I come from a family who loves and loved to eat. A couple generations back, most of them were also farmers and some still are. Unfortunately, they have all the prejudices of many people in Indiana. When my cousin and I were at a reunion, we, OMG, stayed at a motel owned by Indians and ate at a Mexican restaurant. Fox was on everywhere. H…
I come from a family who loves and loved to eat. A couple generations back, most of them were also farmers and some still are. Unfortunately, they have all the prejudices of many people in Indiana. When my cousin and I were at a reunion, we, OMG, stayed at a motel owned by Indians and ate at a Mexican restaurant. Fox was on everywhere. Here one of our principles is to buy locally and support farmers and ranchers who do things right. The Saturday Market is over for the season, but when we grocery shop at a locally owned store, I look for things that are local. I also try not to buy things out of season which have travelled a long way. I also have a garden and it is mostly done....still have parsnips, carrots, and celeriac in the ground, for the season. Some of the neighbors around here also share from their gardens. We also support the local food bank.
Mine too, Lynell. I taught in a rural school district that was heavily Catholic and then up the canyon, heavily fundamentalist. Based on that and what my friends who live there say, I cannot have a lot of hope. We have a lot of pastors around with small churches that they can lord it over....pun intended. Lots of home schooling as well, not the Catholics, they have a Catholic system in this small town, but often to the detriment of the kids. It's too small a place actually for a Catholic system, but they had a wealthy Catholic lumber benefactor. That alone has caused all sorts of problems and resentments. We had students we called Regis rejects because they did not have to follow due process and could throw kids out easily. Sometimes we knew who was coming to us. Our kids also somehow believed they were inferior which was total BS. I had to explain to my basketball team once that there are good people and bad people and bad people can be found anywhere, even in religious schools.
I come from a family who loves and loved to eat. A couple generations back, most of them were also farmers and some still are. Unfortunately, they have all the prejudices of many people in Indiana. When my cousin and I were at a reunion, we, OMG, stayed at a motel owned by Indians and ate at a Mexican restaurant. Fox was on everywhere. Here one of our principles is to buy locally and support farmers and ranchers who do things right. The Saturday Market is over for the season, but when we grocery shop at a locally owned store, I look for things that are local. I also try not to buy things out of season which have travelled a long way. I also have a garden and it is mostly done....still have parsnips, carrots, and celeriac in the ground, for the season. Some of the neighbors around here also share from their gardens. We also support the local food bank.
It's my hope, Michele, that Biden's road trip to the families in rural areas will help them see he is truly supporting him.
Mine too, Lynell. I taught in a rural school district that was heavily Catholic and then up the canyon, heavily fundamentalist. Based on that and what my friends who live there say, I cannot have a lot of hope. We have a lot of pastors around with small churches that they can lord it over....pun intended. Lots of home schooling as well, not the Catholics, they have a Catholic system in this small town, but often to the detriment of the kids. It's too small a place actually for a Catholic system, but they had a wealthy Catholic lumber benefactor. That alone has caused all sorts of problems and resentments. We had students we called Regis rejects because they did not have to follow due process and could throw kids out easily. Sometimes we knew who was coming to us. Our kids also somehow believed they were inferior which was total BS. I had to explain to my basketball team once that there are good people and bad people and bad people can be found anywhere, even in religious schools.