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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Hooray for Heirloom Apples!

Laura Pedrick for The New York Times

...a nonprofit group called Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT), which works with Slow Food, has declared this the year of the heirloom apple.


The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist (Chelsea Green's Master Grower Gardening Series)


The New Book of Apples: The Definitive Guide to Over 2,000 Varieties
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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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