Act on the one thing you know

My friend Dixon Kinser posted this entry to his blog a few days ago:

Quoting Dixon quoting Jennifer Schrock from Simply in Season:

If I had to put what I believe about food and the environment into two words of advice, I would say this: Celebrate hope.

If
you can find a farm, a market, a store where you can see that love for
the earth and for future generations is a priority, sell all that you
have and buy their food. If you can find friendly faces in your local
food systems that are willing to go beyond public relations and discuss
tough questions, hug them! If you can smell the Spirit of God on their
sweet potatoes, buy 20 pounds! Eat those potatoes with gusto, thanking
God that someone, somewhere has a vision.

You are not consistent
in all areas of your life? Lord have mercy on you, a sinner: act on the
one thing you know. You can only afford one holy sweet potato and the
rest is boxed macaroni and cheese? Act on what you can afford. You will
love that sweet potato and the earth that grew it even more.
- Jennifer Schrock, Goshen, Ind.

In our microwave, pill-popping society, our food supply tries to deliver. Pesticides, unneeded antibiotics, genetic engineering, whatever it takes. You want strawberries in November? No problem, they’ve been sitting in a warehouse for a month since we got them from Chile. Our insistence on eating foods out of season (and oh by the way, it better be cheap) is harming our world. But the greatest damage being done is to ourselves. For an eyeopening look into our industrialized food system and the alternative (farm friendly food), a good quick read is Joel Salatin’s Holy Cows and Hog Heaven.

To test the alternative, try buying a few things from the Franklin Farmers Market or the farmers market nearest you. Get to know the people that grow your food.

By the way, my favorite farm is just a few miles away from me at Rocky Glade Farm.

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