December 2012 – Eat Mendocino

The Kid Speaks

I’m surrounded by food. Without even turning my head I can see a variety of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, dried beans in Mason jars, potatoes, honey, pickled things, greens, onion chips, a squash, garlic, and a box of wild mushrooms.In the drawers there’s even more garlic, more dried beans, another potato, onions, more squash, and driedContinue reading “The Kid Speaks”

Start where you are

We are two days away from the New Year and I am relatively unprepared. The last two weeks have given me just enough time to clean out my pantry and binge on a bunch of things that I don’t normally eat anyway, just for the sake of it. In between ice cream sundaes, corn chipsContinue reading “Start where you are”

Ruminating, involving ruminants.

Some thoughts on my former too-extreme version of this project and some speculation on how we’ll adapt this year: When I faced down actually doing this I found I had to change some major ways I had interacted with food for most of my adult life. At times this was awesome, and created a senseContinue reading “Ruminating, involving ruminants.”

The germination of the idea

I’m a small farmer- a micro farmer really. I manage a non-profit farm to school market garden. We have just about two acres, which are laid out incredibly inefficiently, have hard clay soil with no drainage, a north facing slope, and buildings sited to fully embrace every bit of the wind that comes whipping offContinue reading “The germination of the idea”

The Big Idea

Two days ago, Gowan stopped by my house to pick up my lemon tree to keep it safe from the winter frost. She mentioned that it was only a couple of weeks away from the New Year – a year of eating local. I said, “Oh, are you still doing that?” She replied, “I wantContinue reading “The Big Idea”