This is an e-mail exchange I had today. Lxxxx sent an article about food and what's in food. Cxxxxx replied. So did I.
Thanks for this article, Lxxxx. As logical as it is, I still don't want to be a farmer. Cxxxxx
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Exactly Cxxxxx! Most people don't. The simple numbers attest to that.
There are those of us who don't necessarily want to be farmers but who do want to foster a transition to a society where we can trust our food. Where we are not at risk of the collapse of our food supply system. Where our food is not the cause of our disease.
The biggest problem in trying to create a healthy community is that our lifestyles are dependent upon the easy availability of food. Fast food and processed food and microwave food. Easy feeding. I do not find it necessary to indict this lifestyle. It is the reason why I have time to do the things I do, like take a permaculture course, work full-time and grow a garden.
What I want to do is make a way for our community to have locally available, organic food, cooked and sustainably transported to your home.
By jove it's a green job! Does anyone want to give me money to make this happen?
Gini
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Well no one is offering money but what I did get by way of offering is the use of a spot of land behind a house. It's a beginning.
Can you imagine going shopping for food outside your back door? I know. I didn't either. Nor did I imagine cooking my own food, or learning how to preserve it and store it for winter, nor any other mundane (survival) thing like that.
So how's this? I can create a food forest and a kitchen garden for a client. I will maintain it, harvest it, preserve the bounty and recommend storage.
And I will cook it and bring it for supper. It's 21st century fast food! Well okay this idea involves all kinds of things like licensing and public health and all that stuff . . . and I still don't cook. But I can partner with one who does.
We can open a fast fresh food restaurant and using a portion of food from clients' gardens have food prepared and ready and all they have to do is come by with their own non-disposable plates, pick out what they want and take it home. This can't be a new concept. I'm sure it's done somewhere.
