I hereby declare that I am of sound mind and reason. That I fully understand the implications of my diet and my digestive processes. That I have certain wants and tastes which may not be the norm in society today. I declare that I understand and accept the risks of consuming dirt with my [...]

Over on The Gastrocast Blog I have posted this piece on attitudes toward small farmers. I will mention it on this week’s episode of The Gastrocast as well. I think it is critical that we all pay attention to what is going on around us in terms of food security and availabilty and what [...]

This weekend was our mini applefest. We didn’t intend it to be such, and we didn’t advertise it, although a few more hands to help might have been nice. . . .
Over the past month we’ve been gathering what must have been several hundred pounds of apples from our neighbors trees, abandoned orchards and [...]