raising food

  • Houston #2

    Pardon me, I’ve been a bit distracted from my original blog trajectory but I am now back in the groove of my continuing storyline! . . . . While being driven down Alabama Street from having given a foodways talk…

  • Garden Progress Update

    Starting with the soil; laying out the plan; making the beds; soon the veggies will obscure this view but it is the foundation of my annual gardening. 

  • Cows, Milk, and Agri-biz

    Heads up, folks. You can buy and consume foods with all the high fructose corn syrup and chemical additives you want but you don’t dare buy unpasteurized milk from a friend! My thoughts on this topic were sparked by the…

  • The continuing conversation about the ‘food desert’

    Further thoughts re the generous and thoughtful responses to my ‘food desert’ post. I do very much understand that individuals have little/no control over headers, headlines, or photos used in media. As a performer for many years I became used…

  • Rejecting the ‘food desert’ concept

    In response to FLAVOR MAGAZINE, June/July 2009 article titled Not Quite What I Was Looking For under the page header 'in the food desert."  Paul Ryan's description of his personal journey from home gardener to community gardener was timely.  It was…

  • My Best Cow and Calf

    AS you can see Cello was a beautiful animal.  Her temperament was gentle and she stood to be hand milked with never a twitch!  She was a Guernsey and her milk was so rich that by the time I would…