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Dirt is Everything

Thursday Sep 10 2009

By Sharon Knoll | Bio

I think an essential part of literacy today is literacy with food growing. I was raised on farms and in urban gardens (although we didn’t have the word ‘urban’ at that time). Translated: Mom and Dad were raised in Kansas and settled in the big city of Denver after WWII. Our vacations consisted of driving to Kansas and helping bring in the harvest. I got to stay until the end of summer. During those summers, we just ate great food[Read More]

Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action
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Tagged with: compost dirt growing_power sustainable_agriculture vermicompost will_allen

Our Food and Health: At the Tipping Point

Wednesday Sep 02 2009

By Sharon Knoll | Bio

I come from generations of food growers. And it is clear to me that eating is one of the most intimate of actions. We take into ourselves the whole of the plant or animal, including the environment in which it was raised and killed. We take in the work and the well-being, or lack of well-being, of those who feed us. When my daughter was younger and went through a McDonald’s phase she wanted to know why the meat didn’t taste as good as the grass-fed beef raised by some friends of ours. Their beautiful cattle were allowed to roam and eat the grass, rather than be fed in filthy feedlots, standing in manure.

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Written by eldering at Health
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Tagged with: animal_welfare david_leonhardt food food_safety health sustainable_agriculture wellbeing