Digest This
Lately the conversation amongst my foodie friends has gone something like this:
Friend 1: “Sustainable food is all the rage right now. It’s amazing that so many people are talking and writing about it!”
Friend 2: “That’s true, but how long do you think it will last? What if it’s just a fad?”
Whether Americans’ current obsession with all foods local and healthy will continue, dwindle, or change shape remains to be seen. For now, we think 2008 is off to a great start with three articles written about Hazon’s food work in the last week.
In Hadassah Magazine, Adeena Sussman writes about Tu B’shevat or (Tu Bishvat, as I’ve been scolded into writing even though it looks funny), Tuv Ha’Aretz and Community-Supported Agriculture, and organic kosher meat. Read it here.
The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles reports about how Tuv Ha’Aretz’s new LA location at Sinai Temple is bringing local, organic flavor to Southern California. Read it here.
Houston’s Examiner News also spreads the Jewish CSA gospel with an article on Tuv Ha’Aretz happenings at the JCC in Houston. Read it here.
So what do you predict? Will sustainable food stay hot in 2008, or are we destined to be eating out of cans again by the end of the year?
2 Responses to “Digest This”
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RivkaK Says:
January 7th, 2008 at 7:36 pmI joined a CSA. Here are some of my thoughts about it. first I LOVE the thought of it. I love the conversations it allows me to have with various people. I love the farmer and the people involved seem very nice. I want to be like this farmer and live on some land/have some chickens and cows…but I tried a home in the country and the rodents and scorpians and the white trash neighbors scared me away.So I feel I surround myself with people whom I like their lifestyle in hopes of my living through them! Ok, so all that is nice. But here is the truth….I am a 90% vegetarian that does not like that many veggies. I could eat spinach 5 times a day. I could eat romaine or iceberg lettuce salads every meal. But give me arugula and I will RUN! My CSA had so much Arugula that I found all kinds of way to make it, but can’t get over it is a bitter green. I don’t like anything bitter. My family thinks the fancy baby greens/mesculan mix is just weeds. So sad to say I tossed into my composter or gave away more than I actually ate.
I was not going to sign up again, as I am a huge spring/summer gardner. I grow heirloom tomatoes and all kinds of cucumbers. I have limited space in my backyard, so squash is out. So I signed up for the spring/summer to see how I like it. I will not sign up for fall though as it was way too many things I don’t eat.
I also have 3 farms within 2 miles of my house. I have never asked them if they are conventional or organic. Sadly they are being swallowed up by suburban sprawl. You can look in a new McMansion’s bathroom window from the cornfield.
I would like to know more about suburban farming! How can I maximize my land in my backyard, how can I have a few chickens in a humane coop, could I have pygmy goat that produces milk…..could I do any of the above under my home owners rules? ie…a pygmy goat is smaller than some dogs….some people have birds outside…a chicken is a bird… -
Leah Koenig Says:
January 8th, 2008 at 2:52 pmHere’s an interesting article from “Eat Local Challenge” responding to Amy Stewart’s insistence “All Things Considered” that we should all just shut up and eat. The localvores will not take that sort of insult lying down…
