Within the next five years or so I would like to be producing and direct-marketing sustainable, natural, organic, green, slow, local food. I’ll get into what that ridiculous list of words (along with others such as polyculture, permaculture, and rare breeds) all mean both to me and to others as we go along. For now let’s just say that I want to run a small farm and a big garden with a minimum of chemicals and machinery. At the moment my vision is a little idealistic and in spots it is as contradictory as an Amishman with an iPhone, but the details are beginning to work themselves out and I have plenty of time to get them all in place.
Once Michelle and I decide that this is really going to happen, the most fundamental question is where it will happen. The most obvious and most likely answer is my family’s farm. Michelle and I are very fond of the ocean and mountains as well as the cultural advantages that can be found in a proper city and we would love to settle near Portland, OR, Boulder, CO or San Francisco, CA. Unfortunately it is unlikely that our preference for such locations can come anywhere close to outweighing practical concerns such as finances and the availability of local knowledge, wisdom and experience.
Not nearly as important to anyone but me, the operation will need a name. My brainstorming list of ideas and possibilities has grown to more than 200 words. Originally I was planning on using the same name for this blog as for the farm, but I have decided that this will be a more personal record and there will be a second, more business-like blog in the future when there is something more concrete to write about.
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