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I found this entertaining and informative video, “Store Wars”, over at Mother Earth Soup via Path to Freedom. With characters Cuke Skywalker, Obi Wan Canolli, Darth Tater, and Chew Broccoli, the Free Range Studios video is a humorous look at organic vs. chemical grown foods. I hope you will enjoy “May the Farm be With You” as much as I did.
Be sure to check out Mother Earth Soup and Free Range Studios.
My copy of Mother Earth News arrive a couple of days ago, but I didn’t have time to sit down with it until last night at bedtime. Perusing the magazine in bed, I suddenly sat up with an Oh My Gosh!…waking DH. He didn’t know what had hit him. After apologizing for my over-zealous exclamation, I shared my excitement about seeing an article by Jules Dervaes in Mother.
It seems that I am a late comer in this knowledge. I vaguely remember something being written at Little Homestead in the City, but with all the sickness at my house I had made a mental note to return to the post later when I could concentrate. I had no idea it was being published in Mother Earth News!
WooHoo to the Dervaes Family! See the article at An Amazing and Productive Urban Homestead. Afterwards you might run over and check out their newest project–Freedom Seeds, “the revolutionary new seed sovereignty movement spearheaded by the non profit Dervaes Institute.”
Now I have gone and done it. Not only have I joined facebook, but I have actually formed my very own first group for the Lighten the Load Challenge. So if you are a facebook user, rush right over there and join the group. If you are not a facebook user, now is as good a time as any.
While I was at facebook today, I was able to add Jules Dervaes and Path to Freedom to my friends list. You know I can never get enough of them.Hope to see you there soon!
This is part one of the new video over at Path to Freedom Urban Homesteaders. It gives a QUICK look at garden before an interview with Farmer D.
I have more to say, but we are running out the door to catch a movie with DD as a belated birthday celebration. Oh, and I want to say that My Hero came home with a small cake to celebrate last night. 
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I was just reading my friend Anita’s great post, Off Grid, Part-Time at Prairie Dreams about a family who is going off the grid and eating locally for a one month trial.
When I began thinking about eating locally or growing my own food, I found inspiration at Path to Freedom with their 100 Foot Diet Challenge. My garden is small and actually looking like it may never produce ANYTHING, so I feel a bit defeated at the moment.
Here are the specs for the Urban Homesteader/Path to Freedom 100 Foot Diet Challenge….
If not from BACKYARD, then Locally produced (PTF’s addition)
If not LOCALLY PRODUCED, then Organic.If not ORGANIC, then Family farm.If not FAMILY FARM, then Local business.If not a LOCAL BUSINESS, then Fair Trade.
In the past, Anita and I have shared our concerns over not being able to find much locally grown produce available for purchase. We hope that soon the Farmer’s Market will be able to assist with this dilemma, but I began thinking about an alternative for future seasons after I left a comment on her post. What if Anita and I cooperated with each other…with a backyard C.S.A.? We live within 20 miles of each other, so that would certainly meet the 100 Mile Diet requirements. What if we found just two more backyard farmers who were interested in the same?
I don’t quite have the logistics of how this might work, but it is definitely something to think about for when Anita is moved into her house and has her garden growing. Do you think I should have asked Anita first, before putting her garden up for barter?
