I want to bring up the idea of food consumers doing things to help their farmers.
Why should we help our farmers? What’s at stake? The fundamental answer comes in two simple parts: 1) the global food system is fragile; and 2) food is vital to human success and happiness. Relying on a complex and unstable global [...]
The end of August is going to turn San Francisco into a foodie haven (more so than it already is). Even the New York Times, which was a little slow to pick up on the CSA trend, is taking notice.
They‘re turning the front of City Hall into a Victory Garden full of food. [...]
For the past 6 weeks — since we first started attending the Windsor farmer’s market — we’ve made more money each subsequent weekend, because we’ve brought more (and a greater variety of) produce each time. Every weekend, we sold out of our pre-bagged baby red-and-green leaf lettuce mix before the market closed. We [...]
I was talking to my mom on the phone today, describing The Flood. “It doesn’t sound like you’re enjoying farming,” she said.
“Oh, no,” I said. “I’m just describing the event. I don’t like waking up at 5 a.m. to a giant flood, is all.”
But then I thought about it. And on some [...]
Welcome! This blog intends to give you — a person who undoubtedly eats, and maybe even grows some food yourself — a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the process of growing healthful produce. What’s it really like, in this day and age, to farm the land?
It was definitely my romantic streak that got me into this [...]
