Thursday, April 14, 2022

Vital Farms: Breaking Down the Barriers between Farmers and the Food We Eat

In many factory farming operations, food producers don't want us to know how our food is produced.  They make every effort to conceal how the the animals they raise live.  One farm that is breaking down this barrier is Vital Farms, and an innovative strategy they're using is allowing individuals to see how farm animals live.

Below is a link to one Vital Farms chicken farm in which chickens live a happy and healthy life while producing eggs that go to tables across the country.

https://vitalfarms.com/farm/hillshollers/



Chef and Humanitarian: Jose Andres

Chef and humanitarian Jose Andres is changing the world yet again through food.  After his amazing work in Puerto Rico in 2017, he's now feeding many people in Ukraine.  His beautiful words are that "You can fight in many ways, and some people fight by making sure people are fed."

A video of Andres at work can be found below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6ljspjOJA

Also, if you're in the Washington DC area, a wonderful restaurant owned by Andres is Zaytinya:

https://www.zaytinya.com/