Planting Beets, Demeter Calendar, the fall of the food industry
Lots of talk about the price of food lately. It’s nuts to see kale going for a dollar a leaf. But when large scale farms are getting money from the government and small farmers get none, you can expect to be eating lots of genetically modified corn and soybeans.
But there is another problem in the mix now. Agribusiness is opting to grow corn for ethanol because of government money. So instead of eating, we are driving our polluting cars.
I don’t think it takes a genius to see the problem upon us. The fall of the food industry and the auto-only transportation system is here. And meanwhile, our health crisis is growing by leaps and bounds every day. How we react will determine our fate.
I’m biased, but I think the best way to react is to turn to organic, biodynamic farming. Our health crisis is because of our food crisis. Our transportation problem is lessened by local, sustainable agriculture. We could slow Global warming considerably by turning away from modern, corrupt agribusiness right now.
But we need to do this right now.
I hope we do.
So, to combat this problem, I’m planting beets. It’s late, I know, but the ground is just now workable here. Strange spring, but we are thankful for it. We planted in hills, well a ridge actually, one long ridge about five to six inches tall down a row. Did a shallow row, 1/4 inch on top and planted the seeds.
I’m not following the demeter calendar as much as I had hoped. The weather and the demeter calendar has failed to coorespond this year.
I would love more resources on biodynamic and demeter. If anyone knows of some great ones, let me know!
Peace,
Breann
