50 Book Challenge Update
Bryan and I have both finished reading Omnivor’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. After reading Omnivor’s Dilemma, Bryan and I decided we would make a concerted effort to start buying our food more locally. This is not exactly easy in the current structure of the U.S. Agricultural system. However, we have started by producing our own vegetables in the summer. More recently we have found a local farm (Laurel Creek Farm) that pasture raises chicken, beef, lamb, goat, duck, and ham. This past Friday, I bought our first round of meat from them: bacon, sausage, stew meat, and a whole chicken for $20. Not too shabby! All of their meat is pasture raised, which is how evolution intended it. Cows and sheep especially were never meant to be corn fed. We ate some of the bacon this morning … delicious! Laurel Creek Farm also has egg laying chickens, but in the winter they do not bring their eggs for sale unless you request it. So, I have ordered a dozen for next week. I am really looking forward to those eggs.
Anyhow, here is the updated list so far:
| Bryan’s List | Erin’s List |
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