Blog #7

I believe that the major elements of sustainable farming are the ability to grow the food needed today without compromising the ability of the future generations the food that they need. This can be done by measures such as crop rotation so that the ground is not depleted of all it's nutrients. I personally do but organic foods because they are not much more expensive than non-organic (usually anyways) and I believe that they are overall much healthier for me and my friends and family because they lack some of the nastier pesticides. I will admit that I do feel rather disconnected from my food sources. Apart from the few items I buy that tell me where my food is coming from, I am pretty oblivious. I know that this is terrible because it is important to know where your food is coming from so you can make sure that it is safely handled and prepared, however I do not have the time to personally check all of that and rely on the government (which is bad) to do all the checking for me. The third frontier spoken of in earlier readings definitely plays a role in this. For example, the movement towards living in cities has definitely played a role in the fact that no one knows where their food comes from. If there was space on campus, I would be interested in growing my own veggies and fruits. I do enjoy gardening on occasion and it would be nice to know where my food was coming from!