Laughing Thyme Farm: Living the Dream

I suppose that a lot of people would call me a granola-bar, tree-hugging fool, BUT the more I read about the government’s involvement in the food that is sold at grocery stores, as well as the seeds from garden supplies, I am getting more and more disgusted!

Back in the 80’s, during Reagan’s time at the White House, a bill was passed that allowed seeds to be “copywritten”.  (I’m sure that there is a better term for this, but my pregnant brain won’t work like I want it to at the moment.)  A company called Monsanto has taken advantage of this bill and now has the copyright to thousands of seeds varying from tomato to bean to well, pretty much anything, really.  They use their ”copyright” on God-made genetics to sue successful independent farms.  There is a documentary about it called “The Future of Food”.  It came out in the early 2000’s.  Now there is a French documentary about the company called “The World According to Monsanto”.  What’s scary , but sadly not surprising– is the U.S. government involvement with Monsanto.  Monsanto also genetically-engineers food that is sold in the super-markets….you know with e.coli.  They splice seed genes and insert them with salmon genes and other genes to try to make a genetically “superior” product.  Unfortunately, the genes of the salmon don’t often “stick” so they put e. coli genetics in the food to make them “stick”.  THAT is where all of the sickness is coming from.  Check out the documentaries and you’ll be disgusted.  

The U.S. government has also been passing laws on irradiating foods for many years, the most recent food being lettuce and spinach.  Almonds have been added in the past year.  Irradiation actually removes cancer-fighting properties in these foods.  I know that meat is often irradiated too.  Another controlling government operative is NAIS, or National Animal Identification System.  It’s used to “control disease outbreaks”, but really the whole thing is a help to larger livestock companies and pretty much screws the smaller, independently-ran farms. 

I could go on and on about what our future looks like if this keeps up.  The Bible does forecast famine in the “last days”.  I’ve never been a “last days” fanatic, discussing different dispensations or arguing about who is the current “Anti-Christ”- except to say it’s ridiculous to label a person as the Anti-Christ.  But I have felt for many years to get back-to-basics and try to live off of our own property as much as possible.  This is NOT a fear thing!  To me it’s wisdom and definitely what God has directed me to do. 

I’m NOT saying, however, that everyone has to live in the country and own chickens and a cow.  BUT it’s so easy to grow a tiny garden, no matter how small your plot is.  If you live in the city and think that you are too limited to do ANYTHING, get inspiration here:

I think that the Dervaes are such amazing people.  They thought out-of-the-box and made healthy, green living a real part of their lives.  They don’t just preach it- they live it!  They have really inspired me with their web-sites:

http://www.pathtofreedom.com/

http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/

I recently was reprimanded at a small group meeting for saying that everyone could grow a garden if they really wanted to.  This is my kiss-my-butt response to that.  (I’m getting tired of hyper-religious Christians….REALLY tired of them.)  I wish that I had been in the mood to argue with them then, but I was too tired and had too much on my heart that I was praying about–  hyper-religious Christians being one of the things I was pondering.  

If there is ever going to be any change in this world, in whatever realm….economically, spiritually, environmentally…SOMEONE has to be different from popular opinion at SOME TIME!!  This is more than just jumping on the “environmentally-friendly, green” bandwagon that so many people are doing.  Research WHY you believe what you believe.  I hate those new high-fructose corn syrup commercials that have came out recently, because they are pretty much LYING to the American public, BUT they are right in that people don’t know WHY they are doing what they are doing!  Be informed and know WHY you don’t like corn syrup and organic food and whole wheat products, etc. 

This could and SHOULD be done in light of Christianity and the Bible too.  WHY do we believe what we believe?  Have we searched it the basics of our theology?  Or do we just automatically accept everything that comes from the pulpit or from the media?  God gave us brains to think– let’s use them.  God gave us hands to work– let’s put them to something useful! 

Anyway, after listening to my grouching, hopefully SOMEONE will be inspired to at least grow a tomato plant in a pot on their patio next growing season.  Or you know… READ and research?  And even better is to change the mindset that you have to look like everyone else and act like everyone else and think like everyone else!  I know that I am non-conformist.  I’m glad that I am, because conformists never really change history or their environment.  They merely exist.  Sorry to be so blunt.  I may have stepped on some toes.  But maybe some toes need stepped on?