A Party at the Farm

Today the whole family traveled 30 minutes North to the farm which grows our vegetables. We joined a CSA farm for the first time this year and today they had a party to kick off the season. 

What an important lesson to show your kids where their food comes from! I loved walking through the 3+acre garden with the children and showing them how broccoli grows. There is a disconnect in their minds between the food they see in the grocery store and the food growing here. I want to connect all those images for my kids. Instead of a bag of frozen broccoli that's purchased at a huge sterile store,  steamed up, then tossed in the garbage, I want them to see the plant and how little of the whole plant they are actually eating. And how the rest of the plant can be composted or used for seed. 

Seeing food as a means to an end has become epidemic in this country.  Instead of quantifying food by Weight Watchers points or carbs or whatever, think about the process involved. Think about the by-products and consequences of your food choices.

I pay money to the farmers, they invest it in their farm, grow food, and share a portion with us.

Seems direct enough to me. 

And they grow the most delicious beets I've ever tasted.