If you haven't already, read Fast Food Nation. It will make you look at food very differently. The "maple" syrup at McDonald's has over 40 different chemicals in it to make it taste like maple. We don't eat anything canned or processed. We grow our own organically. We planted a small orchard and work farm markets for an organic beef farmer. We work for beef. I wouldn't get any vaccines because of all of the junk in them. We are seniors and feel great. We only have 1.25 acres of land. We even get suntanned in summer from being out in the garden. We have purified well water and I carry a thermos everywhere so I don't have to drink "city" water. Yes, it takes a little work but it is worth it.