love your neighbor and let your food be your medicine

i have been blessed to have access to local food.  my husband and i know our farmers and are confident in their practices in regards to the meat or fruits and veggies that they provide us with.

there are many implications to the above title in regards to how we choose to eat.  

love your neighbor:

where do i begin?  i want to love my farmer by giving him a just amount of money that he and his family can live off of.  i want to love my my neighbors by making my carbon footprint as small as possible.   i do not want to support farmers across the world who are being mistreated and underpaid for their product in hopes of saving myself some money.  

let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food ~ quote by Hippocrates 

food is our fuel.  when i think about it, it makes sense that i would want to fuel myself with the most nutrient-dense, healthful food i can find.  i do this in hopes that if i am willing to put a little more upfront for the cost of food, i am saving myself from trips to the doctors and medication expenses (thankfully my last trip to the doctor was for a physical to play college sports- about 6 years ago).