KeepGreenGoing

Thanks to KGG contributor Alex Dow for an open, honest account of his meat-free week. My open, honest admission? I love meat, and that love is fiercely loyal.

For now, I’m sticking to my bone-gnawin’ guns. Even so, Alex’s food diary encourages me to do as he did and think about the consequences of consumption.

This builds on the lessons I’ve been gleaning from Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle — a remarkably clear-eyed treatise on food ably disguised as a winsome family memoir.

So far, I’ve learned to shudder at the thought of ever again buying fruit and vegetables off-season. I’m cultivating a farmers’ appreciation of the ominous Dark Storm Cloud. And I’m finding a whole bunch of ways to connect with my food by buying locally.

LINK IT UP! (from animalvegetablemineral.com)

• LocalHarvest: “The best organic food is what’s grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area…”
• New Farm’s Farm Locator: “Consumer Search links you to farms selling directly to consumers…”
• Farmers’ Market: “Farmers markets allow consumers to have access to locally grown, farm fresh produce, enables farmers the opportunity to develop a personal relationship with their customers, and cultivate consumer loyalty with the farmers who grows the produce…”