Thank you so much for giving me permission to eat bananas again, and my favorite way is with peanut butter on toast.

I enjoyed this story very much and would have loved to see your dessert. I too lost a brother. I know that pain and it caused me to host Red To Remember on my blog. Just all the cooking has helped with my grief which never completely leaves. I, too, want to make this. It’s on my list, and I’ll enjoy each day. I understand how cooking can be a savior.

I love Julia Child, and glad she had new notoriety. I do hope her book will be cooked from.

This is eye opening and will require education and solutions.I read this last night before I went to bed and it was on my mind all night. These things disturb me. I don’t want to eat food with blood on my hands. That’s how I see it.

It’s not just a matter of heart, but economics. We are trained to look for the lowest price and point fingers when there is a noticeable difference in produce. Farmer’s markets can be expensive. Mine is, but I understand why and I"m willing to support them. I am just starting this week to include various farmers/artisans on my blog. I will be sure to take an opportunity to drive the point home about the morality issues in farming. It’s going to take a grass roots effort that starts at home.

I am so grateful to live in a country where we are not hungry, we have choices, and our choices can decide how things are produced and what is produced. But between the seed and the purchase there is a whole lot that needs changed. The first change is our mentality. We have to take responsibility individually for what goes on behind the scenes of our choices. But, most people don’t think this way. We must possess and exercise a shopping code of ethics. Keep up the good work.

I will link your article where appropriate to my site.