Grow your own vegetables
The economic crisis is here
Growing your own food is a practice for better sustainability: it avoids the carbon impact of industrial agriculture, it puts vitamins in your body, and it can also be easier on your wallet. This can be part of your plan for getting through the economic crisis.
Melissa Corrigan reminds us today:
Do you have a yard? Put some seeds in the ground. Like yesterday. You don’t need expensive raised garden beds, just dig up some garden plots and plant some seeds. Grab a bag of organic, non-GMO (this is necessary, don’t skimp—most GMO produce won’t regrow successfully) potatoes and put them in a closet. In a couple of weeks, come back to them, cut every sprouted eye, and plant them in something—a five-gallon bucket, a grow bag, or the ground. The Dollar Tree sells seeds for beans, squash, many kinds of basic produce, so you can buy them on any budget.
If you can’t garden, make finding your local farmer/CSA/farmer’s market your job. Find a food source that is as local as possible and begin supporting them now. Buy all your produce from a farmer’s market, co-op, or farm.
Her article, If Your Skin Is White, This Is Your Fight, touches on a variety of other topics, and I recommend it.
