Monday, December 29, 2008
Finding a Farmers Market
Looking for a local farmers market? Check this site to find one near you: http://www.ncfarmfresh.com/farmmarkets.asp
Community Supported Agriculture
Here's a way to establish a relationship between you and a local farm, so that you are guaranteed to receive fresh produce across the growing season. It's called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). To learn more, visit: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ And here's a site that lists the CSA farms in the Piedmont region of North Carolina: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/csafarms.html#piedmont
The End of Nonsense
January 1, 2009. That's when the revolution begins. (Question: "Why then?" Answer: "Why not?") It will be non-violent. (Violent revolutions create real evil in the name of possible future benefits. That's what both capitalism and communism do. It's immoral.) The revolution will amount to the citizen regaining control over food, clothing, shelter, energy, and transportation. I am not sure what the order will be, but certainly food should be first. There is maximum opportunity in the case of food.
I was going to spend a bit of time and energy explaining why revolution is necessary. That's ridiculous. I think I can assume that readers already know why it is necessary. However, I urge my readers to complete the Crash Course provided by Chris Martenson, at http://www.chrismartenson.com/. This will surely convince you.
Where to start? I am proposing a very quick and easy way to start: Read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, in that order. Then act on the recommendations found in the second book. Set a goal, such as "I will be obtaining 50% of my food from farmers markets by the end of the year" or "I will plant a vegetable garden and be obtaining 50% of my food from the garden and from farmers markets by the end of the year." Once you attain such a goal, you can set a more ambitious one for the following year. And so on.
You're going to get more than good food out of this. You are going to begin thinking and acting differently. You are going to get a life.
I was going to spend a bit of time and energy explaining why revolution is necessary. That's ridiculous. I think I can assume that readers already know why it is necessary. However, I urge my readers to complete the Crash Course provided by Chris Martenson, at http://www.chrismartenson.com/. This will surely convince you.
Where to start? I am proposing a very quick and easy way to start: Read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, in that order. Then act on the recommendations found in the second book. Set a goal, such as "I will be obtaining 50% of my food from farmers markets by the end of the year" or "I will plant a vegetable garden and be obtaining 50% of my food from the garden and from farmers markets by the end of the year." Once you attain such a goal, you can set a more ambitious one for the following year. And so on.
You're going to get more than good food out of this. You are going to begin thinking and acting differently. You are going to get a life.
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