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I Heart Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch

8/18/2011

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Remember that program on TLC, "Gardening Naturally"?  It was hosted by this couple who were very successfully four-season gardening in Maine (yeah... Maine): Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch.  They're my hero's... I used to watch that show religiously.  It was educational and soothing at the same time.  The two of them spoke in the same quiet, lilting tones as Bob Ross and his "happy little tree's".  [I totally aged myself there, didn't I? It is in syndication... somewhere]

*sigh*... I really miss that gardening show. 

I might even put in a TV again if they'd bring it back.

Anyway, I was just thinking about how I wish I was as good as these two at four-season gardening and I saw that they got this awesome shout-out in a really good article about sustainable (i.e. Organic) gardening and how it's really hitting a good stride these days (in certain areas). 

The article is here: New Farmers Finding Their Footing.  Enjoy!



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Why buy local when I can get California organic food at my Maryland Safeway?

10/27/2010

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I've been asked by folk outside of my normal "crunchy" community, "why would people buy your farm products if you're not certified organic when they can get organic products at Walmart or the supermarket?" 

That's a perfectly legitimate question and actually reminds me to put myself in an average consumers shoes.  Most of the folks I spend time with are other small farmers or conservation minded people like me (AKA "crunchy") and I forget that not everyone subscribes to Mother Earth News or has slowfoodusa.org bookmarked. 

It's true, I'm not certified organic.  The fact is, it would cost me nearly $1000 for that certification and I will never, ever sell enough surplus to justify the cost of a buzz-word endorsement from the USDA. 

I raise my animals primarily for my own consumption and enjoyment (I love those silly birds!).  I was tired of not knowing what, when and where my food was coming from and it doesn't get more local than my own backyard.  I only sell a portion of what I raise in an effort to provide my friends and neighbors with wholesome food and hopefully to offset my management cost a little.  Raising 20 vs raising 40 roasters is just about the same amount of work.  Honestly, I make no profit at all on my little side business, especially since I charge less than the big corporate organics.  My sole profit is knowing I'm doing the right thing for me, the animals I raise, and by spreading that out a tiny bit within my own community by selling at a wholesale price.  And my local demand still outpaces - by a wide margin - my ability to produce on my small scale (it's a one-woman show, for goodness sake).

Here's why other small, local farms and I have loyal customers: "Organic" in corporate agribusiness is a big.. fat.. lie.
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*OK, let me preface my following rant by saying that I'm not trying to be a scare-monger. But let's be realistic people... I know you've been watching the news. And I'm not even gonna discuss the enviro-ethos contradiction of shipping organics cross-country.*
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    Small town Calif. farm-girl leaves the ranch behind for many years of adventure at sea, travels the world, then moves to Washington DC in 2007 where she finds the perfect homestead to settle down: acres of secluded Southern Maryland woods where she goes granola by raising her quality of life, Mastiffs, ducks, chickens, and tomatoes {& one Bengal kitty}... sustainably.


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