…supporting the Resilient Farms Project — WCF, a priceless resource (awards ceremony)
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A busy spring
Representing the Resilience Institute/Resilient Farms Project at non-profit water event in Bellingham Whole wheat, blueberries Westchester, Los Angeles — an early Trader Joe’s — my only shopping stop….. living there, 20 years ago First dandelion flush for Dandelion Wine with another spring tonic, nettles
The Myth of Sustainable Agriculture
Obvious disturbance (in CA), with subsidized water Cover crops, yet another disturbance See The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith– interesting analogies
Cover crops redux
Small-scale on-site generated soil fertility — multi-species cover crop, on former wheat land Fertile soil, even under marsh marigold, buttercup (“weeds”) Vigorous root growth, fertile soil Various means of composting, all with pros and cons Vigorous cover crop growth Over-wintered greenhouse soils, in need of compost
Spring chickens
Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rock (one week old) Spring, chickens foraging outside …and a watchful cat
Celebration at the Co-op
Our lovely Bellingham Community Food Co-op event — Tuesday, May 1 — a Slow Food celebration……..The Slow Food movement links the pleasure of preparing and eating food to environmental sustainability and food community resilience, as embodied by marine forager Jennifer Hahn, master chef Charles Claassen of the Book Fare Café, Fourth Corner Slow Foodie Lisa…
Living the Good Life — processing (and baking with) our wheat
The process began with seeding the winter grains some time ago (see earliest posts) in our backyard homestead in Bellingham, WA. Then — separating the grain from the chaff, in a process called threshing and winnowing. Great video on this at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgVtZY3ouYM. Then the extra-cleaning begins, making sure there are no small stones present, before…
Trussing a chicken
Trussing a chicken (delivered by Acme Farm + Kitchen) ….. and beautiful macrobiotics, prepared by chef and food coach Teresa Rieland, see sweetveg.org
Tuesday food event at the Bellingham Community Food Co-op
A huge success….. with natural forager/adventure sea kayaker Jennifer Hahn, Fourth Corner Slow Food, RealFoodBellingham, and ACME Farms+Kitchen. May 1 at the Bellingham Community Food Co-op. See my article in the April issue of the Co-op Community News, “Slow Food: Resilient Food Systems.”The event featured examples of environmental sustainability and food community resilience. But leaving a…
Provocative Talk in Mt Vernon this Tuesday, April 24
Tuesday, April 24 in Mt. Vernon “Resilient Farms – Research and Implications.” The seminar is from noon to 1:00, with an open discussion to follow. For more information on my work, visit www.farmresilience.org/. A talk on the importance of small and medium sized farms in the North Puget Sound region and the disturbances threatening them….