For this Thanksgiving this year, I decided to put my family to the challenge. I challenged them to make this Thanksgiving an organic one by purchasing local and organic food at the grocery store. Above is a collage I made that shows all of the pictures I took while completing our list. The pictures are listed at random, but as you can see it was my dad and I that were the shoppers. We first hit up the produce section and bought our greens and spinach for the salad; tomatoes, celery, carrots and mushrooms for the appetizer plate; yams for the sweet potato casserole; green beans for the green bean casserole (classic dish!); and apples and bananas for the pies. Next was the turkey. We found a great one from the Larry Schultz organic farms. This turkey was cage free, never contained to cages and also hormone and pesticide free. The cost was a little more than we would have liked but my dad agreed to it. We also purchased Amy's organic cream of mushroom soup for the green bean casserole. Our final addition to the table was Fetzer Riesling. Fetzer's philosophy is to "strive everyday to ensure that the wines you enjoy are of exceptional quality and value, while managing our impact on the environment. Working in harmony with nature and with the utmost respect for human spirit, we are committed to the continous growth and development of our people, the quality of our wines, and the care of our planet." In addition to their earth friendly ways, the wine tasted amazing! According to my dad, it was the "best wine he's had in a long time" and that says a lot. All in all, this truly was a great experience. Not only did I have the chance to challenge my family to become eco-friendly for a day, but I also showed them that it is easy and affordable to incorporate it into their daily lives. 
Monday, November 29, 2010
Eye Opener: Photo Essay
For this Thanksgiving this year, I decided to put my family to the challenge. I challenged them to make this Thanksgiving an organic one by purchasing local and organic food at the grocery store. Above is a collage I made that shows all of the pictures I took while completing our list. The pictures are listed at random, but as you can see it was my dad and I that were the shoppers. We first hit up the produce section and bought our greens and spinach for the salad; tomatoes, celery, carrots and mushrooms for the appetizer plate; yams for the sweet potato casserole; green beans for the green bean casserole (classic dish!); and apples and bananas for the pies. Next was the turkey. We found a great one from the Larry Schultz organic farms. This turkey was cage free, never contained to cages and also hormone and pesticide free. The cost was a little more than we would have liked but my dad agreed to it. We also purchased Amy's organic cream of mushroom soup for the green bean casserole. Our final addition to the table was Fetzer Riesling. Fetzer's philosophy is to "strive everyday to ensure that the wines you enjoy are of exceptional quality and value, while managing our impact on the environment. Working in harmony with nature and with the utmost respect for human spirit, we are committed to the continous growth and development of our people, the quality of our wines, and the care of our planet." In addition to their earth friendly ways, the wine tasted amazing! According to my dad, it was the "best wine he's had in a long time" and that says a lot. All in all, this truly was a great experience. Not only did I have the chance to challenge my family to become eco-friendly for a day, but I also showed them that it is easy and affordable to incorporate it into their daily lives. 
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Katie, I really enjoyed the collage aspect of your photo essay. I am glad that your Dad caved on the organic turkey! The Fetzer philosophy is awesome too. I wish more companies thought similarly.
ReplyDeleteVery cute picture collage! I think it is amazing you got your family, especially your dad, to go along with an organic Thanksgiving. Very impressive. Most of my family loved my homemade, vegetarian stuffing expect for my "meat-head" brother-in-law. He is one of the people who will not even consider these sort of food options because he automatically thinks it will be gross. Oh well his loss right?!
ReplyDeleteKatie, very nice collage. It's really cool that you got your family to have an eco-friendly Thanksgiving and from the sounds of it you may have got them thinking into changing to more eco-friendly ways all around. Very nice work. It sounds like you and your family had a great Thanksgiving break and keep up the good work. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteI love the collage you did! Also, I'm so glad your family supported your decision to have an organic dinner! It's not always easy *cough* dad and his turkey coupons *cough* but good job on convincing him! Also, thanks for providing the brand names of the products you bought, I'll definitely be checking them out!
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