One more ...

I'm currently reading Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. Very interesting book, about agricultural practices in the US. He follows the "natural history of four meals", from a fast-food meal to a sustainably produced organic meal, and calculates the energy consumed to produce each of them. Am learning a lot ...

Corn seems to be in *everything* we eat. Not only that, I checked the composition of my cats' food today (Science Diet formula, which I thought was a good one). Corn. Lots of corn. Shadow was looking at me then, with his eyes half-closed, trusting that what I feed him is ok. I don't know what it's doing to him though!!

I'm now on the lookout for a cat food formula that's more natural.

Guilt also propelled me to get up early and head out to the farmer's market to buy local, sustainably grown, seasonal organic veggies and fruits. Me being not a morning person at all, this was a big achievement. Resolution is to do this every weekend. Let's see ...