Real Food Friday #8

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.   

Don't miss the 600 Celebration with a GIVEAWAY @ Back to the Basics!

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

We have a new co-host joining us this week!
Please welcome Deborah @  Kneaded Creations
 

I decided to post my FEATURES separate this week!

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.
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