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Biodynamic and Organic Farmers: I'll Have What They're Having
Monday, July 11, 2011 at 8:42PM 
There’s a famous scene in When Harry Met Sally when Meg Ryan, in a crowded deli, proves that women do fake orgasms, often and convincingly, with a 90 second gasket-blowing, table-thumping, orgasm imitation, oh-oh-oh-OHhhhhhhh-YES,YES, YES! The punch line comes when a middle-aged woman glances at her and then the waiter and says “I’ll have what she’s having.”
Well I’ll have what they’re having, THEY being organic and biodynamic farmers. I attended a biodynamic study group last year for no reason other than I was interested. At the time I wondered, are these people beautiful just because they are young or are they beautiful because they are connected to the earth, eating good food and doing what they love? Whatever the reasons for their beauty, their peace, their earnest but practical care for the land, I’ll have what they’re having.
I recently attended a workshop on organic farming, again because I was interested. Kudos to Solano County’s Agriculture Commissioner and the county’s U.C. Davis Cooperative Extension for doing this two hour panel discussion to help farmers and landowners learn about paperwork, subsidies, soil samples, inspectors and so much more to do with getting started farming organically.
Matt McCue and Lily Schneider, Suisun Valley's Shooting Star FarmThe panelists were not the kind of folks who save the earth by sitting in trees and stirring up publicity. They are young men and women, working within the system, through conservation programs and community supported agriculture groups, to improve our health and our world.Once again, I don’t know why, but they were beautiful, and not a mascara wand among them.
I’ll have what they’re having.
Reader Comments (1)
Organic farming is on hype and most of the farmers are adopting this method. As it is developed under sustainable farming method so it is safer and free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers. It is purely natural and saves our beloved earth and environment from artificial chemicals.