Recall

Do you recall when the meaning of that word was to remember an event from the past? What came to mind when you read today's title, "Recall"? If you're like me that word now means a food product from an industrial supplier has been pulled from store shelves because it has the potential to make people sick.

We hear about food recalls so much now it's becoming commonplace. We are becoming complacent. Think about that for a minute. It's becoming commonplace in the USA for food to be contaminated and make people sick. People are so used to hearing about bad food they shrug and go about their day. That's scary.

The very system that was created to provide safe food for our nation is no longer reliable. The industrialization of food has taken away the most basic expectation, that the food we eat will nourish our bodies and not make us sick.

There is a new word in the dictionary. It's Locavore. Be a locavore whenever you can. It's good for food. It's good for us. It's good for the planet.