Comments on: Blogsurfing Saturday

By: Marye Audet

Marye Audet — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:37:52 +0000

Jonica, Where there is a will there is a way, huh?

By: Jonica

Jonica — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:57:49 +0000

Marye,

I rent a part of a cow like you said. My small postage stamp yard would not be able to sustain any animal life. But I have turned most of the yard into a garden. The green beans are shooting up, the eggplants and peppers are coming up pretty and the tomatoes! oh the tomatoes are beautiful. I buy only grass fed meat and it is so good. For someone who buys in the grocery store they have no idea how good the products are if you just get to know your farmer

By: Marye Audet

Marye Audet — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:46:34 +0000

i am still checking out the site, Marsha.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:55:33 +0000

Hi Mary,
Thanks for the mention! We are proud to support local artisans and producers — not only to help them bring their products beyond their local farmers market, but to also tell their awesome stories. We too support sustainable and eco-friendly farming and production practices at RegionalBest.com.

By: Marye Audet

Marye Audet — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:42:46 +0000

I agree Valli. I wish that there was a way people could see the link between quality and relationship

By: Bellini Valli

Bellini Valli — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:32:37 +0000

The more people that opt into sustainable agriculture and who support their local producers the better for each of us.

By: african vanielje

african vanielje — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:07:18 +0000

great post Marye. The more of us that feel this way the better. And yes I know not everyone can go the whole hog all the time, but as Hugh Fearnley-WHittingstall says, do what you can when you can, and the difference it makes will add up.

By: Jen of a2eatwrite

Jen of a2eatwrite — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:49:54 +0000

We do a lot of garden trading around here. We also have meat CSAs in addition to the fruit/veggie types – they are growing in popularity. Most of my “groceries” during growing season are all from farmers I know. I’m not good at the self-sustainability because of our soil, animal issues, etc. I’m actually spending this summer trying to figure out how to be more self-reliant in terms of our food-sourcing. For now, being part of a produce CSA and a poultry CSA works for us.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 24 May 2009 03:24:51 +0000

oh, yeah. There are ways around the state control, and it begins one person at a time, in their own neighborhood, with their own friends, churches, organizations. Somehow, some way we have to take our country back.

Heard there was a bill being pushed through to give the government control of all the water. Yeah, not just the city water systems. Your own well. In your own backyard. Control the water? Control the people. It’s creepy.

To say nothing of the chipping of animals, and who knows what else, that “we” went ahead and signed over to government control because people freaked out over 9/11 – right fully so on the freak out just not on giving all our freedoms away so we’d be “safe”.

Hitler had some of the same ploys. Oh, the communists set fire to the Reichstag – give up your freedoms and the government will protect you. Ugh. Those who don’t learn from their history are doomed to repeat it.

Oops. This is YOUR blog, isn’t it? Getting off my soap box now.