Inspiration to live a simple, natural lifestyle

About the Food Revolution

Did you know that, worldwide, obesity has more than doubled since 1980? For the first time in history, being overweight is killing more people than being underweight, and at least 2.8 million adults around the world die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. This has to change, and it’s up to each one of us.

We need to get back to basics and start understanding where our food comes from. We need to become a conscious, aware community and understand the food choices we make on a daily basis, and how they affect our health.

We can do this by improving food education. Encouraging people to cook from scratch at home is a great place to start. We all have family and friends who could make better food choices (and most of us could make better choices ourselves).

Today, on Food Revolution Day, let’s work together to empower people with the skills to improve their diet. Making simple changes to our food choices will improve our families’ quality of life.

We try to cook 95% of our meals completely from scratch, and only consume real, whole foods. We want our daughters to understand where their food comes from. To most people, food comes from a box, bag or can. Not from the Earth.

So in honor of Food Revolution Day, I asked some fellow bloggers what the term Real Food means to them.

Clancy from Healthy Baby Beans

I personally try to focus on food that is traditional cooked within our culture and traditions- foods my grandmother and her mother made daily. My grandmother did not cook food pre packed in a box with preservatives and artificial ingredients. She cooked with unrefined grains, whole milk, real butter, and free-range meat. In fact, I do not remember a big pantry in her home.

Leah from Crunchy Farm Baby

To my family, real food means knowing exactly what goes into the care and growth of the food from the seed to my plate. We have four large garden plots on our small farm, so we are fortunate in that we have the opportunity to witness the transformation and maturation of 90% of the food that we consume. My 10-month old son already helps in the garden and I am so excited to be able to teach him the love and care that goes in to growing our “real” food.

Camile from Growing Up Gabel

Real food means I buy ingredients and create meals for my family. My pantry is stocked with the building blocks I need to make food on my own and not leave that task to some food scientist in some lab. Bread, for example, is simply flour, water, yeast and salt. So easy, so basic and so pure in it’s natural form. I love putting together simple, basic ingredients that nourish my family.

Laura from Mama Making Changes

Real food hasn’t been genetically modified, factory processed or chemically preserved. I look for a short list of ingredients, all of which I can read and understand, even on staples like butter and flour.

Erin from for Him and My Family

Real food to me is food you can touch and feel in the “real” world. I am trying to get my family to a state where we only eat what can be grown or made at home. This includes flour, sugar, etc. Of course not everything can, but for those they have to be in pure form, certified organic, with nothing added.

Are you ready to make the switch to real food, but need some help getting started? Download the Food Revolution at Home eBook and the Food Revolution for Everyday Life ebook.

What does Real Food mean to you? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

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