13 May 2014
Eat Fresh!
This will be the last post about the Good Food Movement and here are a few easy ways that you can live a more sustainable lifestyle:
- Buy local products when possible, otherwise, buy organic and fair-trade products. Ask your grocer or favorite restaurant what local food they carry and try to influence their purchasing decisions. You will support your local economy and small farmers, reduce your exposure to harmful pesticides, improve the taste and quality of your food, and protect the environment from fertilizer and pesticide run-offs.
- Shop at your local farmers market and get weekly deliveries of the season’s harvest, and by buy from local grocers and co-ops committed to stocking local foods.
- Support restaurants and food vendors that buy locally produced food. When at a restaurant, ask (nicely!) your waiter where the meat and fish comes from. Eventually, as more and more customers ask the same question, they’ll get the message!
- Avoid GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)! When buying processed food (anything packaged) buy organic to avoid GMO.
- COOK, CAN, DRY & FREEZE! Our culture has forgotten some of the most basic joys of cooking. Not only is cooking at home better for you and more economical, but it’s an invaluable skill to pass on to your children.
- Drink plenty of water, but avoid bottled water when you can. Water bottles pollute the environment and bottled water is often mere tap water. Plastic is harmful to your health and to the environment. Buy a reusable water bottle and invest in a good water filter.
- Grow a garden, visit a farm, volunteer in your community garden; teach a child how to garden. GET DIRTY! Have fun!
(found on www.freshthemovie.com)
Not all of us have can have an urban garden but access to organic & local produce is extremely easy in Vancouver and getting better! If you are interested in checking out farmers markets around the city go to www.eatlocal.org.
And if you are in or passing through Squamish on a Saturday, come check out the Farmer’s market there. We have a local Paleo baker!
-CFP & Associates
Warm up: 2 Rounds
Yoga Push Ups x10
Wall Angels x 10
T-Spine Bridge x10
Tech: 10 Min EMOM alternating movements – If you comfortable with your beat swing try hips to bar even if you need a band to attempt this. Prioritize keeping your arms straight while kipping to get your hips as close to the bar as possible each time – it’s okay if you can’t get all the way to the bar. You can do them in singles with what ever number you choose to hold for the EMOM.
3-6 Hips to bar/Beat Swings
3-6 Ring Dip/Negatives
*Coaches go over the hollow and super man positions of the beat swing before you start.
Workout: 5 Rounds
15 Toes To Bar
12 Alternating Pistols
HOS
12 May 2014
Urban Farming at its finest!
First off, great big congratulations to Emily Beers for battling her way to a second finish in the Western Canadian Regionals. So proud she will be representing us in the Crossfit Games!!
As you recall from yesterday, I am focusing the next few posts on the documentary, Fresh –the Good Food Movement…Meet Will Allen. He is the founder of Growing Power, a sustainable urban farm in Milwaukee. He has taken 3 acres of land in a city centre and has created a running farm that not only provides food for the community but also educates many people through their weekend workshops. In their 2000 square foot greenhouse, they take full advantage of the vertical space making the greenhouse 5000 square feet of usable space. They grow 150 different varieties of greens. They have a fish pond (in the middle of the greenhouse) with over 4000 tilapia –use the waste from the fish to fertilize their plants. They compost 6 million pounds of food waste per year with the help of worms that break down the food…the end result is base material used for growing food. Pretty inspiring stuff!
Our very own Dash & T-Bear have a fantastic urban garden where they grow kale, many lettuces, carrots, corn, tomatoes, squash, cucumber, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, herbs, spinach, peppers, onions, garlic, and even olives! And they do this on top of a Honda Dealership in East Vancouver. Vancouver Urban Farming at its finest!
-CFP & Associates
Warm up: The Tom Special
With an empty bar
15 Shrugs
15 Tall Muscle Cleans
15 Over and Backs
15 Behind the neck push press
Tech: 3RM Hang Squat Clean
Workout: 10 Min AMRAP
25 DU’s
5 HSPU
House of Sheppy loves ya!
11 May 2014
The Good Food Movement
I recently watched the documentary ‘Fresh’ and now I am inspired! For the next few posts, I will be sharing some clips and information that I have gathered from the documentary. With the season of farmers markets and the ability to buy local, organic or grow yourself quickly upon us….this is the perfect time to be reminded or educated about good food.
Here is the trailer for the documentary. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
The concept of monocultures is discussed. (From Wikipedia) This is “the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years. It is widely used in modern industrial agriculture and its implementation has allowed for large harvests from minimal labour”. The term is frequently borrowed for other uses, such as raising one species of livestock in a farm. The problem with this is that Monocultures can lead to the quicker spread of pests and diseases thus needing to be sprayed with chemicals or having to be treated with antibiotics. Monocultures do not exist in nature but the majority of our food is grown /raised in this environment. In the traditional farm environment the animals produce natural fertilizers for the plants/crops. Monocultures rely on synthetic fertilizers.
Basically the beginning of the documentary paints a bleak and depressing picture….but don’t worry the inspiration will be coming in the next few posts. Happy Monday!
CFP
Warm Up: Partner Med Ball
4 Rounds
Sprawl Ball x8
Med Ball Sit Up x8
Tech: Emon 6 Mins
3 Push Press
W/U:Thruster
Workout:
100 Thrusters (95/65)
Every Min 5 Burpees
20 Min Cap
