A Somber Tome to Spring

It’s been an eventful week. Spring is here. All my pet projects are starting their transplants. 4 Seasons City Farm has gotten a good start on setting up their gardens, Bella Cafe has their first salad pots ready for distribution to their host food pantry and Food not Bombs had their first seed starting party. Good things to come from all. This weeks research included looking into the urban chicken movement and the lack of local organic chicken feed. I even read a blog on how to raise my own grubs as a necessary protein component of chicken feed. Soy has been incorporated into most mixes but isn’t the most preferred protein, just the cheapest. I even watched a video about slaughtering a hog. Sorry you vegans/vegetarians but for now I think meat can be more holistic and localized, but still needs to be allowed and respected as a part of our society. I’m glad to see that The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is getting some good coverage. I was blessed to attend one of their Encuentro training workshops several years ago with my friend Oannes who offered up a Native American blessing on their gathering along with representatives from 7 other religions. It was truly inspirational to be there in support of workers rights and equality. Everyone should strive to understand why thinking globally and acting locally is so important. Respecting food from the ground up needs to be part of everyday living. Well that’s it for now. KG