Off Topic / Re: What do you guys do when you travel?
« on: February 24, 2011, 10:01:58 am »TD I would have to strongly disagree with you. I'm deeply involved with WAPF, though I'm not a member, and have found most of them to be knowledgable and helpful. Recently I contacted the leader for Uruguay, because that is where my mom grew up. She, the local leader is from Nebraska and was very knowledgeable about the status of grass fed meat in that country and in Argentina, as well as up to date on sustainability happenings around the world.
I would not condemn an entire group that has done so much for pastured farming and real food, based on one isolated occurrence, that is rather narrow thinking.
Is grass fed meat readily available in Argentina and Uruguay? I have great interest in going to these countries.
A question I have for others is: How is the food supply chain in Europe? (Quality of produce/meats, restaurants, etc). In America cooked food in restaurants is especially unhealthy because it is almost always cooked in highly unsaturated vegetable oil (corn, soy, canola, safflower, sunflower, cottonseed). Do they still primarily use olive oil/tallow/lard over there? I'm going to try to find raw foods while traveling, but I realize that this could not be realistic in some cases. I don't know how easy it would be to learn about the locations of natural food stores and farmer's markets in foreign countries. Spanish speaking countries would be easier for me since that is the only other language I somewhat understand.