Food for thought

Food for thought
What do you think about this? Let me start off telling you what I think.
At first, I was a little spectacle. I thought who is this Quack and what the hell is he talking about. Growing gardens in your balcony. What? But you know what this man really does speak the truth. Society is going to have to step it up and stop relying on the government or the system, (as I call it), to do what is right for the people. Today’s industries are designed to do one thing, make money. But what does that mean for the people who are spending more money. In some cases like mine I am spending more money than I can make. Once my paycheck hit’s the bank I’m dispersing it all out to bills and gas.
My parents raised me on a farm. I grew up surrounded by pigs, chickens, ducks cows, emus and last but not least a garden. You name it we had it or tried it. When I was a child I knew nothing else. But when I got older I moved to the city and telling people about my farming experience was almost cliché. I didn’t know any other black farmers and when I said anything about animals people were like …ewe pigs stink and etc. No one was really accepting of the idea to say the least. For that reason I shied away from my upbringing and tried to adopt the city into my veins. But as I’ve grown into my own ideas, I see that most of what my parents have taught me was reality at its best. For instance, My father always said “ as long as you have animals and a garden you will always eat” he also said “If you get a business get one that if society goes into a depression they will still need your products”. let me tell you how this applies.
I went to the groceries store today and chicken is six to seven dollars . Not just any chicken, over processed , injected, spruced up chickens. Milk is 4 dollars a gallon and half the nation is lactose intolerant due to all the extra crap that is added and subtracted (so that the milk doesn’t go bad). Beef we wont even talk about beef because most of it you cant even afford anymore. One pack of steak can run you 14 dollar and then there is not enough to feed your family. Do you see where I am going ? If not I could talk about the eggs that are painted and injected . Or the pork that is so salted and so fattening that you cant eat it without signing up high blood pressure. Vegetables equal pesticides. And ill just stop there in effort not to bore you. But really, I ask you, is this what you want to feed your children or yourself ? Me? No.
With that being said we have to wake up and start having our own minds. We need to grow our own fresh vegetable . Try raising a cow or a pig if you have the land. Any body can do something to preserve their life. If you are ultra citified grow a small garden or start out with one chicken. The results. You will have food that actually tastes like food . And your pockets will be filled with that green stuff we call money. You can actually start your own business. And people will always need your products.
My final comment is this. This world as we know it is dwindling down to nothing . Global warming, fires, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes. The governments response recycle, go green , less pollution. At one point in time we were told to drink bottled water. Now they tell us the plastic used for bottled water can cause cancer and that it causes more pollution because bottles are not properly disposed of. We may not be able to save the earth but we can save ourselves and our families. I don’t think we can sit around and wait for the next big fad to save our selves we have to look to ourselves and our ancestors. Maybe the last generation was a dumb as we thought …hum. That’s food for thought. Until next time.