1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 Welcome to Fit to Be Real and a little extra. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,000 It's September. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:06,900 We made it. 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:07,500 I know. 5 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,700 I feel like I should be more excited than I am. 6 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:11,600 I want to say boo. 7 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:12,200 Why? 8 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:13,400 You love the fall. 9 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,200 I do. 10 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:19,200 But like I said the other day in class, I wish the fall was in the summer. 11 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,600 Yeah, I still don't understand that phrase. 12 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,900 Because I love fall so much, but I wish we had off. 13 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:33,900 Not that we have off in the summer, but I don't know just the feeling of the 14 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,300 summer in a fall attitude. 15 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:38,100 Put it on a t-shirt. 16 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:39,100 Everything I just said. 17 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:40,900 I can't because I I. 18 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:45,900 I want to boo September. 19 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,500 Yeah, because it's spooky season. 20 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:49,300 Yep. 21 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:52,100 But I want to yay October. 22 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:54,100 Oh. 23 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:54,600 Oh. 24 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:57,700 Does that make more sense? 25 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:58,500 Sure. 26 00:00:58,700 --> 00:00:59,100 Okay. 27 00:01:00,900 --> 00:01:01,500 Boo. 28 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:05,500 I love the member at October. 29 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:09,700 How was getting the kids to school today for the first time? 30 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:11,100 They popped out of bed. 31 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:12,700 Will they do that tomorrow? 32 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:14,900 No, but they did today. 33 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:16,900 Well, because they have new uniforms. 34 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:17,300 Yeah. 35 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:18,600 It's the first day school. 36 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,400 They want to see where their desks are and who's in their class. 37 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,700 And that's all fine. 38 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:27,400 But then, you know, once we get in a routine, we'll be all right. 39 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,100 Even Lewis popped out of bed, which I was shocked about, but it is the first 40 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:32,400 day we'll see how tomorrow goes. 41 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:33,700 It's a half day. 42 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,000 The heck did they even do? 43 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Oh, it's a half day. 44 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:37,000 Boo. 45 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:38,000 Boo. 46 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:43,600 Well, let's get them through this horrible September. 47 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:44,200 Apparently. 48 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,200 That's not it. 49 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:46,400 That's not what I meant. 50 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:48,200 How do you get through September? 51 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:49,700 Food wise. 52 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:55,000 Because to me, September is well, September, September, October, and then 53 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,800 November before Thanksgiving, like it's apple cider donuts. 54 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,800 It's that's very specific time. 55 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:02,300 I guess it's the fall. 56 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:03,500 Just like all of the fall. 57 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:04,000 Yeah. 58 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,400 Like I already want to go to Linville. 59 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,000 Yeah. 60 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,200 I want to pick out pumpkins. 61 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,000 It's all too early and I'll never do these things. 62 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,200 But like that's that's the seasonal vibe. 63 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:13,000 Yes. 64 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Like food wise too. 65 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,000 And I pumpkin seeds today. 66 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:16,200 You know? 67 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:16,800 Yes. 68 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,800 I love I love everything. 69 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,200 And all fall goings on. 70 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Except for September. 71 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,400 So nothing you say makes sense, but let's get into it. 72 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,400 I'm Victoria. 73 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,800 Hey guys, I'm Carly. 74 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,400 Was I wrong? 75 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:42,200 Was I bad? 76 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:43,800 No, no, it was good. 77 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:44,200 Okay. 78 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:44,800 Yeah. 79 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,700 So what we want to talk about is that we're going to talk about 80 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:55,600 today is seasonal, but all seasons because it pertains to food. 81 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,400 So they're seasonal eating and it's not just like eating a lot 82 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,200 when you're sad in the darker seasons. 83 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,800 It's like the foods that are seasonal. 84 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,700 Like you ever, you know, I got a watermelon watermelon this summer 85 00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:14,500 and I was like, Oh my God, this isn't like a good watermelon. 86 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:15,000 Really? 87 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 And I'm not picky. 88 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:16,900 I'm very easy. 89 00:03:16,900 --> 00:03:19,300 I'll eat a pineapple all season long. 90 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:20,500 I'll eat tomatoes whenever. 91 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:24,400 Like I don't care, but I could tell that that was I was like, 92 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,000 this should be in season. 93 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,200 Whatever that means, right? 94 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,800 It wasn't really aware, but it didn't like taste the sweetest 95 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:33,100 than it wasn't like the juiciest. 96 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:35,300 And I think it's because we're getting out of that season for 97 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:35,800 watermelon. 98 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,300 I was going to say this is a stupid question, but was it not 99 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:39,200 watermelon season? 100 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,600 I think summer is. 101 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,000 But now we're in September. 102 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,900 But was it watermelon season? 103 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:47,000 Or was it watermelon season? 104 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,500 Well, it wasn't word or melon season. 105 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:50,800 That's what you say. 106 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,200 It's rather melon season. 107 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,800 I tend to not pay attention to any of that. 108 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:01,300 Like you go to the grocery store with some sale and produce is 109 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:01,700 produced. 110 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:04,800 They have a tomato all year long, but like apparently tomatoes 111 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,700 are seasonal and Jersey tomatoes are seasonal. 112 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:08,700 If you're in this area. 113 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:11,800 So that's what we're talking about today. 114 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,900 The importance of it, why you should eat seasonally and then 115 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:18,100 the benefits of it as well. 116 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:23,700 I can't wait because after researching this, I learned something. 117 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:26,800 Cool. 118 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:27,200 Cool. 119 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:27,700 Cool. 120 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:30,200 Can't wait to hear what you've learned. 121 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,400 I really did. 122 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,200 If I, if I talk higher, will you believe it more? 123 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,700 No, I think that means you're lying. 124 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:39,400 Like the higher you talk, the more you're like trying. 125 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:39,900 Right. 126 00:04:39,900 --> 00:04:41,900 I really did. 127 00:04:41,900 --> 00:04:42,900 That's why I talk down here. 128 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:46,900 And that's why I'm Carly. 129 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:49,900 She's losing her voice seasonally. 130 00:04:49,900 --> 00:04:50,900 That's seasonal. 131 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:51,900 Yeah, that is seasonal. 132 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:53,900 So what is seasonal eating? 133 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:58,900 It's simply eating the food that was harvested by the farmers 134 00:04:58,900 --> 00:05:01,900 in this particular season, whatever your season you're in. 135 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:02,900 So we're in September, but. 136 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:05,900 You know, this pertains to winter. 137 00:05:05,900 --> 00:05:06,900 This pertains to spring. 138 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:07,900 This pertains to summer. 139 00:05:07,900 --> 00:05:10,900 This is spring, this pertains to summer as well. 140 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:15,900 So you want to keep to the season when it comes to going to the grocery store 141 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:21,900 and buying, you know, the produce for your house that season. 142 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:24,900 Like how many times have I gone to the grocery store? 143 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:27,900 I eat avocados like it's my job. 144 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:28,900 That's not all your love. 145 00:05:28,900 --> 00:05:29,900 I know. 146 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:35,900 And how many times have you or I bought avocados that either went badly 147 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:37,900 immediately or just didn't taste good? 148 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:40,900 Well, there's like a thing out on Instagram that's like, 149 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:42,900 have you gotten the rubber avocados? 150 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:44,900 Like they're selling fake avocados. 151 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:45,900 I know. 152 00:05:45,900 --> 00:05:49,900 And I saw it and I was like, oh my God, people are. 153 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:53,900 But all five of the avocados that I had bought, I was like, 154 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:54,900 I can't cut through them. 155 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:55,900 I know. 156 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:58,900 And then once I was able to cut through them, I couldn't scoop them out 157 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:00,900 because it truly was like I could squeeze the avocado. 158 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:04,900 It was very weird because they were like making them in a, you know, 159 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:05,900 what's it called? 160 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:06,900 Like a laboratory. 161 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:07,900 Yeah. 162 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:09,900 Genetically modified avocados, I guess. 163 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:11,900 But like they're not telling you that. 164 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:12,900 Right. 165 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:14,900 Like there's a sticker that says like jam a lot of avocados. 166 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:15,900 Like I wouldn't buy them. 167 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:17,900 Well, it's just why there's no sticker. 168 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:18,900 I know. 169 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:22,900 And I am the queen of not looking at what's in season and just buying my 170 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:26,900 normal everyday foods that I eat all year long and I buy them all year long. 171 00:06:26,900 --> 00:06:29,900 And now I'm learning that you shouldn't do that. 172 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:33,900 Well, one of the reasons that you should buy seasonally is because of the 173 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:38,900 nutrients within the fruit or vegetable in that season. 174 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:45,900 So when it's being harvested, we're going to go through like some of the, 175 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:47,900 not all because there are so many per season. 176 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:49,900 Like itemized fruits and vegetables. 177 00:06:49,900 --> 00:06:50,900 So we're not going to list them all. 178 00:06:50,900 --> 00:06:52,900 We'll link everything so you can read it yourself. 179 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:57,900 But the, you know, a seasonal avocado will tell you the season. 180 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:02,900 And the reason why you should eat it in that season is because it is denser in 181 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:05,900 nutrients and antioxidants and all the good things. 182 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:09,900 So when you eat them out of season, it doesn't have the same benefit. 183 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:10,900 No. 184 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:11,900 Like health benefit wise. 185 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:13,900 Which I didn't think it was that dramatic, but it is. 186 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,900 Every time you say harvested, I think about organs. 187 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:19,900 That's spooky season. 188 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:23,900 So you said it three times and it's all I can think of. 189 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:24,900 Organs. 190 00:07:24,900 --> 00:07:26,900 I could never be a farmer. 191 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:29,900 I was walking the dog yesterday and the medical examiner drove by. 192 00:07:29,900 --> 00:07:30,900 What? 193 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:31,900 That was the first time I ever experienced that. 194 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:32,900 Really? 195 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:33,900 Yeah. 196 00:07:33,900 --> 00:07:34,900 I waited for them. 197 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:35,900 They were at the stop sign. 198 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:37,900 I was at the stop sign and I was like, oh my God. 199 00:07:37,900 --> 00:07:39,900 Said Delaware County medical examiner. 200 00:07:39,900 --> 00:07:40,900 There's a woman. 201 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:42,900 I was like, what's in there? 202 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:44,900 What's in your truck? 203 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:45,900 Can I see? 204 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:46,900 Oh my God. 205 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:47,900 Harvested organs. 206 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:48,900 Can you open it? 207 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:49,900 So. 208 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:50,900 Yeah. 209 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:51,900 Sorry. 210 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:52,900 Sorry. 211 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:53,900 I got us way off track. 212 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:54,900 We digress. 213 00:07:54,900 --> 00:07:55,900 There was another thing. 214 00:07:55,900 --> 00:07:56,900 I'm going to digress a little bit more. 215 00:07:56,900 --> 00:07:58,900 There's another thing I just saw this morning on Instagram. 216 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:01,900 It was like one of those food for thoughts, like something to think about. 217 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,900 And it was, I think, trying to be funny, but at the same time it's one of those where 218 00:08:04,900 --> 00:08:05,900 you're like, oh. 219 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:06,900 Yeah. 220 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:13,460 And it was like, so if there is a health food section of the grocery store, what does that 221 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:14,900 make the rest of the grocery store? 222 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:16,900 I was like, I feel like I know where you're going with this. 223 00:08:16,900 --> 00:08:17,900 Yeah. 224 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:18,900 And I like laughed and I was like, haha. 225 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:19,900 And then I was like, oh my God. 226 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:23,900 There's only like one, depending on the grocery store, there's one or two aisles of organic 227 00:08:23,900 --> 00:08:26,700 or natural foods and healthy foods. 228 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:28,700 And then the rest of the grocery store just like exists. 229 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:33,700 So what, if that's the health section, what's the rest of the store? 230 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:34,700 Yeah. 231 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:35,700 What does it mean? 232 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:36,700 Like it's the healthy. 233 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:38,300 It literally says on the sign. 234 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:42,700 I hate the word literally, but I just said it, but it says health food aisle. 235 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:43,700 I know. 236 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:45,700 At giant health food aisle. 237 00:08:45,700 --> 00:08:46,700 And there's only one. 238 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:51,700 So should the other aisles be like, not as healthy, a little bit more healthy, could 239 00:08:51,700 --> 00:08:52,700 be worse. 240 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:54,700 Like, I'm like the worst. 241 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:55,700 Yeah. 242 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:57,700 I like can't stop thinking about it. 243 00:08:57,700 --> 00:08:59,700 Because I need, I need an answer. 244 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:02,500 I think it's called consumerism and capitalism. 245 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:03,700 I think you answered it. 246 00:09:03,700 --> 00:09:08,700 The rest of the grocery store is unhealthy, even the produce. 247 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:13,700 And I'll talk, we'll talk about why, but like the produce that is not in season is 248 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:14,700 also unhealthy. 249 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:15,700 Yeah. 250 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:16,700 But go ahead, keep going. 251 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:17,700 Thank you. 252 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:18,700 That is food for thought. 253 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:19,700 Amazing. 254 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:26,980 So besides the actual nutrients that make in season vegetables and fruits more beneficial 255 00:09:26,980 --> 00:09:34,420 for our bodies, it helps the economy, which I don't think, which is like, I know there's 256 00:09:34,420 --> 00:09:39,100 so many people that think like this too, but I'm going to say it aloud. 257 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:40,940 I don't think about the farming aspect of it. 258 00:09:40,940 --> 00:09:45,780 Like I don't go to the grocery store, look at the cilantro and like think, who cut this? 259 00:09:45,780 --> 00:09:47,260 Where did this come from? 260 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:50,100 Like, who are they buying this from? 261 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:52,780 And then selling to, you know, I don't think of the process. 262 00:09:52,780 --> 00:09:57,060 Right now you're bringing me back to science class in like fifth grade when we had to watch 263 00:09:57,060 --> 00:10:03,820 those, for all you young people, they would roll in a TV on a cart and you'd get so excited 264 00:10:03,820 --> 00:10:09,340 because there was a, not a flat screen, a regular TV with a VCR and they'd put in like 265 00:10:09,340 --> 00:10:15,540 a farming video in science class and we would learn about agriculture and where our food 266 00:10:15,540 --> 00:10:19,860 comes from before it goes to the factory and it comes from the front. 267 00:10:19,860 --> 00:10:27,220 Like I'm picturing those old videos of learning about farming and I left it in fifth grade. 268 00:10:27,220 --> 00:10:30,540 I left it there and I never thought about it again. 269 00:10:30,540 --> 00:10:32,340 Because you weren't really watching it. 270 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:40,420 You were making those tri fold or four finger fold like pick a color, red, blue, green or 271 00:10:40,420 --> 00:10:42,700 yellow and you go one, two, three, four. 272 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:43,700 That's what you were doing. 273 00:10:43,700 --> 00:10:44,700 Yes. 274 00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:47,700 Or you were doing the three lines and making it a mess. 275 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:48,700 And making it a mess. 276 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:49,700 Superman, S. 277 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:50,700 What was happening? 278 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:54,660 We're making a boxed house without picking up my pencil. 279 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:55,660 What? 280 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:57,460 You make a house with a square and a rectangle. 281 00:10:57,460 --> 00:10:58,460 Like a single line. 282 00:10:58,460 --> 00:10:59,460 Yep. 283 00:10:59,460 --> 00:11:00,460 But you, you're not allowed to pick up your pencil. 284 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:02,340 But you can't go over another line. 285 00:11:02,340 --> 00:11:03,340 Correct. 286 00:11:03,340 --> 00:11:04,340 Yeah. 287 00:11:04,340 --> 00:11:05,820 So I didn't learn about the farming aspects. 288 00:11:05,820 --> 00:11:06,820 Right. 289 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:09,820 I'm, I'm going to say same Zs. 290 00:11:09,820 --> 00:11:16,460 But yeah, it helps the economy because local farmers markets is where we should be buying 291 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:21,660 the seasonal produce and one of the easiest and like most obvious reasons wise, because 292 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:27,100 when you're at a local farmers market, media Pennsylvania has one every, I think it's every 293 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:28,100 Sunday. 294 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:29,300 I feel like every town has one. 295 00:11:29,300 --> 00:11:30,380 I'm sure I'm sure. 296 00:11:30,380 --> 00:11:35,420 And I think the cities do too, but media is what I can picture driving by. 297 00:11:35,420 --> 00:11:39,260 And there are a few different local farmers at that market. 298 00:11:39,260 --> 00:11:42,620 So they're all trying to outsell the other. 299 00:11:42,620 --> 00:11:43,620 So they're pretty cheap. 300 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:44,620 Yeah. 301 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:46,820 And they're at a pretty good price. 302 00:11:46,820 --> 00:11:50,740 And you're also supporting the local community and you're supporting the local farmers to 303 00:11:50,740 --> 00:11:53,340 keep everything kind of flowing. 304 00:11:53,340 --> 00:11:55,700 And I feel like I don't do that ever. 305 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,100 I was going to say enough, but I don't do that at all. 306 00:11:58,100 --> 00:11:59,100 Right. 307 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:00,220 And I really want to do that. 308 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:04,380 And I think that's going to be one of my like fall goals is to try on Sundays to go to the 309 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:09,780 farmers market and get like really good tomatoes or really whatever, you know, whatever they're 310 00:12:09,780 --> 00:12:10,780 selling. 311 00:12:10,780 --> 00:12:14,180 So we go to produce junction pretty often. 312 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:21,420 And that maybe is the middle between the local food, like the local markets. 313 00:12:21,420 --> 00:12:23,060 Then I think there's produce junction. 314 00:12:23,060 --> 00:12:24,940 And then I think there's the grocery store. 315 00:12:24,940 --> 00:12:25,940 Yeah. 316 00:12:25,940 --> 00:12:33,420 The produce junction in our area is specifically produce and it is dirt cheap and in bulk. 317 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:35,700 So I do feel it's fresher. 318 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:37,020 But where does it come from? 319 00:12:37,020 --> 00:12:38,020 I don't know. 320 00:12:38,020 --> 00:12:39,220 And that's that I don't know. 321 00:12:39,220 --> 00:12:40,220 We got to look into that. 322 00:12:40,220 --> 00:12:41,220 Yeah. 323 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:44,980 And I don't eat as much as they buy for it to not go bad. 324 00:12:44,980 --> 00:12:45,980 Right. 325 00:12:45,980 --> 00:12:46,980 And neither can I. 326 00:12:46,980 --> 00:12:50,420 That's why when mom goes, she splits it between the three of us because you can't eat that 327 00:12:50,420 --> 00:12:51,540 many carrots. 328 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:52,540 And she brought over so much. 329 00:12:52,540 --> 00:12:54,140 I was like, well, I can't eat all of this. 330 00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:55,140 I know. 331 00:12:55,140 --> 00:12:56,140 And this was like a quarter. 332 00:12:56,140 --> 00:12:58,900 Well, I guess it's a third of what she split. 333 00:12:58,900 --> 00:12:59,900 Yeah. 334 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:00,900 I was like, that's too much. 335 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:02,900 It's like the BJs are Costco of produce. 336 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:03,900 Yes. 337 00:13:03,900 --> 00:13:04,900 Yeah. 338 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:05,900 Yes. 339 00:13:05,900 --> 00:13:06,900 And it moves. 340 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:08,900 You have to like know what you want because they're like, hurry up because there's so 341 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:12,580 many people there because everyone's trying to do the same thing because it's inexpensive 342 00:13:12,580 --> 00:13:14,620 compared to the unhealthy grocery store. 343 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:15,620 Yeah. 344 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:16,620 No soup for you. 345 00:13:16,620 --> 00:13:18,780 No, you can't get soup there. 346 00:13:18,780 --> 00:13:21,780 I think you get the things to make the soup there. 347 00:13:21,780 --> 00:13:25,060 I don't think you can buy soup at the produce junction. 348 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:26,060 Sorry. 349 00:13:26,060 --> 00:13:28,220 I keep cutting you off and you're telling us wonderful things. 350 00:13:28,220 --> 00:13:29,220 Go ahead. 351 00:13:29,220 --> 00:13:30,220 Thank you. 352 00:13:30,220 --> 00:13:36,500 Another benefit of seasonal eating helps the planet, which you know I'm on board with. 353 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:37,500 Yeah. 354 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:41,940 I'm so, so you're not really on board with the planet on helping the planet. 355 00:13:41,940 --> 00:13:47,380 No, I am, but I think you're better at achieving the goal of saving the planet where I mean 356 00:13:47,380 --> 00:13:53,140 well and I want to do it, but you know, it doesn't always happen for me. 357 00:13:53,140 --> 00:13:58,700 Well, I guess that's it's hard and sometimes it's inconvenient and sometimes it's more 358 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:00,020 expensive to do it that way. 359 00:14:00,020 --> 00:14:01,020 Right. 360 00:14:01,020 --> 00:14:03,700 So like, I'm not great either, but I think that's the majority. 361 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:05,300 So how does it help the planet? 362 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:06,300 Right. 363 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:07,300 Transportation. 364 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,260 That's the factor. 365 00:14:09,260 --> 00:14:15,100 Because it, you know, if you think about where we're importing the food from the grocery 366 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:20,540 store, it takes a boat to get overseas to get on trucks, to be stored on trucks to drive 367 00:14:20,540 --> 00:14:28,260 to who knows where, get to each location and as much as there's some jobs in terms of all 368 00:14:28,260 --> 00:14:31,300 of those things that are helpful. 369 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:35,260 The transportation is a gas and oil problem. 370 00:14:35,260 --> 00:14:36,260 I'm sure. 371 00:14:36,260 --> 00:14:43,100 The carbon footprint of those transportation, they create the carbon dioxide. 372 00:14:43,100 --> 00:14:49,940 So that's contributing to the greenhouse gases, which is contributing to climate change. 373 00:14:49,940 --> 00:14:50,940 Yeah. 374 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:52,180 Do you just don't think about that stuff? 375 00:14:52,180 --> 00:14:57,660 No, but if you buy locally, those local farmers, they're walking it into their own, they're 376 00:14:57,660 --> 00:14:59,100 going to drive in a car. 377 00:14:59,100 --> 00:15:00,100 Yeah. 378 00:15:00,100 --> 00:15:01,100 Okay. 379 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:02,100 Yeah. 380 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:03,100 Okay. 381 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:04,100 One car. 382 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:05,100 One regular V6 engine. 383 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:12,460 One of the things from all of these bigger automobile planes, boats, whatever it is. 384 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:14,380 Isn't that crazy? 385 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:18,340 It's just such a ripple effect. 386 00:15:18,340 --> 00:15:21,780 And that's just from because you wanted to buy a pepper. 387 00:15:21,780 --> 00:15:23,740 I don't know. 388 00:15:23,740 --> 00:15:28,500 Some peppers from the unhealthy produce section that isn't organic from the grocery store. 389 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:37,300 It's full of pesticides and salt for keeping it the nutrients in, which in turn, when there's 390 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:41,300 salt put on, you're taking the nutrients out. 391 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:43,060 That's like a whole hamster wheel. 392 00:15:43,060 --> 00:15:44,060 Right. 393 00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:45,060 Yeah. 394 00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:46,060 Oh yeah. 395 00:15:46,060 --> 00:15:50,420 I linger too long staring at the two options between like, do I want scallions that are organic? 396 00:15:50,420 --> 00:15:55,220 Because they're how many cents more expensive per bundle of five? 397 00:15:55,220 --> 00:16:01,700 Or do I just want to throw some of these regular, whatever regular means in my cart? 398 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:10,380 And I do battle between the organic world and the non-organic section. 399 00:16:10,380 --> 00:16:13,300 But it's 100% about what you just said. 400 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:17,660 What makes it organic is what's being put on them, not necessarily like how they're coming 401 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:18,660 up from the ground. 402 00:16:18,660 --> 00:16:19,660 Right. 403 00:16:19,660 --> 00:16:23,140 And we also know that just because something says organic doesn't actually mean, like you 404 00:16:23,140 --> 00:16:25,580 can put organic on anything. 405 00:16:25,580 --> 00:16:29,180 Like I can get a tattoo that says I'm organic. 406 00:16:29,180 --> 00:16:30,620 It would be a lie. 407 00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:31,860 But they can do that on food. 408 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:32,860 We know that. 409 00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:42,900 So there are as many health benefits as there are planet and economy benefits to buying 410 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:46,300 locally sourced foods. 411 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:49,540 I knew that, but I didn't really know. 412 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:54,500 Just like everybody knows things, but nobody in Victoria's words deep dives into it. 413 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:58,860 So once you start deep diving into something, I hate that those are my words. 414 00:16:58,860 --> 00:17:02,900 You're like, oh, I should have known that and I didn't. 415 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:07,260 So what are some of the health benefits of eating locally? 416 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:08,260 Tell us. 417 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:12,220 Wow, I feel like you really want to know. 418 00:17:12,220 --> 00:17:13,220 I do. 419 00:17:13,220 --> 00:17:14,980 Safer consumption. 420 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:17,980 Locally grown foods. 421 00:17:17,980 --> 00:17:21,220 Don't need to package their foods. 422 00:17:21,220 --> 00:17:25,820 They literally bring them to the farmer's market, not in a package. 423 00:17:25,820 --> 00:17:27,260 You're not getting the plastics. 424 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:28,260 Have you read? 425 00:17:28,260 --> 00:17:29,660 Now I'm going to misquote this. 426 00:17:29,660 --> 00:17:31,660 The micro plastic. 427 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:40,540 So we are consuming so much plastic internally and that is also from how things are packaged. 428 00:17:40,540 --> 00:17:43,780 So you don't even think about that because you're ripping off the package of like the 429 00:17:43,780 --> 00:17:47,660 mushrooms when you get home or you're ripping and it all has plastic in it. 430 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:53,540 And it sits in the sun or it sits in a truck or it gets into the food. 431 00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:56,700 Or you're not unpackaging. 432 00:17:56,700 --> 00:18:01,180 I was in a rush the other day and I got two bundles of cilantro and you put them in those 433 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:06,940 bags that you rip off the little spindle or whatever and then you bring them home. 434 00:18:06,940 --> 00:18:11,260 And I usually take them out of those bags, put a paper towel around them, put them in 435 00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:18,260 a different like container, ziplock but like an organic one and I didn't and I just threw 436 00:18:18,260 --> 00:18:24,940 them in and I thought about the plastics because those little grocery store bags that you are 437 00:18:24,940 --> 00:18:28,900 putting your produce in when you like hand pick the produce, not just like get a package 438 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:33,940 from them, you know, the packet tomatoes versus like putting plum tomatoes in the bag. 439 00:18:33,940 --> 00:18:39,300 That has micro plastics in it and it soaks into just like that paper towel soaks up all 440 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:43,460 the water and the moisture from the cilantro. 441 00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:47,780 All of the plastics are going into that moisture and then you take the cilantro out to go chop 442 00:18:47,780 --> 00:18:51,420 it and use it even if you are rinsing it. 443 00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:55,460 It's still in there because they've been seeping and like soaking in the plastic bag. 444 00:18:55,460 --> 00:19:03,020 So those like really paper thin, thinner than paper plastic bags have so much micro plastic 445 00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:07,660 in it that we are just like sponging into our food and then putting the food in our 446 00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:08,660 bodies. 447 00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:14,260 And but is crazy, crazy, crazy and not even with the fresh food. 448 00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:18,460 Just think about when you get a steamable bag of frozen vegetables. 449 00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:19,460 Oh yeah. 450 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:20,460 And you put it in the microwave. 451 00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:21,460 I didn't even think about that. 452 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:25,460 Like, hello, that's something we should all be thinking of and I never do either. 453 00:19:25,460 --> 00:19:29,220 You just throw the steamable bag of peas or corn in the microwave. 454 00:19:29,220 --> 00:19:32,740 It's all getting in there and our bodies are filling up with plastic. 455 00:19:32,740 --> 00:19:36,820 So by shopping local, they don't have to package it that way. 456 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:43,220 But a lot of them use biodegradable paper or cloth or something or they put it in your 457 00:19:43,220 --> 00:19:44,220 bag. 458 00:19:44,220 --> 00:19:45,220 Right. 459 00:19:45,220 --> 00:19:46,220 You know what I mean? 460 00:19:46,220 --> 00:19:47,220 Like you bring your own. 461 00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:49,260 It's more expensive them to provide bags anyway. 462 00:19:49,260 --> 00:19:55,060 So it just keeps all costs down and body cost down. 463 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:56,060 Oh my gosh. 464 00:19:56,060 --> 00:19:57,220 It is insane. 465 00:19:57,220 --> 00:20:03,340 And so also local farmers, they don't need the amount of pesticides and herbicides and 466 00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:09,140 fertilizers that like a shipping farm would need. 467 00:20:09,140 --> 00:20:13,060 And because of that, it's not getting into our food and that is one of the causes of 468 00:20:13,060 --> 00:20:14,060 cancer. 469 00:20:14,060 --> 00:20:18,180 It literally goes from it can give you headaches, pesticides to cancer. 470 00:20:18,180 --> 00:20:21,100 I mean, the range is very wide. 471 00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:22,100 Both are horrible. 472 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:23,100 Yeah. 473 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:25,820 And yes, the levels are very different. 474 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:28,860 But the small scale farms, they don't need to use as many chemicals. 475 00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:30,940 I'm not saying no chemicals or pesticides. 476 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:36,580 I'm saying they don't have to use as many chemicals to keep their additives and the 477 00:20:36,580 --> 00:20:38,500 flavorings and the preservatives in there. 478 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:40,900 They don't need to use all that kind of stuff. 479 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:41,900 It's so nasty. 480 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:42,900 I know. 481 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:46,260 I'm going to tangent or a side tangent a little bit because this is what's coming up 482 00:20:46,260 --> 00:20:48,540 while you're saying this when it comes to packaging. 483 00:20:48,540 --> 00:20:54,940 Because if you think about all of this produce that they're trying to keep fresh and putting 484 00:20:54,940 --> 00:20:58,620 it on a boat to get it over here, like who knows where it's coming from, right? 485 00:20:58,620 --> 00:21:00,180 But that's the process. 486 00:21:00,180 --> 00:21:04,540 So they are spraying it with all this stuff to keep it safe. 487 00:21:04,540 --> 00:21:07,940 They're putting it in boxes or whatever they put in it. 488 00:21:07,940 --> 00:21:15,460 They put them on ships and what lives on ships rodents and bugs and a whole bunch of stuff. 489 00:21:15,460 --> 00:21:16,460 It's the same thing. 490 00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:17,900 I don't know if you remember this. 491 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:25,460 That a guy I was dating used to work for FedEx and pepper when pepper was a puppy and cats 492 00:21:25,460 --> 00:21:26,460 do this too. 493 00:21:26,460 --> 00:21:31,620 They would lick the box or the tape on the Amazon box or whatever it was. 494 00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:33,740 And I'd be like, oh, it's keeping her occupied, whatever. 495 00:21:33,740 --> 00:21:38,820 And he was like, I would never and I would wash my hands after you open those Amazon 496 00:21:38,820 --> 00:21:44,420 boxes because I know what it looks like for them to sit in the warehouses. 497 00:21:44,420 --> 00:21:45,940 You don't know what it looks like. 498 00:21:45,940 --> 00:21:52,300 And the amount of rodents that crawl all over these boxes and then they get picked up and 499 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:55,980 put on a truck and then the truck drops them off at your house. 500 00:21:55,980 --> 00:22:02,900 And the amount of gross that's on and surrounding Amazon boxes alone, let alone, where our produce 501 00:22:02,900 --> 00:22:04,400 is coming from. 502 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,100 And that's just from like, what do you do? 503 00:22:07,100 --> 00:22:09,380 You get scissors, you open the box, you put the scissors back. 504 00:22:09,380 --> 00:22:10,380 But guess what? 505 00:22:10,380 --> 00:22:15,420 Those scissors now have all this stuff from the tape and rodent feet walking around the 506 00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:16,420 box. 507 00:22:16,420 --> 00:22:17,420 And guess what? 508 00:22:17,420 --> 00:22:21,460 My scissors sometimes that I open my Amazon boxes are the same scissors that I cut the 509 00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:23,340 cilantro with. 510 00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:26,220 Because if I'm in the kitchen, I just pull them out from the knife. 511 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:27,220 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 512 00:22:27,220 --> 00:22:28,220 Scissors, like thing. 513 00:22:28,220 --> 00:22:29,220 Ew. 514 00:22:29,220 --> 00:22:30,220 Yeah. 515 00:22:30,220 --> 00:22:31,220 Yep. 516 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:34,220 So that's what I think about on top of all this stuff too. 517 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:38,460 It's not even just the pesticides that they're putting right directly on the produce that 518 00:22:38,460 --> 00:22:41,540 we are just putting in our mouths. 519 00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:47,380 I'm not a big, I am now, but I wasn't a big producer or washer. 520 00:22:47,380 --> 00:22:51,980 I put the bags of apples, I take the apples out, I put them in my basket and then I would 521 00:22:51,980 --> 00:22:52,980 just eat an apple. 522 00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:53,980 Yeah. 523 00:22:53,980 --> 00:22:58,100 And I'm sure a lot of you are cringing right now, but we never washed. 524 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:01,100 You'd rinse it, you put maybe, maybe I would put it under water, go like this, now it's 525 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:02,860 a wet apple in my hand. 526 00:23:02,860 --> 00:23:07,220 But I'm not soaking it in solution to get whatever's on the skin off. 527 00:23:07,220 --> 00:23:08,220 Right. 528 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,220 A lot of people are doing that now. 529 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:14,220 I also feel like we didn't maybe growing up have to do it as much as we have to do it 530 00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:15,220 now. 531 00:23:15,220 --> 00:23:18,060 Yeah, that's true. 532 00:23:18,060 --> 00:23:20,180 And I am guilty of this as well. 533 00:23:20,180 --> 00:23:21,980 You know I like my grapes. 534 00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:27,220 Sometimes I wash them and sometimes I don't and now after this I think I'm going to wash 535 00:23:27,220 --> 00:23:28,220 them every time. 536 00:23:28,220 --> 00:23:29,220 Well, maybe don't think. 537 00:23:29,220 --> 00:23:30,220 Maybe definitely do it. 538 00:23:30,220 --> 00:23:32,620 But sometimes grapes are like filmy too. 539 00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:33,620 I know. 540 00:23:33,620 --> 00:23:34,620 You can taste it. 541 00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:39,180 You can taste it, you can feel it and I get very grossed out by that, but it doesn't really 542 00:23:39,180 --> 00:23:40,180 like stop me. 543 00:23:40,180 --> 00:23:41,180 Yeah. 544 00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:42,180 I'm just like, I don't want to think about it. 545 00:23:42,180 --> 00:23:43,180 I don't think about it. 546 00:23:43,180 --> 00:23:44,780 But I think that's the problem is that we all do that. 547 00:23:44,780 --> 00:23:46,780 I don't want to think about it. 548 00:23:46,780 --> 00:23:47,780 I know. 549 00:23:47,780 --> 00:23:50,380 And then it just like, it is what it is, it gets worse. 550 00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:52,820 You know, what are we eating? 551 00:23:52,820 --> 00:23:56,980 Love a good cotton candy grape, but like where did they come from? 552 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:58,380 Well, they're fake. 553 00:23:58,380 --> 00:23:59,380 I know. 554 00:23:59,380 --> 00:24:00,380 I, they're not. 555 00:24:00,380 --> 00:24:02,380 I don't think earth's candy. 556 00:24:02,380 --> 00:24:03,980 No, I know that. 557 00:24:03,980 --> 00:24:05,860 And so you got to think about that when you buy them. 558 00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:07,780 Not only are they $99. 559 00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:08,780 I stopped buying them. 560 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:10,580 So did I for that reason. 561 00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:16,700 Not, well the price is expensive, but like I was like, why did these taste exactly like 562 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:17,700 fake sugar? 563 00:24:17,700 --> 00:24:18,700 Mm-hmm. 564 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,340 And I don't understand. 565 00:24:20,340 --> 00:24:23,780 And so I, I'm, I'm doing my thing about it, but they are so good. 566 00:24:23,780 --> 00:24:31,780 But the good thing about buying from a local farmer at a food market, you can ask them 567 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:32,780 to their face. 568 00:24:32,780 --> 00:24:34,580 What do you put on your food? 569 00:24:34,580 --> 00:24:35,580 Right. 570 00:24:35,580 --> 00:24:38,300 You can't do that to a big market farmer. 571 00:24:38,300 --> 00:24:43,100 But if you're at a local food market, I keep calling it a food market, local farmers market. 572 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:44,100 Yeah. 573 00:24:44,100 --> 00:24:45,100 Same thing. 574 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:47,020 You can ask the person they're right in front of you. 575 00:24:47,020 --> 00:24:48,020 How cool is that? 576 00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:50,260 What do you, what kind of pesticides do you use? 577 00:24:50,260 --> 00:24:51,260 Is it organic? 578 00:24:51,260 --> 00:24:52,260 Is it less? 579 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:54,780 They know the answer, hopefully. 580 00:24:54,780 --> 00:24:56,420 And the answer is usually yes. 581 00:24:56,420 --> 00:24:57,420 Yeah. 582 00:24:57,420 --> 00:25:03,260 Like, I mean, I can't say that, but I would venture to say at the farmers market, you're 583 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:11,180 going to get a lot of more natural remedies for bugs to keep the produce healthy than 584 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:13,140 them being like, oh yeah, we use braid. 585 00:25:13,140 --> 00:25:14,140 Right. 586 00:25:14,140 --> 00:25:15,140 Or like, we use braid. 587 00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:16,140 I don't know. 588 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:17,140 What's the other one? 589 00:25:17,140 --> 00:25:18,140 We would die. 590 00:25:18,140 --> 00:25:19,860 What's the one that you spray on the weeds? 591 00:25:19,860 --> 00:25:22,140 Oh, no, it's like illegal now. 592 00:25:22,140 --> 00:25:23,140 Raid is for, I think, rats. 593 00:25:23,140 --> 00:25:25,300 That's for rats, like bugs and stuff. 594 00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:28,860 But it is illegal to use that weed killer. 595 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,420 And now I can't think of what the name is. 596 00:25:30,420 --> 00:25:31,980 But they still sell it. 597 00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:32,980 Okay. 598 00:25:32,980 --> 00:25:33,980 I just Googled it. 599 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:34,980 It's called roundup. 600 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:39,260 That's what I was going for, not raid, but both are bad. 601 00:25:39,260 --> 00:25:40,260 Roundup. 602 00:25:40,260 --> 00:25:43,340 I don't think they're going to be like, oh yeah, we just, you know, we just use roundup. 603 00:25:43,340 --> 00:25:44,340 So just wash them. 604 00:25:44,340 --> 00:25:45,340 But here you go. 605 00:25:45,340 --> 00:25:47,340 But there you go. 606 00:25:47,340 --> 00:25:48,340 Roundup. 607 00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:49,340 Oh my God. 608 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:51,060 All right. 609 00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:55,140 Having said that, the next one is a shorter food supply chain. 610 00:25:55,140 --> 00:26:01,360 So the locally sourced produce is usually picked within 24 hours of selling at the local 611 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:03,260 food market or farm to table. 612 00:26:03,260 --> 00:26:09,500 So if this local farmer is selling to a restaurant, it is pretty much picked, but right before 613 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:14,420 it is being sold and right before you are eating it, which means there is less potential 614 00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:16,540 for bacteria and contamination. 615 00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:18,340 Less people are handling it. 616 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:21,220 It's not going through a factory assembly line. 617 00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:27,060 Not as many things are touching it and it's able to ripen naturally instead of, you know, 618 00:26:27,060 --> 00:26:33,060 putting it in a hot truck or putting it in a genetically modified sun so it can ripen 619 00:26:33,060 --> 00:26:37,940 quicker because they need to get on the truck or, or freezing it and then having it ripen 620 00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:39,420 after it's frozen. 621 00:26:39,420 --> 00:26:44,300 So it's way less contaminated with all of that kind of stuff and the flavor is better. 622 00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:45,300 Yeah. 623 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:49,380 I mean, there's no wrongs there. 624 00:26:49,380 --> 00:26:52,700 So there are so many restaurants that are farm to table. 625 00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:57,980 If you Google farm to table in your area, so many, I'm going to keep shouting out the 626 00:26:57,980 --> 00:27:05,620 Peariah hospitality group because they are local farmers and they use their food in their 627 00:27:05,620 --> 00:27:06,620 restaurants. 628 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:07,860 You can taste the difference too. 629 00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:08,860 Yeah. 630 00:27:08,860 --> 00:27:11,260 So you should definitely check them out in Kanchahakan. 631 00:27:11,260 --> 00:27:16,620 They have a beautiful farm where they not only have a winery, but they grow their own 632 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:17,620 food. 633 00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:18,620 So, and they have a CSA. 634 00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:23,380 I was just going to say, look into CSA programs because the, yes, the fruits and the vegetables 635 00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:27,140 aren't like, it's so ridiculous. 636 00:27:27,140 --> 00:27:28,140 Shelf worthy. 637 00:27:28,140 --> 00:27:29,140 Look, right. 638 00:27:29,140 --> 00:27:30,140 Like Instagram picture worthy. 639 00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:31,140 Right. 640 00:27:31,140 --> 00:27:36,060 Like your pepper might have one more bump than it should, but like you can't put that at 641 00:27:36,060 --> 00:27:42,420 giant or Kroger, so it, you know, goes to the reject misfit box, it's ridiculous. 642 00:27:42,420 --> 00:27:43,420 You did their CSA. 643 00:27:43,420 --> 00:27:44,420 You've done it for them. 644 00:27:44,420 --> 00:27:45,420 I love it. 645 00:27:45,420 --> 00:27:46,420 Didn't you do them perfect foods or something? 646 00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:47,420 Yes. 647 00:27:47,420 --> 00:27:48,420 I did. 648 00:27:48,420 --> 00:27:50,580 Before they even had the Pearis even had their CSA. 649 00:27:50,580 --> 00:27:51,580 I did. 650 00:27:51,580 --> 00:27:55,780 It was like the fruits and vegetables that they wouldn't put on a grocery store shelf 651 00:27:55,780 --> 00:27:57,580 because they looked bad. 652 00:27:57,580 --> 00:27:58,580 Right. 653 00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:04,020 But they got sent to you, to your home in a box for half the price. 654 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:10,380 So I got like the misshapen carrots that look like a body with hands or like a tomato, 655 00:28:10,380 --> 00:28:12,580 you know, that just looked oddly shaped. 656 00:28:12,580 --> 00:28:14,180 So you can also do that. 657 00:28:14,180 --> 00:28:15,980 There are services that do that. 658 00:28:15,980 --> 00:28:20,980 CSAs are great because you go and pick up a box of local food. 659 00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:24,980 Like it's not at a farmer's market, but it's perfect. 660 00:28:24,980 --> 00:28:30,220 It's inexpensive and you're supporting a local farm and you're eating clean food. 661 00:28:30,220 --> 00:28:34,260 And Christina and Brian, we would love a sponsorship. 662 00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:39,220 This is like our third episode we've talked about, the Peari Hospitality Group. 663 00:28:39,220 --> 00:28:40,780 You can be, we'll do a commercial for you. 664 00:28:40,780 --> 00:28:42,660 Give us vegetables or wine, you know? 665 00:28:42,660 --> 00:28:43,660 It's your choice. 666 00:28:43,660 --> 00:28:46,220 We'd like a box of wine as well. 667 00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:47,860 So I agree. 668 00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:52,340 I think what is the price cost to you? 669 00:28:52,340 --> 00:28:53,340 Right. 670 00:28:53,340 --> 00:28:54,340 Right. 671 00:28:54,340 --> 00:28:59,100 Because it may be a little bit more expensive for a farm to table restaurant, but like, 672 00:28:59,100 --> 00:29:01,340 what are you paying for? 673 00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:02,340 Health. 674 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:03,340 You're paying for future. 675 00:29:03,340 --> 00:29:07,180 You're paying for safety of, you know, the family members that you're bringing to that 676 00:29:07,180 --> 00:29:08,420 restaurant. 677 00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:13,820 And then you're also helping the community because if it's farmed to table, it's local. 678 00:29:13,820 --> 00:29:16,180 It's not, it's not anything else other than that. 679 00:29:16,180 --> 00:29:17,540 So something to think about. 680 00:29:17,540 --> 00:29:23,060 I think the CSA boxes are pretty awesome if you can handle an entire box of vegetables 681 00:29:23,060 --> 00:29:24,420 because sometimes it's too much. 682 00:29:24,420 --> 00:29:30,860 Well, so I had a friend that said, will you split a CSA with me because I can't possibly 683 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:31,860 eat all of this stuff. 684 00:29:31,860 --> 00:29:37,740 So we split a CSA that she would pick up and she just drop on my front door. 685 00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:38,740 Which is awesome. 686 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:39,740 Yeah. 687 00:29:39,740 --> 00:29:43,420 I don't know why I wasn't in on that, but that's fine. 688 00:29:43,420 --> 00:29:45,860 So I think that's a great idea. 689 00:29:45,860 --> 00:29:50,460 And then if you get bored with your food, which is what we talked about in our meal prep 690 00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:53,540 episode, if you get bored with the same thing over and over again, those boxes, sometimes 691 00:29:53,540 --> 00:29:55,100 you don't know what you're going to get. 692 00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:59,580 So it's awesome to get something new, like a new turnip that you don't even know how 693 00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:01,780 to use and you have fun in the kitchen again. 694 00:30:01,780 --> 00:30:05,180 So there's so many other benefits to it as well. 695 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:06,740 So something to think about. 696 00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:12,900 With the specifically, with the Pierre E.C.S.A., they'd always throw in homemade olive oil, 697 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:17,100 like a little bottle of olive oil or balsamic or something like that. 698 00:30:17,100 --> 00:30:20,580 They'd always throw in something from their farm that was homemade. 699 00:30:20,580 --> 00:30:22,380 That's pretty awesome. 700 00:30:22,380 --> 00:30:26,520 And the last one is physical and social health. 701 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:31,140 So this might seem silly and you might be like, duh. 702 00:30:31,140 --> 00:30:36,860 But by going to a local farmer's market, you're being active, you're walking around, you're 703 00:30:36,860 --> 00:30:37,860 creating a community. 704 00:30:37,860 --> 00:30:42,700 And if you're going all the time, you are creating a community. 705 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:44,260 It's a weekly routine. 706 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:46,140 It's a healthy thing to do. 707 00:30:46,140 --> 00:30:47,500 You're meeting new people. 708 00:30:47,500 --> 00:30:52,300 You're looking people in the eye, teaching your kids how to have conversations with 709 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:53,300 safe strangers. 710 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:54,300 Right. 711 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:58,900 And you're also learning things because all we want to do is continue to learn. 712 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,660 I mean, you're asking those farmers, hey, how do you grow your stuff? 713 00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:04,900 I might want to grow tomatoes in my backyard. 714 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:06,620 What do you suggest I do? 715 00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:08,780 Because are we going to take business from that person? 716 00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:09,780 Probably not. 717 00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:13,220 My tomatoes are not going to be like that local farmer's, but it's always good. 718 00:31:13,220 --> 00:31:15,660 Well, I think the answer would be, oh, that's a lot of work. 719 00:31:15,660 --> 00:31:16,660 You never mind. 720 00:31:16,660 --> 00:31:21,820 Mine would be like, I am starting a garden for the apocalypse so we can survive. 721 00:31:21,820 --> 00:31:23,660 How does one do this? 722 00:31:23,660 --> 00:31:25,100 You won't survive. 723 00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:26,100 Just accept it. 724 00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:29,340 But you know, in a local farmer's market, there's coffee places. 725 00:31:29,340 --> 00:31:31,460 There's maybe a little bookshop. 726 00:31:31,460 --> 00:31:37,780 It's a totally fun two hours out of your day that you get to walk around and it's really 727 00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:39,940 nice and there's local vendors. 728 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:44,260 And if nothing else, you're creating a community of like-minded, healthy people that all want 729 00:31:44,260 --> 00:31:45,740 to know what you want to know. 730 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:47,860 I know that seems a little like... 731 00:31:47,860 --> 00:31:48,860 It's not. 732 00:31:48,860 --> 00:31:49,860 Don't say woo-woo. 733 00:31:49,860 --> 00:31:50,860 I was just going to say woo-woo. 734 00:31:50,860 --> 00:31:53,940 No, don't say it's not woo-woo. 735 00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:55,580 This generation is missing. 736 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,940 That's the problem with the world. 737 00:31:57,940 --> 00:32:01,180 Everyone just needs a hug and some like- 738 00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:02,180 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 739 00:32:02,180 --> 00:32:04,860 Like normal interaction. 740 00:32:04,860 --> 00:32:08,500 Put the phone down, walk around it. 741 00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:09,620 What I mean, picture it. 742 00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:13,220 If it's a farmer's market for me, I'm like, oh, flannels. 743 00:32:13,220 --> 00:32:19,740 Wait, I'm not allowed to say woo-woo, but you're allowed to say farmer's market flannels? 744 00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:23,780 Yeah, like your flannels, you're in boots. 745 00:32:23,780 --> 00:32:25,380 I don't know, it's fall. 746 00:32:25,380 --> 00:32:29,980 You're probably going to pick up a pumpkin at the end of it or you got a bag, you have 747 00:32:29,980 --> 00:32:32,900 a tote bag full of fresh vegetables. 748 00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:38,300 You just talk to the nicest people who just want to sell something that they've made by 749 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:41,620 hand and harvested by hand. 750 00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:42,780 The weather is beautiful. 751 00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:44,420 You're going to hit the soccer game later. 752 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:49,700 There's just so much good energy from this whole experience. 753 00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:51,020 Just even talking about it. 754 00:32:51,020 --> 00:32:54,740 So making that part of your routine, bringing your kids around an environment like that, 755 00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:59,220 there is no bad to it. 756 00:32:59,220 --> 00:33:00,220 No. 757 00:33:00,220 --> 00:33:01,500 There's no pro and con. 758 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:02,500 There's no con. 759 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:08,900 I just need somebody to follow me with a speaker playing the intro to Gilmore Girls and I will 760 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:10,340 have my Saturday set. 761 00:33:10,340 --> 00:33:12,340 Where you lead? 762 00:33:12,340 --> 00:33:15,340 I will follow anywhere. 763 00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:17,420 Oh yeah, there you go. 764 00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:18,420 You ruined it. 765 00:33:18,420 --> 00:33:24,500 So like I said before, we're going to post links. 766 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:30,740 There's some pretty amazing links for seasonal fruits and vegetable lists that you should 767 00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:34,980 absolutely navigate yourself because I now understand not everybody likes every vegetable 768 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:38,260 and not everybody likes every fruit and yada yada yada. 769 00:33:38,260 --> 00:33:42,620 So it is just interesting to know what spring brings and what summer brings and what fall 770 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:45,620 brings to the table quite literally. 771 00:33:45,620 --> 00:33:46,620 Good wine. 772 00:33:46,620 --> 00:33:47,620 Thank you. 773 00:33:47,620 --> 00:33:49,620 I just came up at the top of my head. 774 00:33:49,620 --> 00:33:51,980 Through the table. 775 00:33:51,980 --> 00:33:52,980 Spring. 776 00:33:52,980 --> 00:33:53,980 Springs. 777 00:33:53,980 --> 00:33:54,980 Apples. 778 00:33:54,980 --> 00:33:57,980 Oh, avocados is spring. 779 00:33:57,980 --> 00:33:58,980 Oh really? 780 00:33:58,980 --> 00:34:00,780 So we're out of avocado season. 781 00:34:00,780 --> 00:34:02,660 Yeah, who knew? 782 00:34:02,660 --> 00:34:03,660 Bananas. 783 00:34:03,660 --> 00:34:05,020 Bananas is spring. 784 00:34:05,020 --> 00:34:06,020 Mm. 785 00:34:06,020 --> 00:34:07,020 Mm. 786 00:34:07,020 --> 00:34:09,020 Garlic is spring. 787 00:34:09,020 --> 00:34:11,140 Lemons, limes. 788 00:34:11,140 --> 00:34:14,140 I would have thought those were summer because we used them summerly. 789 00:34:14,140 --> 00:34:15,140 Yes. 790 00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:16,140 Interesting. 791 00:34:16,140 --> 00:34:18,340 I think they're the spring of their ripeness. 792 00:34:18,340 --> 00:34:19,340 Maybe. 793 00:34:19,340 --> 00:34:24,700 Mushrooms, onions, radishes, rhubarb. 794 00:34:24,700 --> 00:34:29,460 And turnips, which I would have said is fall because that feels like plantaly to me. 795 00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:33,060 Summer is also apples and avocados. 796 00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:34,060 So good. 797 00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:35,060 Okay, some of these have crossover. 798 00:34:35,060 --> 00:34:36,060 Cross over. 799 00:34:36,060 --> 00:34:37,060 I like that. 800 00:34:37,060 --> 00:34:39,620 Blackberries, bell peppers, tannelopes, carrots. 801 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:40,620 Gotcha. 802 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:41,620 Okay, cool. 803 00:34:41,620 --> 00:34:42,620 Mangoes. 804 00:34:42,620 --> 00:34:43,620 Ooh. 805 00:34:43,620 --> 00:34:44,620 Mangoes is a summer. 806 00:34:44,620 --> 00:34:45,620 That makes sense. 807 00:34:45,620 --> 00:34:46,620 Tomatoes. 808 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:47,620 Tomatoes? 809 00:34:47,620 --> 00:34:48,620 I don't know. 810 00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:49,620 Barbra. 811 00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:50,620 Tomatoes. 812 00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:55,060 Strawberries, raspberries, summer squash. 813 00:34:55,060 --> 00:34:56,060 Cool. 814 00:34:56,060 --> 00:34:57,060 Okay, fall. 815 00:34:57,060 --> 00:34:59,340 Celery, collard greens, cranberries. 816 00:34:59,340 --> 00:35:01,340 Ooh, that makes sense. 817 00:35:01,340 --> 00:35:04,740 Peas, pomegranates, potatoes, pumpkin, radishes. 818 00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:05,740 There you go. 819 00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:06,740 There you go. 820 00:35:06,740 --> 00:35:07,740 That's good. 821 00:35:07,740 --> 00:35:08,740 Winter squash. 822 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:11,060 So there's a summer squash and there's a winter squash. 823 00:35:11,060 --> 00:35:12,060 Know the difference. 824 00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:14,580 Sweet potatoes, yams, swiss chard. 825 00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:15,580 You like swiss chard. 826 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:16,820 I love swiss chard. 827 00:35:16,820 --> 00:35:18,860 I don't think I've ever used. 828 00:35:18,860 --> 00:35:23,420 The only problem with swiss chard is when you put it and saute it with a little bit 829 00:35:23,420 --> 00:35:27,580 of olive oil and garlic, it's like, it goes away. 830 00:35:27,580 --> 00:35:28,580 It's like spinach. 831 00:35:28,580 --> 00:35:29,580 It's like when you saute spinach. 832 00:35:29,580 --> 00:35:30,580 Yeah, yeah. 833 00:35:30,580 --> 00:35:34,260 You might be able to fill up an entire pan and by the time you saute it, it's like a 834 00:35:34,260 --> 00:35:37,220 little circle in your palm. 835 00:35:37,220 --> 00:35:38,220 There's nothing left. 836 00:35:38,220 --> 00:35:40,300 So you have to buy a lot of it. 837 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:41,540 Yeah. 838 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:45,340 And I would get, I've done that with spinach where I'm like, it calls for how much? 839 00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:46,340 Yeah, I know. 840 00:35:46,340 --> 00:35:48,580 And then I put it in the pan and I'm like, it's going to overflow, but then all of a 841 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:49,580 sudden it's gone. 842 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:50,580 It's gone. 843 00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:51,580 Like wait, what? 844 00:35:51,580 --> 00:35:52,580 I know. 845 00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:56,900 And then we got winter, which is beeps, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, also carrots. 846 00:35:56,900 --> 00:35:58,620 So there's definitely a crossover. 847 00:35:58,620 --> 00:36:01,340 Oranges, oranges is winter. 848 00:36:01,340 --> 00:36:05,780 Leeks, kiwi, kale, herbs, kiwi fruit. 849 00:36:05,780 --> 00:36:06,780 Yeah. 850 00:36:06,780 --> 00:36:07,780 Yeah. 851 00:36:07,780 --> 00:36:08,780 Okay, good to know. 852 00:36:08,780 --> 00:36:09,780 Potatoes, pumpkin, rutabagas. 853 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:13,780 I don't use rutabagas usually. 854 00:36:13,780 --> 00:36:17,820 There's some that I'm like, in theory I know about, but I've never actually like, that's 855 00:36:17,820 --> 00:36:21,340 not part of my, so the CSA would be pretty cool because then you have to. 856 00:36:21,340 --> 00:36:22,340 You have to. 857 00:36:22,340 --> 00:36:23,340 Like why? 858 00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:24,340 It's already here. 859 00:36:24,340 --> 00:36:25,340 Figure out how to use it. 860 00:36:25,340 --> 00:36:26,340 You paid for it. 861 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:27,340 It's going to go bad. 862 00:36:27,340 --> 00:36:28,340 Yeah. 863 00:36:28,340 --> 00:36:31,780 So definitely look at these links and lists. 864 00:36:31,780 --> 00:36:37,180 All of them are USDA like government type lists. 865 00:36:37,180 --> 00:36:40,100 So they're real. 866 00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:41,540 It's not just me making these. 867 00:36:41,540 --> 00:36:44,980 Victoria is like, what fruits and vegetables can I put in each list? 868 00:36:44,980 --> 00:36:47,980 Like I get to decide. 869 00:36:47,980 --> 00:36:55,060 But check them out because I think it creates a different dining experience at home for 870 00:36:55,060 --> 00:36:56,420 many different reasons. 871 00:36:56,420 --> 00:37:02,220 But one being like, maybe we're not eating the best version of these fruits and vegetables 872 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:06,900 that we can because we're just eating them when we want. 873 00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:09,860 You know, and it's, I'm definitely not going off seasonally. 874 00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:13,020 So I think that's going to be my fall, my fall goal. 875 00:37:13,020 --> 00:37:20,020 I think it all contributes to everybody's overall health, well-being and like happiness. 876 00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:22,380 You're putting good food in. 877 00:37:22,380 --> 00:37:26,060 Your overall energy is going to be better. 878 00:37:26,060 --> 00:37:27,900 And these little things, I know it's hard. 879 00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:32,860 I know sometimes it's more expensive, but just like Victoria said, you want to pay for 880 00:37:32,860 --> 00:37:36,140 an unhealthy meal now or you want to pay for doctor bills later. 881 00:37:36,140 --> 00:37:42,380 Oh my God, I love when I see those memes or whatever, whatever Instagram posts where I'm 882 00:37:42,380 --> 00:37:44,420 like, you know what? 883 00:37:44,420 --> 00:37:53,740 I do complain about how much of fitness classes or how much, you know, good grocery store 884 00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:57,700 at the time it was grocery store and it may change to farmers markets, but grocery store 885 00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:00,980 like bill is when you leave with like all your produce stuff. 886 00:38:00,980 --> 00:38:06,940 But insurance isn't going to cover your immune system issue that you have to constantly go 887 00:38:06,940 --> 00:38:08,380 and figure out what's wrong with you. 888 00:38:08,380 --> 00:38:10,860 Like those bills add up so much more. 889 00:38:10,860 --> 00:38:12,500 And you don't think of that. 890 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,500 Of course you don't think of that in the moment because you don't realize that you're full 891 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:18,980 of plastic and pesticides and you didn't wash your fruits. 892 00:38:18,980 --> 00:38:21,980 You know, it's like, it's a, again, it's a hamster wheel. 893 00:38:21,980 --> 00:38:28,340 So I think if just like anything else, do a little bit of research and do a little bit 894 00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:32,860 more than you're doing now, you don't have to completely change your whole lifestyle, 895 00:38:32,860 --> 00:38:37,300 but do a little bit more than you're doing now and you'll be a happier person. 896 00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:38,300 Yeah. 897 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:41,100 So let's get into some more tips. 898 00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:47,580 I like when we talk about tips and then we're like, but, but wait, but wait, oh, but wait, 899 00:38:47,580 --> 00:38:48,580 there's gotta be a better way. 900 00:38:48,580 --> 00:38:57,540 I was just going to say that there's gotta be a better way. 901 00:38:57,540 --> 00:39:02,420 So for your real tip of the day, I don't even know if it's a hundred percent true. 902 00:39:02,420 --> 00:39:06,100 Yes, I love tips that start like that. 903 00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:08,940 But one of the things I've noticed at the grocery store is that coffee is actually more 904 00:39:08,940 --> 00:39:10,660 expensive now too. 905 00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:15,340 Even like the shop right brand or the giant brand of coffee. 906 00:39:15,340 --> 00:39:18,900 And you still go, I still look at the prices and I'm looking for the cheapest one. 907 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:25,500 So like right now I think a cheap one is like 8.99 or 7.49 something astronomical. 908 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:29,340 It feels astronomical for one pound of ground coffee. 909 00:39:29,340 --> 00:39:35,020 And I don't look at like, I don't turn to the nutrition label or the ingredient list 910 00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:36,020 for coffee. 911 00:39:36,020 --> 00:39:42,100 I look at the packaging and I'm like, oh, that's got a vanilla bean on it. 912 00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:44,020 And I also look at the price. 913 00:39:44,020 --> 00:39:51,580 However, just like with farmers markets, there is local coffee companies and local, local, 914 00:39:51,580 --> 00:39:58,500 which is also in quotes because we live in a not like coffee harvested state. 915 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:03,500 But look and do some research for your coffee because yes, it may be 12.99, but there might 916 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:11,500 be a reason that that coffee ground bag is better for you because it doesn't have all 917 00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:15,500 these additive stuff and local. 918 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,540 And I think that makes the coffee taste better. 919 00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:18,540 I know. 920 00:40:18,540 --> 00:40:24,260 I've got one before I was like, oh, this is 11.99 or 12.99. 921 00:40:24,260 --> 00:40:31,340 But I've heard of this company before and they're local or some sort of organic coffee 922 00:40:31,340 --> 00:40:32,340 company. 923 00:40:32,340 --> 00:40:33,940 And I was like, I'm gonna just try it. 924 00:40:33,940 --> 00:40:37,580 My coffee was like, I didn't know coffee could taste like that. 925 00:40:37,580 --> 00:40:39,380 A regular filtered black coffee. 926 00:40:39,380 --> 00:40:43,420 Like I didn't think it was going to be as impressive as it was. 927 00:40:43,420 --> 00:40:47,180 And yet could I afford 12.99 every time I need to buy a pound of coffee? 928 00:40:47,180 --> 00:40:48,180 I don't know. 929 00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:50,860 I think that's something to look into as well, just like you're going to look into 930 00:40:50,860 --> 00:40:53,180 bettering your produce. 931 00:40:53,180 --> 00:40:55,900 Look into your coffee because there's something there too. 932 00:40:55,900 --> 00:41:00,060 I'm going to let you in, not Victoria because she knows, I'm going to let you all in on 933 00:41:00,060 --> 00:41:05,260 a little side secret that Andrew has. 934 00:41:05,260 --> 00:41:13,060 Andrew, my husband, his family owns a coffee company in Jamaica, which is crazy. 935 00:41:13,060 --> 00:41:14,220 I've been there once. 936 00:41:14,220 --> 00:41:20,500 It is on the top of the Blue Mountains in Jamaica and they've had it for 70 years. 937 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:27,780 They actually just sold it recently, but they make their own coffee. 938 00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:30,980 His family only knows good coffee. 939 00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:34,140 This coffee, you can taste the difference. 940 00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:35,300 It's very expensive. 941 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:40,820 They only sell it to specific places that buy barrels at a time. 942 00:41:40,820 --> 00:41:43,820 So you can't just buy a bag of his coffee at the grocery store. 943 00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:45,300 They send barrels. 944 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:51,060 So when we go to his parents' house and we have their coffee, the taste is immensely 945 00:41:51,060 --> 00:41:53,580 different and they ground it every single morning. 946 00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:54,580 There are no beans. 947 00:41:54,580 --> 00:41:56,460 That's like beans, whole beans or whatever. 948 00:41:56,460 --> 00:41:57,460 It's beans. 949 00:41:57,460 --> 00:42:02,740 So the coffee grinder is on all day long because they drink coffee all day long. 950 00:42:02,740 --> 00:42:08,380 And you're constantly listening to the grounding of coffee beans and smelling coffee beans. 951 00:42:08,380 --> 00:42:11,860 It is, I didn't know anything about coffee and I was like, I don't get it. 952 00:42:11,860 --> 00:42:15,300 I can get coffee from a street cart in New York. 953 00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:18,500 And Andrew was like, no, I don't think you understand. 954 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:20,020 Brown water I think, comparatively. 955 00:42:20,020 --> 00:42:21,020 Yeah. 956 00:42:21,020 --> 00:42:23,020 So next time you go up to Andrew, it'd be like, hey, how's that? 957 00:42:23,020 --> 00:42:24,020 You're making Blue Mountain coffee. 958 00:42:24,020 --> 00:42:25,020 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 959 00:42:25,020 --> 00:42:26,020 He'll just say, good. 960 00:42:26,020 --> 00:42:32,500 So it's not really that exciting to go ask him, but you definitely should do it. 961 00:42:32,500 --> 00:42:34,380 It's going to be a very short conversation. 962 00:42:34,380 --> 00:42:36,980 You'll be like, oh, you know about that? 963 00:42:36,980 --> 00:42:37,980 That's cool. 964 00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:41,820 But yeah, I actually think at Farmers Market, you could get, there might be some coffee. 965 00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:42,820 And tables. 966 00:42:42,820 --> 00:42:43,820 Yeah, I think so. 967 00:42:43,820 --> 00:42:45,780 So that's just something to think about. 968 00:42:45,780 --> 00:42:49,060 So they used to sell it at a Farmers Market in upstate New York. 969 00:42:49,060 --> 00:42:50,060 It would sell. 970 00:42:50,060 --> 00:42:51,060 Okay. 971 00:42:51,060 --> 00:42:52,060 That's that. 972 00:42:52,060 --> 00:42:54,060 That is that. 973 00:42:54,060 --> 00:43:00,500 And now for your real extra tip of the week, it's called Get Social. 974 00:43:00,500 --> 00:43:02,500 What does Get Social mean? 975 00:43:02,500 --> 00:43:04,700 Man, I'm so good at that. 976 00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:05,700 Are you? 977 00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:07,780 Yeah, I feel like I nailed it. 978 00:43:07,780 --> 00:43:11,580 Get Social means there are some good uses for social media. 979 00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:13,780 We don't hate all social media. 980 00:43:13,780 --> 00:43:16,180 Like we always are complaining about. 981 00:43:16,180 --> 00:43:17,180 No, no, no, no. 982 00:43:17,180 --> 00:43:21,860 Get on social media and look up local farmers markets in your area. 983 00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:23,140 Everyone is posting. 984 00:43:23,140 --> 00:43:28,900 Everyone is trying to promote their locally sourced farms or their products or anything. 985 00:43:28,900 --> 00:43:33,580 So go on social media, find your local farmers market and make it a point. 986 00:43:33,580 --> 00:43:36,180 If you can't do it weekly, do it once a month. 987 00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:41,860 Go to your local farmers market once a month and support the people in your community. 988 00:43:41,860 --> 00:43:45,900 Get yourself out if you're a homebody and learn something new. 989 00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:50,500 That's a good way to get out if you are a homebody because you're only going to encounter 990 00:43:50,500 --> 00:43:52,660 some really nice people. 991 00:43:52,660 --> 00:43:57,020 It's not the risk of like, oh, God, you know, which I don't know. 992 00:43:57,020 --> 00:44:00,460 I can't think of a place that would make you feel like that, but it's definitely not at 993 00:44:00,460 --> 00:44:01,460 the farmers market. 994 00:44:01,460 --> 00:44:02,460 No. 995 00:44:02,460 --> 00:44:05,700 So that all forced you to get social. 996 00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:06,700 I like that. 997 00:44:06,700 --> 00:44:09,700 Get social, get caffeinated. 998 00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:15,580 And I hope, yeah, I hope you all learned as much as we did or maybe it's just like an 999 00:44:15,580 --> 00:44:19,620 eye opening like, I kind of knew this, but now I like actually know it. 1000 00:44:19,620 --> 00:44:24,340 So now that we actually know it, let's do something about it type of thing. 1001 00:44:24,340 --> 00:44:26,620 Because once you get informed, then you have a choice. 1002 00:44:26,620 --> 00:44:27,620 Yeah. 1003 00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:31,940 You have a choice to make a change or you have a choice to sit on it and, you know, shut 1004 00:44:31,940 --> 00:44:33,500 your eyes or put your head in the sand. 1005 00:44:33,500 --> 00:44:35,860 So those are your options. 1006 00:44:35,860 --> 00:44:36,860 Welcome. 1007 00:44:36,860 --> 00:44:37,860 Happy Monday. 1008 00:44:37,860 --> 00:44:41,020 If you're listening to this at the start of the week, figure out what kind of person 1009 00:44:41,020 --> 00:44:43,780 you want to be. 1010 00:44:43,780 --> 00:44:45,540 It's September. 1011 00:44:45,540 --> 00:44:49,260 To be confused. 1012 00:44:49,260 --> 00:44:56,100 So per usual, we hope that you are fit to be real and always allowed to be a little 1013 00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,100 extra. 1014 00:44:57,100 --> 00:45:08,460 For legal reasons, we have to tell you that this podcast is meant for entertainment and 1015 00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:10,260 educational purposes only. 1016 00:45:10,260 --> 00:45:14,620 We are not healthcare professionals for all of your health, wellness, fitness and self 1017 00:45:14,620 --> 00:45:15,620 care needs. 1018 00:45:15,620 --> 00:45:19,620 Please refer to the medical professional in your life, your primary care physician, your 1019 00:45:19,620 --> 00:45:23,340 therapist, a certified coach, whoever it may be. 1020 00:45:23,340 --> 00:45:27,540 And then let us know what they say because I guarantee we need to know what to do. 1021 00:45:27,540 --> 00:45:28,540 Okay? 1022 00:45:28,540 --> 00:45:56,540 Okay, bye.