In Vermont Peak Oil Newsletter - January 2009
Last year, when my partner and I spent the winter in Vermont, we tried to buy only local foods that were IN SEASON. Perhaps you can imagine how challenging it was to find locally grown, organic food at a time of the year when there was snow on the ground. So, this year, instead of getting frustrated about organic veggies being shipped across the continent, we decided to stock up in the fall, like people used to do in the "good old days" :)
*We called up a local farmer that we met at the farmers' market and bought organic squash, potatoes and carrots to last us for 2 or 3 months.
*We made an agreement to do work exchange with a local farmer for greens and other veggies. We got one big harvest in and will look forward to eating and working in the spring!
When I hear about "the bad economy", I find it easy to fall down the slippery slope of fear into scarcity mode. I would describe both scarcity and abundance as self-reinforcing loops - the more we sow, the more we reap, and the more we have new seeds to sow again more of the same. Gladly, I've been reminded recently that abundance can be found and cultivated, even in hard times.
