Our Rules

Ahem. Mm. Okay. It appears that our bar is set a little lower compared to all 'yall's (people actually say that). Our participatory intentions are more of an investigative adventure toward incorporating more local/homegrown foods into our tummies, and less of a full-on lifestyle makeover. We're learning that strictly following the FM lifestyle in these here parts is challenging. I'll support those findings in just a minute (can you tell I'm writing my grad. thesis this term?).

But first, Your Local A&P's rules:

1. Explore local & alt. food suppliers/producers - pick one.
2. Get to the F.Mkt. 2x/month
3. Stick more comestibles in the garden
4. Meal plan utilizing those three resources

So short and sweet, we did get to the Farmer's Market downtown last Saturday. It was packed with people, good food smells, asparagus, Peony stems, lots of greens & herbs, cheap perennials, asparagus, filberts, dogs everywhere, fern tips for roasting & eating, and the first batch of Hood River Strawberries (which sold out by 9:00). We got as many ingredients as we could for our Sat. night Spring Rolls - did pretty good, $$-wise. I don't think we'd go back very often, simply because it took us about 45 minutes to get there (driving + city bus). Our next goal: pick a FM closer to home!

-A&P