It started with a post about eggs, an extended late night chat with my mom, and many years of thought on the topic, but here I am looking into this sustainability, slow food, organic farms and everything else edibly “green” movement and filtering my thoughts into a blog entry. So, I decided to peruse Gayla Trail’s You Grow Girl blogsite after I had posted a link to it in yesterday’s entry. The entry I specifically linked to was about local versus certified organic food in an attempt to follow my train of thought on the topic. She had included some useful links for those reading the entry and I followed through by using the first one. I have spent the better part of this evening being happily inspired to read, bake, and hit the road in the name of sustainable food from surfing this site: Sustainable Table.
This is a must stop for fellow Sietch-readers. There is an excellent little tool that will locate sustainable food sources near your provided zipcode. If you know of a source not on the list, they have an online report form that you can submit. I placed one about a great Cape Cod source of local organic produce: The Mid-Cape Farmer’s Market. I have been trying to attend this lovely venue this summer and have been happily surprised with great new food discoveries such as garlic blossoms, rhubarb, and excellent red and white potatoes. Also, there is a great table that has some wicked soaps (not sure how sustainable they may be…but they smell awesome) that are now a must of my shower routine!
Some of the staff from Sustainable Table are undertaking a road trip to celebrate the Farm Aid concert upcoming this Fall in New York. In a biodiesel-fueled bus, they are driving across the US and stopping at many farms and markets to eat great food and spread the word about sustainable food choices. One such recommendation is a book written about creating an organic kitchen called GRUB; follow the link for writing sample and recipe excerpts. Their blog site for their roadtrip is very interesting, filled with little viniettes of sustainable farming and food across the country. I love their idea of theming the tour by baking pies to share at hosted film events. The last stop before the concert is at a restaurant in Red Hook, NY called Gigi Trattoria and I am definitely considering an early fall trip to the New York area. I will of course post if I am able to make it.
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On a complete side note, any milk lovers out there? I have always been quite fond of the idea of being a dairy farmer. I truely believe it was part of a past life or a calling of sorts. However, a recent article completely intrigued me about raw milk, something I have had a passing curiosity about. I have milked a cow by hand, a fact I am quite proud of, but have never actually tasted the genuine article, so to speak. Not sure if I will got to the extent that some of these fanatics go, but given the opportunity, maybe one day I’ll take a swig from a milk pail.