Okay, So I know I said I wouldn't make this blog into anything political and would confine its contents to the experience I have with growing my own food. That experience is going great, and I even revived three tomato seedlings from near death today. Quite a satisfying experience. But!
This is not the stuff for blogs, I've discovered, as plants actually grow quite slowly. For anyone who's stayed awake through this relatively boring process (not boring for me of course, but nobody wants to vicariously experience plant growth...) I thought I'd share some more interesting, and still VERY pertinent links, for your learning and reading pleasure:
First, an exciting article in today's Baltimore Sun about the appointment of a 'food czar' also known as an individual working in city government to oversee the access to healthy food within a city, including farmer's markets and urban gardens:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-food-policy-director-20100511,0,4699148.story?page=1
Second, an inspiring moment for corporate America:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/dining/12gardens.html?hp
And third, a truly interesting look at the state of food access in the United States and its relationship to race, class, and geography:
FINALGroceryGap.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Check back soon for a more detailed update on the garden occupying/taking over my living room.
p.s. Laura Marling, No Hope in the Air
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