Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 12:17 AM 10/6/2007, you wrote:

> I'm going to stick my neck out and say seasonal is overrated. Seasonal is
> good - eating what's produced when it's fresh picked and all - but we've
> long ago learned to preserve certain foods for winter when fresh food in
> simply unavailable.  Societies have traditionally used root cellars,
> storing root crops in the ground or damp sand, salting or drying meats,
> pickling, fermenting, and so on.

I don't think the people who are advocating seasonal eating are 
saying that you shouldn't eat preserved food. Just not produce that 
has been transported thousands of miles from its origin to places 
where the fresh product would not be in season.

Liz in SW VA
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