I couldn’t resist. I found this YouTube Video interview about Nash’s Organics. What I like about it is that it is a realistic depiction of the “romance” of local food (e.g. farmer’s markets, strawberries) with the reality of the work, commitment and organization required to deliver the romance. In the video you will hear about getting up at five to hand pick the strawberries, washing them, boxing them, loading the truck, driving to market, setting up the stand, waiting on customers for 6 hours, packing up and getting home bone tired. Then you get to get up the next day and do something similar again.
I can’t tell you how personally grateful I am that we have people willing to do all of that for the usually small monetary rewards they get…and how important it is that we help them.
Having said that I also believe that another gift that farmers and farms have for us is the opportunity to learn about the joy of hard work and the sense of accomplishment in working on the land. That’s right, working hard with good people and accomplishing something valuable for people is good fun. Just like the folks in the picture above at the Great Freedom Ranger Roundup of 2008. Contact your local farmer sometime and give it a whirl. And, join the KCAA and help farmers.
Enjoy the video and speak soon.
I enjoyed listening to that tonight! I would like to go on the Tilth Farmwalk in September to Nash’s in Sequim! Thanks for sharing!