Mechanically Separated Chicken aka Chicken Nuggets! One of my favorite non-food blogs, Early Onset of Night , posted this picture the other day explaining that this is mechanically separated chicken. This is the stuff that chicken nuggets, chicken patties, and processed frozen chicken is made from. The author Michael Kindt, writes: Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this. There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color. Delicious? I always wondered what part of the chicken nuggets were made from. Now I know.

Me and Robert Kenner: director of Food Inc So today, I watched Food Inc. again. It's a movie I like to watch from time to time to recenter myself and remind myself to eat healthy. During my trip to Nova Scotia, I had the opportunity to meet the director, Robert Kenner, and to hear him speak. It was an eye-opening experience and now I am trying to bring natural and local and organic to the work that I do. I read an article about the 7 foods that Food Experts don't eat and it mentions apples. I love apples and often I don't peel them, but this article says that there are a ton of chemicals on the apple so i should. The other items on the list are: 1. Canned Tomatoes 2. Corn-Fed Beef 3. Microwave Popcorn (you can make your own in a brown lunch bag) 4. Non-organic Potatoes 5. Farmed Salmon 6. Milk Produced with Artificial Hormones 7. Conventional Apples Go here for the complete article.