preparing for zombies. aka middle finger to the FDA

During one of my last days lying on the couch and relaxing from being laid off I decided to watch the documentary Food Inc. As my husband is leaving he tells me he has a feeling our grocery bill is about to go up. Considering he budget us $200/month, I would say so too. Ya know what he was right!

If you like not knowing what's in your food and don't care that the government/FDA/USDA/big companies are controlling the food industry, not in a good way either,then I recommend not watching it.

After this we decided to make some changes to our food, and our budget. At first we looked in to buying a cow because that is the most cost effective. However upon further research we couldn't find a local far to order from and we ran in to another problem so many people from the city do, no space for storage. This dream will have to be put on hold for while. Corey then had the idea to each only grassfed meat, free range eggs and chickens and only organic fruits and veggies for one month to see if we can actually afford to do this and if we would feel differently. All while also, still eating Paleo, challenge accepted...

Since we live in Seattle finding local hippies to buy meat and veggies from is pretty easy. When I decided to start a garden on our patio, I found this more difficult because we lack 50% of what plants like-sunlight.

Over the weekend we hit to local farmers market and bought some meat and a few veggies. We bought a whole chicken from Sea Breeze Farms for $9/lb which apparently is a good deal since full grown chickens are only about 2-3lbs. Kinda makes you wonder what the big companies put in them to make the breasts about that much, doesn't it? We also got some breakfast sausage, shoulder bacon and a smoked ham for easter dinner from Olsen Farms. Chicken-$25/2.7lbs, sausage$14/1lb, bacon $12/1lb, ham $17/2.3lbs for a total of about $67 for meat. I left feeling like we spent a ton of money and didn't have anything to show for it. I sure hope it fills us up more than the chemically enhanced food.

I still can't believe we caved and are becoming Seattle hippies. Sustainable, grassfed meat eating, grown your own veggies on your patio seattleites. I mean they are the main source of our jokes and now we just get to make fun of ourselves. It does help us feel better if we think about it in terms of being able to survive a zombie attack so I'll go with that for now.

On the job front, I wrote and sent out a letter to the MICF crew about MICFK starting and feel good. it's like sending my child off to school for the 1st day. Tomorrow we have a meeting with Dave and Nancy at Seattle CrossFit Level 4 so hopefully they can answer some questions for me and be great mentors.

Here's to hoping my $25 chicken doesn't burn in the oven!