No more pineapples
Chicken, wheat, cucumber, pepper. Typical agricultural products which end up in our kitchen - in various formats. But do we actually know where these products are coming from - and furthermore - do we care to know?
I truly did not care ten years ago. Nowadays I insist to know where the food in the shop is coming from and how "original" it is. I am suddenly interested in what I eat and how it could influence my body functions, and furthermore how the nutrition could help in preventing illnesses or even avoiding cancer.
Every body is different, meaning that nutrition intake will also react slightly differently inside our bodies. This must make the scientific research really difficult... Actually I am not convinced if we really need those laboratorium researchers to tell us all the time which type of nutrition is best for us. I would simply follow the logic: the most locally made, most antiparasitic-free vegatables and free-walking animal meat types are the "best buys" for everyone.
Now, lets imagine a fresh, delicious pineapple: great tasting fruit to enjoy, isn't it? But is there any sense in transporting pineapples into Finland, all that journey of thousands of kilometres? Even the sole energy consumption of the various transportation methods is huge, not even to mention the preservatives added in food items in order to keep them as fresh as possible during the days in transit between continents.
So why not to use a simple "farmer" logic here and boost the local domestic food production. We should eat locally produced food as much as possible. The only way food can remain local, is when we buy it.
I am trying to change my habits by keeping this information in the back of my mind when I go shopping tomatoes, milk or meat... And I recently made one big decision: no more pineapples.
I truly did not care ten years ago. Nowadays I insist to know where the food in the shop is coming from and how "original" it is. I am suddenly interested in what I eat and how it could influence my body functions, and furthermore how the nutrition could help in preventing illnesses or even avoiding cancer.
Every body is different, meaning that nutrition intake will also react slightly differently inside our bodies. This must make the scientific research really difficult... Actually I am not convinced if we really need those laboratorium researchers to tell us all the time which type of nutrition is best for us. I would simply follow the logic: the most locally made, most antiparasitic-free vegatables and free-walking animal meat types are the "best buys" for everyone.
Now, lets imagine a fresh, delicious pineapple: great tasting fruit to enjoy, isn't it? But is there any sense in transporting pineapples into Finland, all that journey of thousands of kilometres? Even the sole energy consumption of the various transportation methods is huge, not even to mention the preservatives added in food items in order to keep them as fresh as possible during the days in transit between continents.
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So why not to use a simple "farmer" logic here and boost the local domestic food production. We should eat locally produced food as much as possible. The only way food can remain local, is when we buy it.
I am trying to change my habits by keeping this information in the back of my mind when I go shopping tomatoes, milk or meat... And I recently made one big decision: no more pineapples.
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