Food Roots, September 3: where does your food come from?
“Or what if I had simply grown up in a time when food was seasonal? When there was, in each year, a time of more and a time of less? When food was not just there in packages on the supermarket shelf all year?”
~ Jessica Prentice ~
Welcome to another edition of Food Roots!
Our food system is destroying the soil, wasting valuable resources and making us sick. The only thing that is sustainable and the only thing that can reverse the many complications of a broken food system is to get back to our food roots. We must plant the seeds ourselves. We must shake the hand of the farmer who grows our food. We must take back our food system.
Where Does My Food Come From?
This past week has been another busy one as we are working on getting everyone well. Our garden has actually produced a few tomatoes and a cucumber along with many herbs that are waiting for me to dry them. I am hoping to can tomatoes over the long weekend. I would love to have at least 1 qt. of tomatoes per week for a year – 52. I am thinking it is more realistic to can 42 and make a gallon or two of lacto-fermented salsa along with some dehydrated tomatoes. If these adventures do occur over the weekend then I will be sharing them all with you next week.
So I ask you again…
Where does your food come from?
To participate in Food Roots…
- create a blog post pertaining to local, seasonal foods or what you are doing to find your food’s roots.
- in your post add a link back here so that others can benefit from everyone’s information and encouragement.
- add your name and url to mr. linky below.
Feel free to use the Food Roots banner above, if you wish. If you do not have a blog, please share your thoughts in the comments.
I can’t wait to see what you all come up with. Thank you for participating!
We are trying to find our “food roots” as well. We’ve taken many steps to change our ways but we are not perfect. Some days are organic, somedays are Beanie Weanies. It’s a process but we are on the road to food independence and health.
Do you know where your milk comes from?
Cornucopia Institute has a milk scorecard for organic milks, which will cut through the confusion for you! See more about this on my blog link today, Sneaky Milk Labels.
A yummy slightly variated version of shepherds pie! It’s’ not just a winter comfort food.
Always a pleasure reading your blog. Have you ever canned roasted bell peppers (red, orange, or yellow)? I love them on salads but a jar of them at the store costs so much! I was thinking it might be a good thing to can but wondered if an experienced canner like yourself has been successful at it.
Recently I received a big batch of homegrown eggs through a friend, so I posted about that and entered the link.
Love the blog! My blog is all about natural childbirth and natural parenting. I recently posted on our “Preservative Nation” which promotes eating fresh and organic. I’ll enjoy reading what you have to say!