Last week Elliana had the privilege of holding a 4 day old baby goat - an amazing experience for her! Her school takes the students to help out at an organic farm once a week. She gets to see where food comes from, how to care for God's green earth and growing animals in a respectful way. Her school has nutrition awareness class once a week as well where the kids actually cook healthy meals in the school kitchen. They've made things like hummus, sushi, vegetable stir-fry. There is a school rule that doesn't allow any processed or pre-packaged food for lunch. I love that! Does it take more time to prepare? Yes. Is our children's health worth it? Yes.
I love that many areas (including Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and the documentary Food Inc.) have stretched our family to really look at our eating habits the past few years and redefine what we consider healthy food. I love that we get to teach our kids things like "just b/c it tastes good doesn't mean it's good for you" and "let's be intentional with what we use to fuel our brain and body b/c it has an impact." Mostly, I love that people were willing to share their hearts and habits with me and encourage me to really look at the decisions we make about caring for our bodies. After all, ALL dimensions matter :)
No comments:
Post a Comment