(Photo: root cellar Ladle Cove, NL, Alison Dyer 2007)
"The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has travelled farther than most families on their annual vacation..." Barbara Kingsolver in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, 2007
"If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country's oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week." Steven L. Hopp in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, 2007.
What's your new year's resolution?
Keep it simple. Local. Make it count.
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I am down to sprouts and parsnips for one or two more meals, then the chard will keep going for a wee bit longer and I still have some onions stored, enough for a few pots of soup. and some courgettes in the freezer.
its obviousy much easier to eat from the garden in the summer.
many blessings for the coming year.
thanks Claire. A
Actually down to sprouts, parsnips, onions sound pretty tasty. Roasted parsnips are a fav of mine, and I make a killer curried parsnip soup for my kids school lunches. I have to grow more this year! blessing to you, too. A
Glad to note that you've discovered this book too! It's a gem in my opinion and gives us all 'food for thought'...
Hello Michael, yes, Barbara Kingsolver is probably my favourite author and I've been waiting for another book from her since the Small Wonder collection. I have to laugh (groan) when she says spring doesn't arrive til April at her farm. Here I'm staring at another 2 months before breaking ground :)
Alison
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