Friday, 18 July 2008

• Buy Local, Be Local, Brew Local

  
  

  
  

  
  What will sustain us through the winter?
  Where did last year's lessons go?
  Walk me out into the rain and snow.
  I dream a highway back to you.
  
  -Gillian Welch
  
  What will sustain us through the summer?  Where will this year's lessons go?  We are a nation that enjoys a tremendous, bland convenience.  Give us the red, unbruised tomato, even if it tastes not unlike the packing material that cradled it along thousands of miles of highway from field to brightly lit display cooler.  Give us the new bestseller on our doorstep at forty percent savings, even if it means sticking it on a diesel-guzzling truck for three days.  Give us omelette on a stick.
  
  Or...
  
  Join me for breakfast at the Farmers Market, Saturday, July 19th.  We'll feature Cup of Excellence coffees from small family farms in Colombia and Costa Rica and Fair Trade Organic coffee from Bolivia.  Listen to live music and enjoy the wares of local artisans.  Dream a highway back to Blacksburg and then walk or pedal your way to a simpler life.  Sustainability begins right here, right now.
  

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