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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
- oh yeah
- Love
- successes and failures
- Hurrah for (kind of) local juice!
- Wow, it has gone fast!
- You must be brave
- Perhaps to give you some insight
- Finale: The Meaning of Life
- Meeting Joel Salatin ... and other posts from the cutting room floor
- The snack that does what?
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Omnivore's Dilemma
Posted at 8:38 AM on May 4, 2008 by Gina Keenan
In early March, my husband and I attended a discussion of the "Omnivore's Dilemma" written by Michael Pollen. It was a very interesting, thought provoking discussion. Many of the issues that have been discussed in Locavore Nation blogs were brought up. But in retrospect, what was even more interesting was the fact that thirty or so people attended this discussion, and only a few of those had read the book. You can definitely interpret that to mean several things, but I am taking the liberty to interpret that to mean people are that interested in food issues that they are willing to take two hours out of their day to find out more about them.
Another item of interest was the ages of the people that attended ranged from college age to the late 70's. The age group most notably absent was my husband and my group.
One of the comments that stuck with me was made by someone who was a child during WWII. He said "where are the victory gardens?", and mentioned how when he was a child, you would could walk down the street and eat fruit. Yes, the fruit trees are gone, and have been replaced with grass and arborvitaes.