Grow Your Own: Self Sufficiency for Everyone
... We love homegrown. Why? Because we know where it comes from. As we often repeat, CONSIDER THE SOURCE.Well, today it was announced that an organic food garden will be planted on the White House grounds, with the food to be eaten by the Obamas and served at official events. Not only annuals (tomatoes, lettuce, etc.) but also blueberry & raspberry bushes and rhubarb - plants that keep on giving). Very cool.We think everyone should grow their own, no matter how small a part of ...
Focus in a Blurry Bowl of Soup
The way things are going these days, rocking our economic foundation, causing us to take a hard look at our ideas about ethical behavior and wealth and our assumptions about greed and fraud, what will happen next is about as clear as a bowl of pea soup. A BIG bowl.How does one cope, not just about things food (is my food safe? is it harmful? can I afford it?) but with the whole enchilada (will I have a job? a place to live? what if I get sick? what about my kids?)? We live in a time when ...
Got De Skills? Losing the Art of Knowing How
Recently, we heard a lecturer who spoke about the de-skilling of the Western population. Apparently, we no longer perform tasks that for generations before us were basic to daily life. We cannot build, fix, construct, process, and create as our ancestors did. This is definitely true when it comes to how people eat. These days, there are folks who can barely do more than open a package to heat something up, preferring to order in, carry-out or let someone else do it. Bad idea.Fact is, you ...
