We officially started planting the vegetable garden this weekend. I’ve been wanting to put in peas ever since a sunny Saturday in mid-January. I weeded the beds and stirred up the soil in short sleeves, reveling in the scent of rosemary, lavender, and good clean dirt. I was tempted to sow a few seeds while [...]
It’s a cliche. January is a time for setting goals. Really, I set goals every month, or even every day. But it’s time for me to take a look at how I’m doing for January.
At the beginning of the month, I read @metroknow’s goal-setting post on Almost Fit, and decided to adopt his mini-goal of [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 in food
I think about food a lot; probably more than I should.
I think about it in terms of sustainability. Are we eating locally-grown and produced food? Where should we get it from? Can we and should we afford organics?
I also think about it in terms of health. I know that I need to eat at least [...]
The current capitalist approach to business says that growth is good. Corporations and other businesses are supposed to grow every year, sell more products, provide more services, and earn more money.
I say that’s not sustainable. How could it be? How can we possibly expect infinite growth?
But aside from growth being unsustainable in the long run, [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2009 in Sustainability, food
One of my winter break reads was Hungry City, by Carolyn Steel. I’ve been looking forward to reading this; I had to get it through interlibrary loan. It’s a comprehensive look at the relationship between cities and food. The author explains how food got from the country to the cities in various historical periods, and [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2009 in Sustainability, food
<whine>Today is the last day of the local farmers’ market, and it’s raining, and the farmers’ market is downhill, which means it’s uphill on the way back, and I’ve never yet managed to get up that hill without walking my bike.</whine>
Yeah. So, while I’m waiting for the rain to maybe clear up or just stop [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2009 in Sustainability, food
Architect Carolyn Steel gave a talk at TEDGlobal in July 2009 on “How food shapes our cities.” It’s just 15 minutes long; barely enough time to explain that our cities were once formed around our relationship to the food supply, but that relationship has been disrupted. And that we need to get it back.
Steel is [...]
Posted on September 13th, 2009 in food
I bought a Sunburst Squash at the farmers’ market the other day, even though I’d never seen one before! They’re gorgeous and sunshiny, and looking at them made me smile. PD Farms was selling them along with their usual meat products, so I bought one to make my purchase an even dollar amount.
Later, I looked [...]
