Comments on: Please welcome Candace to Down To Earth

By: suzannabanana23

suzannabanana23 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:18:55 +0000

Candace — I love your pic and bio! Post early and often! (And, btw, in first grade I literally CRIED when I found out that “barbecue” meant “sloppy joes” eeeeeeccccchhhh. Suz

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:29:57 +0000

I have horrible flashbacks to my school lunches… definitely plastic bags of milk (literally! plastic bags! to our untrained eyes we imagined that’s what breast implants must have looked like… and boys treated them accordingly *sigh*), soggy fries and and cardboard pizza were not what nature intended.

My mother stubbornly packed me a lunch every single day from when I was 6 to when I graduated high school, and I ended up giving half of it away to people who just couldn’t stomach what the lunch ladies offered. My mom unwittingly fed a gaggle of kids for YEARS, and I earned points from my friends for my handouts. Could parents get more involved with their kids are eating? Could school systems take steps to make it happen? Parents will volunteer if they have decent opportunity to do so, and if they feel they’re actually making an impact… they could help all the kids that way, and not be limited by the confines of Junior’s lunchbox.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:03:22 +0000

Candace: I’m so glad you are joining us. We’re entering fall calving season and beginning the heavy fermer’s market season too, so I can sure use some extra input and a fresh voice here.

Great video. I like the “focus on the facts, not trends and fads” message!

As far as what’s for lunch: I’d much rather see less-processed traditionally raised foods than organic corn dogs on my children’s lunch trays. As long as it fresh, wholesome and safe, bring it on!