What’s Happenin’?
Friday, June 26th, 2009 | County Fare Site | No Comments
OK, it’s been awhile since I’ve been writing for CF. Truth is having a second child is like entering another universe where all of your time is sucked up by the breast milk black hole :^D Having another addition to the family is wonderful and I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea. Our children are fantastic, but time is at a premium now. Between family duties and my new job crafting and growing this little blogging experiment has had to, by necessity, take a back seat. That does not mean it has been abandoned just slowed… to a snails pace. Which I find rather appropriate considering the subject matter and my fondness of everything slow movement. Family First.
Behind the scenes I have been working on a new layout and tighter integration with some of my other web activities. This new layout and integration should make the site more functional as a publication as well as more aesthetically pleasing. I nearly have the information architecture complete and am obsessing over color schemes at the moment. Next, the content strategy will be redefined. I will try to update here a little more frequently in the near future as things come closer to completion. I also have a few things I really need to write about in the mean time as they are very important.
till then,
Dustin
VEGETARIAN’S NIGHTMARE
Friday, May 8th, 2009 | Food Activism, Food Writing, Organizations | No Comments
VEGETARIAN’S NIGHTMARE
by Baxter Black
a dissertation on plant’s rights
Ladies and diners I make you
A shameful, degrading confession.
A deed of disgrace in the name of good taste
Though I did it, I meant no aggression.
I had planted a garden last April
And lovingly sang it a ballad.
But later in June beneath a full moon
Forgive me, I wanted a salad!
So I slipped out and fondled a carrot
Caressing its feathery top.
With the force of a brute I tore out the root!
It whimpered and came with a pop!
Then laying my hand on a radish
I jerked and it left a small crater.
Then with the blade of my True Value spade
I exhumed a slumbering tater!
Celery I plucked, I twisted a squash!
Tomatoes were wincing in fear.
I choked the Romaine. It screamed out in pain,
Their anguish was filling my ears!
I finally came to the lettuce
As it cringed at the top of the row
With one wicked slice I beheaded it twice
As it writhed, I dealt a death blow.
I butchered the onions and parsley.
My hoe was all covered with gore.
I chopped and I whacked without looking back
Then I stealthily slipped in the door.
My bounty lay naked and dying
So I drowned them to snuff out their life.
I sliced and I peeled as they thrashed and they reeled
On the cutting board under my knife.
I violated tomatoes
So their innards could never survive.
I grated and ground ‘til they made not a sound
Then I boiled the tater alive!
Then I took the small broken pieces
I had tortured and killed with my hands
And tossed them together, heedless of whether
They suffered or made their demands.
I ate them. Forgive me, I’m sorry
But hear me, though I’m a beginner
Those plants feel pain, though it’s hard to explain
To someone who eats them for dinner!
I intend to begin a crusade
For PLANT’S RIGHTS, including chick peas.
The A.C.L.U. will be helping me too.
In the meantime, please pass the bleu cheese.
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-10
Friday, April 10th, 2009 | County Fare Site | No Comments
- thinking of an actual content strategy for the blog. asking if there are any topics/ideas that anyone feels need to be included? #
- 100 mile challenge. great idea! http://100mile.foodtv.ca/ #
County Fare uses BlueHost Web Hosting
Friday, April 10th, 2009 | County Fare Site | No Comments
Blue host has a lot of included services for a fair price. Check it out.
Takin a break
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 | County Fare Site | No Comments
Hello
As a few of you know my wife and I had our second child a little while ago. This combined with me working on finishing a degree in web design and interactive media leave little time to keep expanding and organizing our little food media experiment County Fare. But fear not many exciting things are happening at this time and we will soon be able to translate them into this blog. In the mean time if you have something to contribute feel free to do so. I have set this up as a community resource for us to exchange information that will help support local food supplies as well as the health that this can translate into in terms of ourselves and our local economies.
Dustin
North America and Europe in the same boat
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | Food Activism | No Comments
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Minnesota, Organizations, Recipes | No Comments
New members in the Vimeo Group
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 | County Fare Site | No Comments
A few month ago I started a Vimeo Account to show some of the great homegrown food videos that are there. Not really sure what to expect from the community I was mostly using it a means to bring meaningful content to County Fare in the limited amount of time that I have to do so at this time.
I finally returned to the group to find that there were new members signed up! Very Cool! The worlds foodies will unite! 
One member, Emily Ward, posted a video titled Real Food. You can see it here in the Video Feed, see the link at the top of the page, or go to the Vimeo Group page and see it there.
The Future of Food: Muy Importante!
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 | Food Activism, Health, Minnesota, Organizations | No Comments
The Future of Food, a film by Deborah Coons Garcia and Lily Films, is an important look into the state of our current food supply. People sometimes ask me why I have taken the stand that locally produced agriculture is important. My replies are always shallow because I can’t sit down with them for the hours it takes to explain the depth of the issue. This film is an excellent resource for knowledge and does a great job of stringing together the pieces of the puzzle that are often hidden from us.
Visit the web site
hmmm
Saturday, December 6th, 2008 | County Fare Site | No Comments
Thinking this broccoli pic needs to be changed sooner than later.
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- Would #HR2749 apply to me? http://bit.ly/y1ekz 1 week ago
- 100 mile challenge. great idea! http://100mile.foodtv.ca/ 2009-04-10
- thinking of an actual content strategy for the blog. asking if there are any topics/ideas that anyone feels need to be included? 2009-04-10
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