I have a garden.
This is the spinach Amy harvested yesterday. Good crop, although I need to get out there and weed (or convince some students that it’s part of a local, natural experiment and they should volunteer; happens all the time).
I don’t think it’s sustainable to drive 11,000 miles to brag about it. I just like my garden. And I have an excellent crop of blackberries and raspberries coming in.
I still won’t drive 11,000 miles to brag about it.
I was on this panel discussion at Kansas State about a month ago, where we were all told to talk for 6-8 minutes, and of course, the organic person talked scientific bullshit for 40 minutes.
And she drove to the meeting, while I rode my bike.
At what point did organic/natural/local types capture the language of sustainability? Even if they drive 11,000 miles to talk about it? I know lots of farmers who grow lots of decent food (far more than I could) and they are the stewards of sustainability, yet, the critics have captured the language.
Conventional farmers, get your voice out there.