Re: [fast5] Re: No loss; extending my fasting window

Friday, March 25, 2011

Re: [fast5] Re: No loss; extending my fasting window

Ditto that. If you want a no-impact kind of protein, home-grown eggs are the best! Farms actually do a lot of damage to the environment ... a lot of the rainforest has been mowed to make way for soy farms, which kills a whole lot of animals and even destroys entire species. I've been working on growing more of my own food for that reason. Plus, it really does taste better. Stuff like lettuce, green onions, and collards are super-easy to grow and it doesn't take all that much space (some people have wonderful balcony gardens!).

I get about 8 eggs a day from my chickens. They double as a garbage-disposal-unit and compost-maker. They don't take up much land at all (less than a dog!) and they keep my garden healthy, and are the main reason we can get away with not tossing out garbage into the landfills. They even handle bones and stuff like onion skins: it all composts down into their flooring.

Their eggs are amazing. But more than that, egg-white protein is considered the "gold standard" for the best amino acid balance. The yolks are full of lecithin, which is good for you too.

And as for "cruelty to chickens" ... home chickens are more pets than anything else. Mine *can* get out of their pen pretty easily, but they won't unless someone forgets to feed them. They like "their turf" and basically seem quite content, and I think they prefer not being out where the predators are. And they enjoy the free food.

So if you have any local egg-growers, see if you can be on their egg list!

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Kim Swearingen <kim@desertmeadows.com> wrote:

I'll throw my two cents in as well, adding that I agree with Rick on this issue. All soy is now genetically modified. You may find organic soy but no matter what it says, it is genetically modified and I for one do not feel like being a human guinea pig when it comes to this. I'm just certain that a couple decades down the road they're going to find out the ramifications of all these GMO foods. You can't mess with mother nature. I keep five chickens that I feed organic soy-free food to during the winter and pasture in a very small garden planted with chicken forage the rest of the year. They keep me amused and in ready supply of great eggs. I add flax to their food for the omega-3 enhancement of their eggs.

Kim