Quote of the Day
I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable in order to feed me. If I am going to eat meat. I want it to be from an animal that has lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on bountiful pasture, with good water nearby and trees for shade. And I am getting almost as fussy about food plants.
Wendell Berry (What Are People For)
An article on feedlots for your reading disgust by Sprol.
Eat Wild has a lot of information on pastured meat & dairy.
Mr Chiots and I eat mainly venison (thanks to my hunting dad) and pastured meat, chickens, eggs, turkeys and dairy from pastured cows (raw milk directly from Robert’s Farm). Anyone else out there on the pastured bandwagon?
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For Your Reading Pleasure
I read an article at the SF Chronicle featuring Barbara Kingsolver (author of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle) about Canning tomatoes feed the souls, the body. Read on.
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Life Off the Grid
We’re living off the grid here at Chiot’s Run, we didn’t leave the grid – the grid left us. We lost power on Sunday night around 8pm (while canning pears, photos will be posted when we’re back on-line), the electric company says we’ll have electric again, “Possibly by the 21st”. Good thing my sister & brother-in-law had a generator they loaned us to help keep all those berries in the freezer in tip top shape. So we’re busying ourselves with canning (good thing I have a gas stove) and working outside (we have tons of sticks to pick up). See you sooner than later I hope.
Thanks to Panera Bread for providing internet service for this posting (and a delicious lunch).
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Donating the Harvest
I came across this post on the Gardeners Supply Blog about how they donate all their extra produce to a food shelter. I’ve considered starting a community garden here in our town and encourage people to donate some of their produce to the local food shelter. I don’t have much produce to speak of this year, but maybe next year I’ll be able to take some in for them.
Have you ever donated any of your harvests to a local food bank? Or do you think you would grow a few things just to donate?
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The Green Fair
We try to be pretty environmentally friendly here at Chiot’s Run. Our gardens are all organic, no chemicals, no pesticides, only all natural products are used. We have a rain water collection system and we save some gray water for our watering needs. We recycle what we can and try to reuse products as well. I’m always thrilled when I find other doing the same. I was pleasantly surprised by all the green I found at the Wayne County Fair last Sunday. In the school art barns some of the projects were about recycling and being more environmentally friendly.
There were little sprinkles of green throughout the fair (though no recyclables trash cans were to be found, we’ll have to work on that).
As we were leaving we noticed the Sustainable Energy Network Booth, so I stopped to pick up some literature. They had a small solar panel and a wind turbine powering their booth.
Hopefully this will raise awareness in Wayne County on the importance of being environmentally friendly. Now, I wonder when they’ll have an organic produce barn?
Here are 2 of the handouts I picked up at the fair. If you live in NE Ohio, you might be interested in attending a few of the events listed in the Greening Your Home Series. The Ohio Solar Tour is October 4-5, I may be touring a few of the homes.
SEN Directory of Resources, Incentives and Support
This concludes our Wayne County Fair coverage, tomorrow we will resume regular posting.
