Don't Feed Me Fodder

Welcome to my blog! Here you will find my thoughts about the current state of our food, and food supply. You will also learn about my attempts to feed my family as little conventionally produced food as possible.

Growing up we ate almost all of our food from the supermarket or local restaurants. I remember my grandmas both gardened but my parents did not. It wasn't until my freshman year of college that my roommate grew a tomato plant and I was instantly hooked. It amazed me that you could grow your own food right in your backyard (I mean, I *knew* you could do this but it just wasn't they way that I was raised). Each year I planted a larger and larger garden and became increasingly interested in different vegetable varieties and gardening methods. I learned to seek out locally grown food and became very interested in where our food comes from. That interest became something of an obsession when my daughter was born, in 2006. I was very concerned about the food that she ate and over the last two years I've increasingly attempted to grow and make more and more of the food that my family eats.

I know many of my friends see me as something of an extreamist. Maybe. But it is hard for me to feel or act differently when everytime I open the paper I read of more food recalls, increasing links between what we eat and poor health and the outrageous state of farms, farming and farm policy in our country.

This has become something dear to me and I hope my blog can help others see that it is not *that* difficult to make small food changes in your life that will make a big difference in the overall state of food affairs. Happy reading!