Real Food Friday #6

Hello and Welcome to another REAL Food Friday!  Each week our little linky is growing.  I LOVE all of the fresh, REAL Food posts shared each week. 

In case you missed it... There is a BIG Autumn Giveaway going on!
AND I announced NEW Goodies at Mary's Heirloom Seeds!
Did you link up at the Facebook AND Bloglovin Party?

We're your co-hosts
Joyce @ It's Your Life
Courtney @ The Delinquent Crunchy
Lydia @ Lydia's Flexitarian Kitchen
And me...Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen

My features for this week are:

Real Food Lunch in a Jar from Gluten Free A-Z

Freezing Tomatoes from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

In case you missed "What is Real Food" here's a recap...

Here's a great reference from Food Myths:
Do you ever think about how far the food you eat travels?  Who grew it?  Who picked it? How much in processing it's been through before you took a bite?

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Real Food is:
-Supports fair farmworker wages
-GMO Free
-Little to no processing/processed ingredients
-Supports local markets/vendors and isn't transported long distances to get to my plate
-Honors fair trade principles when I buy from othr regions
-Meat and dairy should be humanely raised and on real food themselves-Not genetically engineered feed, drugs, hormones and antibiotics.

Link up your Real Food posts!  Processed and "junk food" posts will be deleted.
The party runs from Thursday at 7pm EST through Monday at Noon.  If you're interested in co-hosting let us know! 

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