Food plays such a major role in my life that I'd rather enjoy the time I spend with it than complaining or feeling like a drudge because I have to prepare supper. In addition, I wanted to lose weight and save money. I have managed to do both. Over the next few weeks I will discuss how that came about as we explore our relationship to food. I will continue to analyse the journey that food makes from the field where it is grown to the table where we eat it. There will be the occasional side trip into the world of processed and fast food. The focus will be on naturally grown and organic food as well as the family farm and urban agriculture. Food security is still my main concern.
Back to the beginning, the bread and peanut butter are just the tip of the food iceberg. I have eliminated both pastas and white rice. I do eat some brown rice but mostly in stews and soups, not as a main dish. I have increased my intake of raw foods and peas and beans. My slow cooker plays a starring role in our food preparations. Right now there is a vegetable stew deliciously developing.
From time to time I will include recipes with the week's offering as well as book reviews. I have chose a subtitle for my weekly column, Let's talk food. Why the focus on food? This statement from my web site is the answer.
"Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Without permanent agriculture there is no possibility of stable social order."
As we all must eat to live, we need to pay more attention to our agricultural systems and their importance to our well-being.
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