The owners of the farm are Matt and Karin Broughton, and this is the same farm that Justene and I volunteer at in trade for knowledge and some fresh food. ?Knowing that Karin and Matt are awesome farmers and so full of knowledge about the science of growing good food and the difference between organic and poisonous food and how poisonous food is being linked back to an accumulative amount of health problems and how supporting the local economy by way of eating locally grown food will improve not only the local?(and national)?economy but cure more than half those accumulative health problems and solve a ton of environmental problems at the same time,,,,, and cost us (the so called vote) less money, ?is something that Justene and I are sure will make an amazing farm tour. (thanks for blowing our minds again M & K)
After the brief introduction of bikers to farmers, the Broughtons lead us out in their immaculate field of 240 varieties of vegetables; including patches with 7,000 bulbs of garlic, 28 varieties of tomatoes, 22 kinds of peppers, perfect rows of onions, carrots, peas, kale, lettuce,,,,,, ?It's enough to make a full man hungry, and in the middle of all this "here's how you grow good food, and grow good food well, and how it's changed our lives and can change your life too.... people started to get this feeling of, "wow, this is awesome."
Standing there I ?really began to think about the weight of the words Matt and Karin were saying; and this was not the first time I've heard them both get going about the local food issue, and how it relates to everything greener in our world today. ?In fact I love it when either one them starts talking passionately about food and farming and all the bull-stack (big ag. dirty governments, and the shit storms of Monsanto) going on in the world. ?This is one of the reason the Sweet-Bangss get along so well with the Broughtons; we like to speak the same language. ?For us, Justene and I are so happy to have friends like Karin and Matt and we know how fortunate we are to be able to get a working education from them as well.
As I stood there considering how much local food I consume I started to think, wow I'm not at all a locavore. ?But that would be awesome if I was, or if even half the food I eat was locally sourced. Even though I know food comes from farms and not made in the grocery store, I don't know who grows the food I eat, and this idea of really getting to know my farmer seemed to start to sink in.
Smart and obvious, the idea that the person growing my food should be someone I know made me feel funny inside. ?Is this how disconnect to our food we really are? When the idea of meeting the people that grow the food we eat, is a little funny, and strange. ?Why should I meet my farmer? I ask myself.
If not for anything else than, maybe because I need to heal my relationship with food. This relationship to food is also my relationship to the world around me and the environment, it's also the relationship I have to myself; the insides of myself, my health, my fitness level, and my peace of mind (or lack there of). Simply knowing where my food comes from, and knowing it's fresh and poison free doesn't sound like a difficult thing when I start to think about things a little. ?Trouble is, with all the distractions in daily life, (tabloids, bike races, personal dramas, jobs, money,,, and buying things I don't need) my thoughts get stolen away from how sexy fresh veggies are. ?Round and curvaceous, veggies are the sexiest foods available. ?They're alive and colourful, yet I forget about them all the time, as I pass by billboard after billboard of fast food and fake superstars.
Thanks to everyone who came out for last weeks ride. ?We'll keep doing this as long as we have your support. ?Thanks Bozeman.....
Source: http://humanpoweredmountaineers.blogspot.com/2012/07/3-fiddles-farm-bridger-canyon-montana.html
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