Bristol County Daily News

There is a movement under foot. One that brings wonder to my mind. It comes in the form of Youtube, books and the gym. I received a call from my sister the other day asking about the beef we raise and if it is "all natural". I will tell you she is a "health freak" I mean that in the best of ways. For years has lived on nuts, berries and granola. When I have offered her meat she gages! I respect her commitment to personal health. Her husbands exercise program is off the charts. You would think his perfect six pack had to be painted on! So to call and ask me about buying a large quantity of beef was cause for pause to say the least. I asked why the interest? Why the sudden change? Her answer was "Paleo". I said Paleo? What is that? What she describe was our everyday diet minus the bread and dairy. The hunter gathers of 2million years ago did not have processed foods, gardens, cows to milk. They ate what they hunted or found growing in nature. HMMMM??? I just can't see you guys with bow and arrow out in the woods (living in the suburbs. LOL) getting dinner. Let alone if you did catch something bleeding it, skinning it, cutting it apart and serving it for dinner! Well, she replied, as close to that as one can get these days. I would have offered to take them hunting just because it would have been the million dollar winner on America's Funniest Home Videos!!!! But alas the season is over. Being that I had picked on her enough I moved on. I told her about our grass fed, pasture raised beef, pigs, chickens and around Thanksgiving Turkeys. That she was welcome to get any veggies she needs from our garden and if she had something special that I could grow for her to let me know as planting is going on now. All I ask is that she tell her Paleo friends where they could find the good stuff.

The next day I received a email with this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFZoqmKf5M this video alone has received over 33000 views! and this is only one of two videos this person has put up on youtube. There are books, seminars, forums and chat rooms all devoted to Paleo. The truth is as farmers (of course not dairy or grains) should seek out these markets and offer our goods as the match is perfect.

Try some of these forums and links:

• http://www.cavemanforum.com/
  
  http://www.thepaleodiet.com/
  
  http://www.thenutritionreporter.com/stone_age_diet.html
  
  

Labels: Buy Local, Green living, Paleo