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June 17, 2010

What to eat, what to eat...

A new blog I have enjoyed reading is the "Urban Homestead." Although this family is the extreme example of self-sustained healthy living, they have tons of amazing ideas! It also makes me jealous of their California growing season!

One quote I liked from a recent post is regarding choosing food sources. The "chain" begins with what you can grow in your own yard (and you should see their yard! Who knew you can fit so much on a city lot!).

If not from backyard, then locally produced
If not locally produced, then organic.
If not organic, then family farm.
If not family farm, then local business.
If not local business, then fair trade.


Great chain and one I need to work at following more closely! I have learned that healthy, unprocessed eating generally involves more time, research, and work than simply hitting the supermarket!

In other growing news-my plants are sprouting! I have carrots, peas, sunflowers and spaghetti squash all coming in! I have my lettuce and spinach planted (better late than never) and am waiting to see little green shoots from them.

This year I have planted lettuce both in the salad table (see previous post) and in my yard, to see which grows better. I will let you all know how that goes!

Happy Eating!