The day after
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Lisa
23 Augustus 2012 | Nederland, Amsterdam
Yesterday morning we got back to the Netherlands, after one month of travelling. One month of incredibly many impressions from 10 different cities and 5 different countries. We got on 28 different trains, have been in trains for a total of 108 hours (which is about 1/7th of our total trip) and have been in buses for about 17 hours. And we had fun for one month!
Seeing so many different parts of Europe in such a short amount of time was incredible, and having something to focus on (organic food) made it even more fun. Every morning when waking up, I would think “what am I going to write about today?” and then I would have a goal for that day. Writing that blog.
Because of writing those blogs I learned so much about organic food. I would say that the most important thing I learned is that it is not about choosing to eat organics, it’s choosing not to eat conventional food. Everyone has the right to eat healthy food, and there’s a risk that conventional food is not healthy. You don’t choose to breathe clean air, that’s a right. You don’t choose for clean water coming out of your tap, that’s just something obvious. In that way it shouldn’t be a choice to eat healthy food without chemicals, it should be a right.
In the same way, it should be normal that you can find out anything about your food that you want to know. The open kitchen of Paul Bocuse became popular because people wanted to know what happened to their food in the kitchen, so why don’t people want to know what happens to it beforehand? Why don’t people want to be careful not to put any chemicals into their body? Maybe people just don’t realize that it could be harmful to their health, and therefore aren’t interested in the process. For people that are interested Nature and More (www.natureandmore.com) would be the perfect brand.
Every country handles organic food differently. In Sweden and Germany it’s very important to people, while in France, Norway and Italy it’s less important. Most people say that the price difference is sometimes too big to always buy organic food. However, a significant part of those people have never looked at the price tag properly, since some organic products are cheaper than conventional ones.
Just like everything in the world, money turns out to be a big factor in the economy of organic fruits and vegetables. Organics might not always be more expensive, but it’s what people seem to think, and that’s the reason not everyone wants to buy it.
The weird thing is that lots of parents buy organic food for their small children, because they think it’s healthier for them. If people are willing to save someone else’s health, why aren’t they able to buy organics for themselves too?
Maybe people just have to be educated about their food. For me it made such a big difference to harvest bio-dynamic tomatoes, to see exactly where they came from. I was immediately convinced that I never wanted to buy conventional food anymore. Maybe that’s something everyone should experience, and everyone should learn about, so everyone can make their own choice when it comes to buying organic or conventional food.
Seeing so many different parts of Europe in such a short amount of time was incredible, and having something to focus on (organic food) made it even more fun. Every morning when waking up, I would think “what am I going to write about today?” and then I would have a goal for that day. Writing that blog.
Because of writing those blogs I learned so much about organic food. I would say that the most important thing I learned is that it is not about choosing to eat organics, it’s choosing not to eat conventional food. Everyone has the right to eat healthy food, and there’s a risk that conventional food is not healthy. You don’t choose to breathe clean air, that’s a right. You don’t choose for clean water coming out of your tap, that’s just something obvious. In that way it shouldn’t be a choice to eat healthy food without chemicals, it should be a right.
In the same way, it should be normal that you can find out anything about your food that you want to know. The open kitchen of Paul Bocuse became popular because people wanted to know what happened to their food in the kitchen, so why don’t people want to know what happens to it beforehand? Why don’t people want to be careful not to put any chemicals into their body? Maybe people just don’t realize that it could be harmful to their health, and therefore aren’t interested in the process. For people that are interested Nature and More (www.natureandmore.com) would be the perfect brand.
Every country handles organic food differently. In Sweden and Germany it’s very important to people, while in France, Norway and Italy it’s less important. Most people say that the price difference is sometimes too big to always buy organic food. However, a significant part of those people have never looked at the price tag properly, since some organic products are cheaper than conventional ones.
Just like everything in the world, money turns out to be a big factor in the economy of organic fruits and vegetables. Organics might not always be more expensive, but it’s what people seem to think, and that’s the reason not everyone wants to buy it.
The weird thing is that lots of parents buy organic food for their small children, because they think it’s healthier for them. If people are willing to save someone else’s health, why aren’t they able to buy organics for themselves too?
Maybe people just have to be educated about their food. For me it made such a big difference to harvest bio-dynamic tomatoes, to see exactly where they came from. I was immediately convinced that I never wanted to buy conventional food anymore. Maybe that’s something everyone should experience, and everyone should learn about, so everyone can make their own choice when it comes to buying organic or conventional food.
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