metro farming: CSA to the rescue!

Monday, August 17, 2009

CSA to the rescue!

CSA Week 12

Just when I was getting really bummed out about the state of the tomato season, my CSA had a really nice harvest of fruit today. In previous weeks, everyone was limited to one 3 lb. unit of tomatoes. Today we were allowed to take two units! So I got three lbs of Heirloom Ox Hearts for slicing and salads, and three lbs of hybrids. I made an excellent Marinara sauce with the hybrids, and I'll post photos of the sauce making process tomorrow...

2 comments:

MitMoi said...: those 'matter in the bowl sure are purty ...; August 17, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Christopher Paquette said...: They made an incredible pasta sauce!; August 17, 2009 at 11:47 PM

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"The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiasts; it is a fundamental part of human life."

Those words were written 30 years ago by Christopher Alexander in his book A Pattern Language in the chapter on vegetable gardening. Alexander warned of the disconnection that people have from their food sources, and the resulting insecurities and imbalances that follow. I firmly believe that we are now almost past the point of no return for most of American society in the loss of connection to the soil and our food sources. We make ourselves feel warm and fuzzy by buying organic foods at the Supermarket, and yet we have no idea where these foods were grown or how they were processed and packaged.

It is only by growing at least some of our own foods in soils that we have dug and prepared with our own hands, and in sharing that produce with our friends and neighbors, can we truly get back to the fundamental organic security that we all need as humans.

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