tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post6403557665208060202..comments2024-02-27T15:19:59.496-08:00Comments on Backyard Farming: King Corn Movie ReviewMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04169799115572882024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-48672413770061897402009-12-13T11:45:08.140-08:002009-12-13T11:45:08.140-08:00Thanks for sharing! I knew there was a reason tha...Thanks for sharing! I knew there was a reason that after growing up on a farm and being gone from the farm for 32 years, I purchased a farm this past summer. Have already started planning my garden for the spring.Cindy Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11260377463308093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-91567927497600220832009-12-12T09:32:59.043-08:002009-12-12T09:32:59.043-08:00Sounds very interesting! (Sorry, no, you don'...Sounds very interesting! (Sorry, no, you don't know me. I'm a blog stalker who happened along a while back and have been reading but not commenting.)<br /><br />We live very close to the downtown of our city, so we have limited property, but we're doing what we can. We've torn up a large chunk of our front yard (we have no back yard) and turned it into a very artistic squarefoot garden. Also, I have fibromyalgia, which, we found, gets worse if I eat processed and chemically based foods, and <i>especially</i> food with high-fructose corn syrup. My husband loves to cook, so we use as many raw ingredients as we can. Hardly anything is ever bought in a box or can.<br /><br />Unfortunately, our city has a no-farm-animal policy. We'd love to have our own chickens. But by living this way we hardly have to drive anywhere, so it's a trade.tonksfamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603084550980160650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-56307279497018487912009-12-10T14:08:55.353-08:002009-12-10T14:08:55.353-08:00I loved this movie. I thought it was very well do...I loved this movie. I thought it was very well done, and it was both informative and entertaining.<br /><br />For me, though, it was preachin' to the choir, as I've already made the shift. We grow a garden, raise some of our own meat, keep chickens and ducks for eggs, eschew anything that has more than six ingredients, shop at the farmer's market or local farm stands, and strongly support our local dairy farmers. <br /><br />I completely agree with you in that the change will come only when more people make the conscious decision to buy "natural."Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642417312794814066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-26271525834908354002009-12-09T08:34:39.504-08:002009-12-09T08:34:39.504-08:00Great review. Have you seen the movie Food Inc. ye...Great review. Have you seen the movie Food Inc. yet? Also the movie Botany of Desire is very interesting. <br /><br />I like your comment "create your own food supply" I think setting a goal to produce a certain percentage of the diet is very motivating whether it be 10%, 20%, or more. Or setting a goal to produce so many meals a week during the growing season.<br /><br />I hope you and Marissa can get a bigger property sometime so you can start producing meat. LeAnn and I felt very lucky to be able to get a small farm the year that Allen, our oldest started high school. That way all of our children had the opportunity of more extensive backyard farming.<br /><br />We are really thinking about getting a couple of steers next year. With the broilers that we raise, we would then be producing almost all of our own meat.Dale Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806698744292076677noreply@blogger.com