In other words, my behavior is just like that of a lot of people who've read Pollan's work: There's this need to feed my new self-image as a local-eating, nose-to-tail, sustainable preservationist -- unless it's too much work. So when I heard about Cardo's Sprout Farm Project, a vegetable and egg farm in Ponder that offers workshops on sustainable agriculture practices in exchange for volunteer work, I reached out, signed up for an afternoon of hauling mulch and talked with the farm's managers."....
Farm Fresh: Two Twentysomethings Dig In to Create a Sustainable Ag Project in Ponder - Dallas Restaurants and Dining - City of Ate
Farm Fresh: Two Twentysomethings Dig In to Create a Sustainable Ag Project in Ponder - Dallas Restaurants and Dining - City of Ate: "Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma might have changed my thinking about food, but it sure didn't produce any big changes in my actions. Oh sure, there was plenty of stomping around self-righteously for awhile, spouting big talk about joining a CSA and buying hens for the backyard and only eating at locavore restaurants, but let's face facts: A CSA would probably deliver nothing but yellow squash and zucchini; chickens probably produce more noise and stink than eggs; and there aren't many, if any, true locavore restaurants in DFW.
In other words, my behavior is just like that of a lot of people who've read Pollan's work: There's this need to feed my new self-image as a local-eating, nose-to-tail, sustainable preservationist -- unless it's too much work. So when I heard about Cardo's Sprout Farm Project, a vegetable and egg farm in Ponder that offers workshops on sustainable agriculture practices in exchange for volunteer work, I reached out, signed up for an afternoon of hauling mulch and talked with the farm's managers."....
In other words, my behavior is just like that of a lot of people who've read Pollan's work: There's this need to feed my new self-image as a local-eating, nose-to-tail, sustainable preservationist -- unless it's too much work. So when I heard about Cardo's Sprout Farm Project, a vegetable and egg farm in Ponder that offers workshops on sustainable agriculture practices in exchange for volunteer work, I reached out, signed up for an afternoon of hauling mulch and talked with the farm's managers."....
