Comments on: Some interesting reads for you… http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-interesting-reads-for-you Rejoicing in hope...Romans 12:12 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geri http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14268 Geri Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:11:58 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14268 Hopefully these two littles will let me read more on those links later! They look real interesting! Hopefully these two littles will let me read more on those links later! They look real interesting!

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14193 Mary Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:32:17 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14193 Spoken like a true city-dweller! ;) Seriously, let's just hope we can follow through with it, lest we have a REALLY old turkey on our hands down through the years. What a tale that would be for the grands! Spoken like a true city-dweller! ;)

Seriously, let’s just hope we can follow through with it, lest we have a REALLY old turkey on our hands down through the years. What a tale that would be for the grands!

]]> By: MInTheGap http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14185 MInTheGap Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:41:48 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14185 Yes, that does sound a bit morbid to say "you'd never want to go back to a store's nameless birds after you've eaten the one your kids have grown to love..." LOL! <em>MInTheGap's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WeekendKindness/~3/465015403/'>Kindness to a Stranger</a></em> Yes, that does sound a bit morbid to say “you’d never want to go back to a store’s nameless birds after you’ve eaten the one your kids have grown to love…”

LOL!

MInTheGap’s last blog post..Kindness to a Stranger

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14056 Mary Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:20:17 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14056 Ewww--nasty! (As my four year old would say!) Those do tell the tale. I was just telling hubby last night--as we finished watching your video on Polyface Farms--that I really want to raise our own turkey next year for Thanksgiving...and he joked, yeah sure, so our kids can name it and fall in love with it...etc. ;) But that's farm life, and I'm sure I won't want to go back to store turkeys after having yours. Ewww–nasty! (As my four year old would say!)

Those do tell the tale. I was just telling hubby last night–as we finished watching your video on Polyface Farms–that I really want to raise our own turkey next year for Thanksgiving…and he joked, yeah sure, so our kids can name it and fall in love with it…etc. ;) But that’s farm life, and I’m sure I won’t want to go back to store turkeys after having yours.

]]> By: Farmer John http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14051 Farmer John Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:21:14 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14051 If a picture is worth a thousand words, then take a look at the difference between these turkeys: http://www.walterspoultry.com/whyheritage.html Which would you rather eat? Perhaps I should ask it this way, which type will you be eating for Thanksgiving this year? If you bought a supermarket bird, it's like the ones on the left. Go ahead, cringe. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then take a look at the difference between these turkeys: http://www.walterspoultry.com/whyheritage.html Which would you rather eat? Perhaps I should ask it this way, which type will you be eating for Thanksgiving this year? If you bought a supermarket bird, it’s like the ones on the left. Go ahead, cringe.

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14042 Mary Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:23:39 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14042 Have fun with that list, Leticia! Are you a day-after-Thanksgiving shopper? Not me! Alicia, it's hard to ignore, isn't it? I got into "chickens" just by wanting farm eggs, and now I'm seeing how they can be so much more than just for eggs. Butchering them was far from my intent, but with Farmer John and his wife letting me learn all about it, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Of course, I want one of their Whiz-bang chicken scalders and pluckers first!!! ;) John, I can't claim ignorance or apathy anymore! What have you done to me? ;) But seriously, the commercial turkey farm sounds disgusting. How do they pass inspections?!? I can't wait for Thanksgiving...and my organic pastured turkey, yum! Have fun with that list, Leticia! Are you a day-after-Thanksgiving shopper? Not me!

Alicia, it’s hard to ignore, isn’t it? I got into “chickens” just by wanting farm eggs, and now I’m seeing how they can be so much more than just for eggs. Butchering them was far from my intent, but with Farmer John and his wife letting me learn all about it, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Of course, I want one of their Whiz-bang chicken scalders and pluckers first!!! ;)

John, I can’t claim ignorance or apathy anymore! What have you done to me? ;) But seriously, the commercial turkey farm sounds disgusting. How do they pass inspections?!? I can’t wait for Thanksgiving…and my organic pastured turkey, yum!

]]> By: Farmer John http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14035 Farmer John Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:31:22 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14035 The "Tyson" article in many ways typifies the problems in much of society about who we "trust" concerning what's good for us. Does a government approved "stamp" make something good or safe for us? Is a well-known mega-corporation that uses "family" as it's promo really looking out for what's best for its customers? Or is the bottom line "greed" - as in, "the love of money is the root of all evil." Wouldn't it be better to trust someone whose face and character you know personally to raise your meats, eggs, and produce - rather than a faceless entity that is profit driven? Better yet is the do-it-yourself attitude like Alicia. Raise your own - then you know exactly what's in them. Here's something you should try if you have the stomach to do it: visit a commercial turkey farm, walk through the confinement buildings if you can without a mask, look at the dirty birds, see the piled carcasses, see the anti-biotic laden feed, and see if you EVER buy a grocery store bought bird for Thanksgiving again, now that you know the truth. Most people don't know (ignorance) and most people don't want to know (apathy). Ignorance and apathy - the two-some that destroys nations from within. The “Tyson” article in many ways typifies the problems in much of society about who we “trust” concerning what’s good for us. Does a government approved “stamp” make something good or safe for us? Is a well-known mega-corporation that uses “family” as it’s promo really looking out for what’s best for its customers? Or is the bottom line “greed” – as in, “the love of money is the root of all evil.” Wouldn’t it be better to trust someone whose face and character you know personally to raise your meats, eggs, and produce – rather than a faceless entity that is profit driven? Better yet is the do-it-yourself attitude like Alicia. Raise your own – then you know exactly what’s in them. Here’s something you should try if you have the stomach to do it: visit a commercial turkey farm, walk through the confinement buildings if you can without a mask, look at the dirty birds, see the piled carcasses, see the anti-biotic laden feed, and see if you EVER buy a grocery store bought bird for Thanksgiving again, now that you know the truth. Most people don’t know (ignorance) and most people don’t want to know (apathy). Ignorance and apathy – the two-some that destroys nations from within.

]]> By: Alicia http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14026 Alicia Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:03:41 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14026 That Tyson article just makes me want my own chickens even more! <em>Alicia's last blog post..<a href='http://smalltowngirl-alicia.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-feel-like-cdc.html'>I feel like the CDC!</a></em> That Tyson article just makes me want my own chickens even more!

Alicia’s last blog post..I feel like the CDC!

]]> By: Leticia http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14016 Leticia Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:07:27 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14016 Yep, I have aleady started my list, hee.... <em>Leticia's last blog post..<a href='http://leticiasworld.blogspot.com/2008/11/and-soit-begins.html'>AND SO...IT BEGINS</a></em> Yep, I have aleady started my list, hee….

Leticia’s last blog post..AND SO…IT BEGINS

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/11/13/some-interesting-reads-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14002 Mary Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:18:04 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=986#comment-14002 Short and simple is SO nice at Christmas-time! Glad to hear things are good with you and yours! Enjoy this first Christmas together! Short and simple is SO nice at Christmas-time! Glad to hear things are good with you and yours! Enjoy this first Christmas together!

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