I started out with coffee this morning too, just like Mellisa–my favorite lately is Delicious Peace Coffee from Kenya. The beans are roasted by Thanksgiving Coffee Company in Fort Bragg, a long time leader in fair trade coffees. I then drove my usual couple miles on Saturday to pick up my goat milk for the week. I have some local peaches (Beirwagon’s) and some local blackberries (my yard) so I had those for breakfast with some goat milk and some organic brown rice crisps from—oh no–Massachussetts. Oops. I’ll have to up my ratio of local to get up to 80%.
For dinner tonight, I have squash from the garden, onions and garlic from the Heaven and Earth farm stand on the Ridge, and risotto from Lundberg. I can also make pesto (basil in garden) and have with Lundberg rice pasta for dinner. Right now I’m leaning toward the risotto. I also have some of Jim Gates’ beef in my freezer and some eggs from Camptonville in the fridge, so options abound.
As I am writing this I’m taking a break from grading my finals for my class at Sierra College. Three students in that class completed an entire year with me, and my efforts here at the eat local challenge are dedicated to them: Ally, Anthony, and Randall. In my English 1A (essay) class, we read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and watched The Future of Food by Deborah Koons Garcia. Together we discussed and wrote about the social and political tendrils of issues surrounding food, issues such as labeling, safe access, the precautionary principle. In my English 1B (literature) class, we read Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues and learned about the food American Indians receive on reservations. I’ll remember our work together for a long time.
I’m leaving in a few days to visit my mom in Arizona. If I weren’t going, I would have driven the dozen or so miles to Camptonville to attend the farmer’s market at Rebel Ridge. Can’t wait to take that in when I return in mid August! But I have plenty of food here to feed us until we leave.
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