One of my greatest pleasures over the last twelve months has been having a backyard large enough to have a full organic garden underway. We have enjoyed our own carrots, beets, tomatoes, cilantro and peppers as well as many other delicious organic herbs. It is a daily pleasure for both my husband and I to go out and collect what we need from our garden rather than the store. Not to mention how much the environment is thanking us for cutting back on all the gas needed to drive back and forth from the store!
We live in Los Angeles which is extremely traffic overloaded so have worked to set our lives up to minimize our traffic time and lessen the impact on our environment. Having our own garden is a start as is shopping locally for local grown organic food.
One of the other pleasures I have discovered in our neighborhood is the Farmers Market which has all of the wonderful organic produce that I can add to my own home grown assortment when cooking. When we moved into our home, we didn’t know where to find a Farmers Market and through searching online I found this incredible site that locates your local market anywhere in the USA.
http://www.localharvest.org/
So if your backyard (or gardening skills) don’t allow for much homegrown produce - check out your local farms, farmers markets, groceries and restaurants through Local Harvest. Bon Appetit!
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