Do our Farmers care about Quality or Quantity?

One of my favorite desserts is to eat fresh strawberries drizzled with sweetened condensed milk. Delicious!!!!!!!!!!! However, there was nothing that the sweetened condensed milk could do to make those juicy red strawberries taste any better and in an instant my dessert went from hero to zero and it just simply sucked.

What are our farmers selling to stores these days? I see a lot of fruit that looks great but taste like cardboard. Apples, Grapes, strawberries you name it. Grant it for many of these fruits they are not in season, but that leaves me to think if they are not in season and we have them available, how are they made available. Farmers, Gardeners should produce vegetables and fruits like a well seasoned Chef prepares a meal. A seasoned Chef constantly tastes his food. Unlike some who just throw whatever is ordered on the table without tasting only to realize they suck from reading bad reviews. Sadly enough I want to say that the over whelming majority of veggies and fruits that I have purchased from the super market really suck. Ok I know I am ruined because I grow alot of my own produce;  But that's my point because I know what a vegetable or fruit should taste like.

I guess as consumers we do have a choice, some of us have more choices than others. in many parts of the states people have the opportunity to purchase locally grown food. I have used a great website Local Harvest.org to find local farms in my area. That strawberry must have really been bad for me to rant this long. But I hate being tricked by good looks and bad taste. Disappointing...... Big Sigh!!

Garden of Feedin (Community Garden)

Today was a busy day. I ran a 5k race and did pretty well and after which I linked up with a new established Community organizer for Columbus, Ga first ever Community Garden. It was a humbling experience to be around Nathan, Jonathan, and Dan. These guys have put words into action.

The vision is to orchestrate a functional community garden that is community self sufficient. There are many challenges along the way. But each will be met by volunteers who want to have a part in making the unsustainable sustainable. Everyday the word is getting out and with a little more each day the Garden of feedin will reach it's objective and that's to provide a healthy alternative for the homeless and activities for the public to partake that will contribute to the health of the community.

Today we talked about compost and water catchment systems. I could have talked forever and ever. These guys are great. they are all about action and within minutes we were setting stakes for where the compost bins would be placed. Outstanding!!