I'm learning to be a locavore. I was inspired by reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. After hearing Al Gore speak, it seemed like the right path. It disturbs me that my vegetables travel as much as I do, especially considering that I travel a lot for work.
What made the change easy: giving up soy milk (and my struggling vegetarianism) in favor of locally produced sausages.
What makes it hard: remembering that the extra cost for some things is my investment in the environment.
What makes it particularly fabulous today: being able to justify buying 17.5 pounds of strawberries in one weekend and having them cost a fraction of what they would in grocery store.
By the way, the picture only shows about 2/3 of the total.
What made the change easy: giving up soy milk (and my struggling vegetarianism) in favor of locally produced sausages.
What makes it hard: remembering that the extra cost for some things is my investment in the environment.
What makes it particularly fabulous today: being able to justify buying 17.5 pounds of strawberries in one weekend and having them cost a fraction of what they would in grocery store.
By the way, the picture only shows about 2/3 of the total.
2 comments:
And, what are you going to DO with 17 1/2 lb strawberries? I have a wonderful strawberry/balsamic ice cream base recipe.
Katherine
Ah. Well, most of them are being sliced and frozen for future use, since I will shortly be traveling out of the country. If the ice cream recipe could handle frozen strawberries, that would be wonderful to have.
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