Today is an important day for supporters of good food to
pick up the phone and put the democratic process into action. Votes are
expected to take place today on two pieces of legislation, the Senate's
Agricultural Appropriations Bill, and the House version of the Food
Safety Enhancement Act. [Read More]
If you've read our April newsletter, you know that we are interested in the data from the recently published Agricultural Census.
We'd love to hear your thoughts about the census. If you are a farmer,
did you participate? Why or why not? What's your sense about the census
finding 12,549 farmers who sold products through a CSA in '07? If you
were in charge of the 2012 Census, what new questions would you include?
One of our LocalHarvest farmers wrote an extensive blog entry on the methodology used for the census. Check it out here.
Last week I was part of a panel at local farm conference, where my
assignment was to talk about the "home economics" of eating locally. I
spoke about what my family eats and why, and the time and money our
diet requires. I learned a lot.
I was especially curious about the money part. It should be said that my
husband and I put a high value on eating well. We also grow a lot
of our own food. It’s our sustenance, both physical and spiritual.
Turns out, the garden saves us a lot of money, too.
Yesterday Guillermo and I were discussing the sorry state of this
blog.
We have both had the guilts about it all winter. One lousy entry in
almost three months? That's not a blog, it's a wind-worn flier stapled
to a telephone pole announcing a concert that's long since forgotten.
For
whatever reason, we haven't been bitten by the bug. Yet. But we've
committed to giving it another go to see if we can turn ourselves into
bloggers. Because we have things to say. Really we do. If only we could
dig ourselves out of our To Do list long enough to form sentences.
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep
cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more...
Welcome to the new LH blog!
We've been wanting to be more dedicated bloggers for a while now, but quite
honestly have just been too darned busy to get around to it. Finally,
finally, it made it to the top of the list.
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If you've read our April 
Yesterday Guillermo and I were discussing the sorry state of this
blog.
We have both had the guilts about it all winter. One lousy entry in
almost three months? That's not a blog, it's a wind-worn flier stapled
to a telephone pole announcing a concert that's long since forgotten.
Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little, cheep cheep
cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more...
