On the Road

Between showers we walked around farms in the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside where our CSA bounty is grown. I’m finally starting to understand the concept of biodynamic farming, practices that continue to improve the earth naturally rather than deplete it.

Much of the labor is done by humans, not machines, on these farms. I met a 21-year-old woman who said she had the back of a 50-year-old because of the hard work on the farm.



We learned about Rudolph Steiner’s methods for dealing with insects and fungus and other things that threaten the plants with homeopathic remedies instead of pesticides.

After walking for what seemed like miles, we shared dessert with members of a local CSA. The rhubarb crisp was gobbled up and it was very good.



We’ll head home tomorrow and count the days until those plants we saw today are ready to harvest. It was good to actually see the source of our food.

Tomorrow I’ll share pictures of some adorable and very contented animals which live on these farms.