in time to shop there, and my work hours aren’t flexible.
I do live in Southern California so my local independent grocery store has a great variety of food grown nearby in including the dates.
However, the organic farms I’ve visited in my area don’t really treat their workers any better than the non-organic farms and that is a factor that really should be considered.
Also, do we all give up coffee, which isn’t grown much in the U.S. outside Hawaii?
How do people continue family food traditions if they rely on imports from “the old country?”
And, what if purchasing a product from outside you local area or your country actually benefits improvished farmers?
How does one weigh health, the social benefits of a food purchase for grower and consumer and the cost to the planet?
I think much more discussion is needed to help people develop guidelines for their circumstances and families.
Vicki in Coronado

]]> By: Kilian Metcalf http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23&cpage=1#comment-34 Kilian Metcalf Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:38:54 +0000 http://www.lilith.org/blog/?p=23#comment-34 I have been following with interest the discussions about eating locallly. Barbara Kinsolver used to live in my home town of Tucson, and she still makes news when she give interviews. When I was a nursing student, one of my required classes was nutrition, taught by a clinical registered dietician. I remember her talking about how much healthier our diets are since we are not limited to eating only local foods, which may be deficient in trace minerals due to the makeup of the local soil. We all had to to class presentations, and one of my fellow students was Navajo. Her presentation was about how the traditional diet meet all their nutritional needs, with one exception. Salt was very rare in the four corners area. To overcome this lack, relay runners would go to the Great Salt Lake in Utah and bring salt back. It was considered very precious and was used sparingly in cooking and also figured in their rituals. Local food may be fresher and better tasting, but not always sufficiently healthy if lacking in trace elements. Does a locally grown hydoponic tomato count? I have a friend whose mother works in the tomato factory in Willcox, and she brings back a crate every time she visits. They taste great, and are local, but healthier? Maybe. Kilian in Tucson I have been following with interest the discussions about eating locallly. Barbara Kinsolver used to live in my home town of Tucson, and she still makes news when she give interviews.

When I was a nursing student, one of my required classes was nutrition, taught by a clinical registered dietician. I remember her talking about how much healthier our diets are since we are not limited to eating only local foods, which may be deficient in trace minerals due to the makeup of the local soil.

We all had to to class presentations, and one of my fellow students was Navajo. Her presentation was about how the traditional diet meet all their nutritional needs, with one exception. Salt was very rare in the four corners area. To overcome this lack, relay runners would go to the Great Salt Lake in Utah and bring salt back. It was considered very precious and was used sparingly in cooking and also figured in their rituals.

Local food may be fresher and better tasting, but not always sufficiently healthy if lacking in trace elements. Does a locally grown hydoponic tomato count? I have a friend whose mother works in the tomato factory in Willcox, and she brings back a crate every time she visits. They taste great, and are local, but healthier? Maybe.

Kilian in Tucson

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