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All in Pastured Pork
Are you looking for a way to support your health, the environment, and your local community?
Consider an investment in a share of pastured pork from a local farmer!
Pastured pork is pork that is raised on pasture, with plenty of room to roam and forage for food.
This is in contrast to factory-raised pork, which is often raised in confinement and fed a diet that may not be optimal for the animal's health.
At this stage in my life, I sit at the intersection of self-transformation and environmental activism, and it occurs to me that the bridge is FOOD.
So many folks I know are on some spectrum of illness: on-going auto-immune issues, skin issues, mental health issues, cancer, IBS, reproductive issues, struggles with weight, resistance to antibiotics, super bugs, etc. When we look at these issues, the first response seems to always be pharmaceuticals. Take this drug to address this issue, and then take this one to combat the side effects of the first.
As we are getting sicker, this country is also losing small, family farms right and left. Between 2017 and 2022, the United States lost 140,000 farms. 140,000 farms lost in five years. Meanwhile, as your neighborhood farmer goes out of business and is forced to sell to yet another developer, just 4 companies in the U.S. produce over 60% of its chicken each year.
If you’re anything like me, you have felt the impact of inflation in recent years.
The cost of EVERYTHING has risen, but perhaps none more dramatically than the price of groceries.
While I knew this to be true, I was incredibly shocked to learn just how much grocery prices have risen upon seeing the following post on Facebook (note: this is not a political post, nor an endorsement of this creator or her platform, but simply a reference to the grocery experiment she discusses):
Buying a whole or half share of an animal can seem intimidating. Aside from, “where will I store it?” you are likely also wondering, “how will I cook with it?” Don’t worry - we are here to help!
