Hello to anyone who has stumbled upon my little blog. I'm starting this up as part of my mission to educated myself and others on the topics of gardening, botany, sustainability and life in general. I am a current botany major interested in taking what I have learned about plant biology and applying it to others fields to examine how we use plants (and other resources as well).
The idea for this blog began while I was reading Wendell Berry's "Bringing It to the Table," for a natural resources class I am taking. Wendell talks about what it means to be sustainable, how we can farm sustainably in the setting of a small family farm and how consumers can affect the farm environment simply through choice of products. I highly suggest this book if you think little about the food you buy or wish to know more. Berry's suggestions are basic in their principles- relying much on older farming techniques utilized before our huge industrial revolution. I will definitely be pulling ideas from this book to examine in later posts.
Having examined my thought processes when I began college and compared them to now I realize how much more I think about where my food comes from and what I am supporting by buying it. Slowly I have learned how to cook and how to shop. Eventually I want to grow my own organic garden, when resources become available. Though I am a botany major I tend to kill things, so it may be a long learning process. I don't know that I can ever claim that I am fully living a sustainable life, but I am making little baby steps in that direction. That's all for now! Whitney
P.S. Coming soon is my first issue post- on the origin and production of bananas.
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