I want this print
Should I shell out the $80?
Limited Edition Poster
This gorgeous, limited edition poster celebrates the 150 year anniversay at the St. Paul Farmers' Market. You can purchase one of these limited edition prints directly online via PayPal, or by printing out the order form available at right for offline ordering. Designed by Lowertown artist, Chad Nestor, in the agri-lithography style.
I'm going to start taking this eat local thing more seriously.
Also, Chris Clarke writes:
I myself have unwittingly bought tomatoes that were picked in California, shipped to Massachusetts for packaging, and then brought back to California for sale. Figuring a diesel semi gets around 5 miles per gallon, that's about 1200 gallons of fuel for one truckload's round trip. The US burns millions of gallons of fuel each year just moving food cross-country, and the notion of eating seasonal produce seems to be dying out with the local family farm. And produce picked early eanough that it can travel cross country before it ripens just tastes bad. Compare the best supermarket tomato you can find with an ordinary one from a backyard garden. The difference is astonishing.
No doubt. No tomatoes are better than the ones my mom and grandmother grow. Although Clarke doesn't provide a source for that California/Massachusetts claim, it does sound plausible.
Comments
Dunno about the $80. Depends
Dunno about the $80. Depends on level of St. Paul enthusiasm. But thanks for the links; these are very interesting considerations—especially as our home garden ramps up. I'm urging BP to plant extra corn so's we can freeze bags of ears. We already freeze zucchini and tomatoes, store garlic, and can beans, but I'm not sure whether I'm going to prevail in the 2006 Chez Howard Corn Quantity Debate. I'll use these links as grist for my argument.
Meh.
Yeah, you're right. I like the St. Paul Farmer's Market, but that's more money than I want to pay. Your veggies sound delicious!