The last week or two have offered me a predictable yet delicious routine. I continue to enjoy so much local fruit. It seems that someone is coming through the door every day with gifts of melons, apples, tomatoes, eggplant, lettuce. I continue to have goat milk and eggs in abundance.
Although I usually eat a high percentage of local food, I have ratcheted it up this month, and I’ve noticed something: I have less of a desire to eat meat. I think it’s because the food is so fresh and the weather warm. I have been enjoying curried vegetables (no, not local curry spices) and tonight am making an eggplant parmesan recipe with fresh tomato sauce. I did sizzle up some of Jim Gates’s beef for tacos the other night, and that was yummy. My family ended up participating more than expected, and that was very fun.
I will be faithfully frequenting the Heaven and Earth Farm Stand until it closes this fall. Having such a variety of local fruits and vegetables just around the corner made this project so manageable!
This month has also made me realize that getting a winter veggie box from a regional farmer is a high priority. I’m grateful to Briar Patch for asking me to participate. I am more energized about food, local food, and food justice after this month.
I dedicated this experiment to the students who spent all year with me: Anthony, Ally, and Randall. If you’re reading this, any of you, I thought about Kingsolver a lot this month. I also appreciated the work of Michael Pollan, which I recommend to anyone concerned with food justice.
Happy Eating! See you all around the Patch.
CC
No related posts.
