The Feasibility of Non-Industrialized Food.

One of the biggest complaints against organic produce and free-range meat is that it’s too expensive and elitist for the “common man”. They say it’s just not feasible.

Naturally, I beg to differ. It’s entirely feasible and entirely plausible. Not as an alternative but as the norm.

It’s funny how far we’ve come when we’re not willing to pay for good, clean food anymore. It’s feasible for us to add a $10 text messaging option to our cell phones, on top of our $100 monthly bill. It’s feasible for us to have $50-100 of programming for our televisions. It’s feasible for us to buy our kids all kinds of toys and clothes. It’s feasible for us to drive vehicles that drink $3.00 of gasoline for 15 miles like a fat kid pounding milkshakes. It’s feasible for us to pay twice as much for a piece of clothing because of a 2 inch logo or insignia. But it’s not feasible to pay $1 more for something raised right.

And to borrow an argument of Michael Pollan, isn’t it funny that we would all aspire to drive a Honda as opposed to a Suzuki. Or we aspire to drive a BMW or Porsche with it’s superior craftsmanship and high-end engine, but we think all meat and produce is the same?

All meat is not created equal. Quick facts . . . 50 years ago, it took 8 years to raise a cow up for eating. It is now done in 14 months. Cows were created and evolved to eat grass. Now they eat processed corn mixed with steroids and hormones. Maybe it’s not the Doritos and fat asses stuck to the couch. Maybe it’s steroids that are giving us man tits and forcing little girls into puberty earlier and earlier.

It’s feasible. It’s entirely feasible.

I hate to sound negative. I really do. But I think some of this is just inevitable if I open my mouth.

It’s feasible.

Downgrade your cable or satellite package. Downgrade your gas guzzler for something that gets a few extra miles. Buy a few less outfits a month. And all of a sudden, eating naturally becomes a reality and less a privilege of the elite.