TWL, Board, me.
The amount of time spent volunteering has been one of the great changes in our lives since moving. For me, it’s usually either maintaining the forest trails or helping with farm work on behalf of the Trust for Working Landscapes.
For the TWL I’ve recently participated in a couple of different parties:
I enjoy being outside, giving back to the community and definitely love the food. When my wife wants work done around the yard she refers to it as a “work party” to encourage my participation.
Now I’m involved at a level I’ve never before experienced — last night I was elected a voting member of the TWL Board. I’m looking forward to more involvement in this organization as I really value its principles. I’m a firm believer in sustainable agriculture, fear the industrial food supply which feeds most of the US and want to promote local food & farming efforts.
Some reading if you’re interested:
If you know of others please comment.
Eat locally, eat well.
Hi, Brian –
We have even more in common than distributed architectures, it seems. In addition to your excellent reading list, you should definitely read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. It chronicles a year in her family’s life in trying (mostly) to eat locally. Everything she writes is fantastic, but this one is particularly apt.
Take care,
– Randy
@Randy,
I’ve added Animal, Vegetable, Miracle to the queue and look forward to reading it.
Where I fail most miserably on eating locally is coffee and chocolate, though I usually choose those procured through Fair or Direct Trade practices. I shudder to think about a world without access to quality espresso and dark chocolate.
thanks, brian
I haven’t seen it in person yet but The Mountaineers just released one which might be an addition to the list: Eat Where You Live