produce box

hey everyone, i don't really know where the sudden urge to blog constantly is coming from, but i decided to do a little weekly piece about what is in my produce box. i split my produce box with my neighbors, so mind you this is only half of the total box! maybe at some point, i will add pictures, we'll see!
this week's (half) box contains:
1 1/2 heads of leaf lettuce
1 bunch of chard
1 bunch of choi
1 bag of spinach
1 summer squash
1 zucchini
small bunch of savory
small bunch of young white turnips
small bunch of radishes
small bunch of baby onions, both red and white
!3 garlic scapes!! ( i am very excited to cook with these!)

as you can see, it is a lot of produce, i am just today finishing up the last of my last box. i do feel a little restricted and forced to eat this so it doesn't go bad, but i can honestly say that i am probably eating way better than i normally do and i haven't felt much of an urge to go out to eat since i have all of this food! k, check back next week to see what else i get!

good things going on

i am going to help build a community garden tomorrow. recently, with the cooperation of a few groups, namely the Rogers Park Garden Group paired with the remainder of the Saving Sophia Garden group and Chicago Park District, the neighborhood was granted space within one of the small area parks to convert it to a community garden. through an easy application process and lottery system, i was pleased to find out i was awarded a spot. i have been so obsessed lately with immersing my self in a local food culture, between my own gardening endeavors, joining a CSA, scoping out local fruit trees for urban scavenging, and considering getting back into canning/preserving. i am very excited that all of these things were fairly easily accessible, especially the community garden. i think that there is getting to be more of a cultural push to be self sufficient again, which is right up my alley.

so, if you are interested, here is some suggested reading!
Can it All
Urban Fruit Foraging
Urban Gardening
great resource for chicagoans! the local beet

gardening

i am proud to be a member of this community!

Our new President

I just wanted to sincerely congratulate the next President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama. I am so proud of our country right now. I know that the country will not become perfect over night but I do think we are moving in the right direction with electing Obama president. Thank you to everyone who went out and voted.

thats all

Wear red on Thursday!

I am just reposting a repost! via the curvature as well as document the silence

In October 2007 people all over the United States gathered physically and in spirit to speak out against violence against women of color. Some of us wore red all day and explained that we were reclaiming and reframing our bodies as a challenge to the widespread acceptance of violence against women of color. Some of us wrote powerful essays about why we were wearing red and posted them on the internet. Some of us gathered with bold and like-minded folks and took pictures, shared poetry and expressed solidarity.

This year, on the first anniversary of the Be Bold Be Red Campaign, we invite you to make your bold stance against the violence enacted on women and girls of color in our society visible. In D.C., Chicago, Durham, Atlanta and Detroit women of color will be gathering to renew our commitment to creating a world free from racialized and gendered violence, and this time, we’ll be using a new technology called CyberQuilting to connect all of these gatherings in real time. To learn more about CyberQuilting, which is a women of color led project to stitch movements together using new web technologies and old traditions of love and nurturing, visit www.cyberquilt.wordpress.com.

This letter is an invitation for you and yours to participate in a gathering in your city on Thursday, October 30th that will be webcast to similar gatherings in other cities. We are calling on you because we recognize and appreciate the work that you and the organizations you work with are doing everyday to make this a more loving and less violent world for women and girls in oppressed communities. Please join us on October 30th so that other warriors in this struggle can be strengthened and affirmed by the energy of our collective ferocity!If you are not located in D.C., Chicago, Durham, Atlanta and Detroit for the webcast, you can still participate by wearing Red on October 30, 2008 and send us your pictures to beboldbered@gmail.com

Also we are asking once again that people wear Red on October 30, 2008 and send us your pictures to beboldbered@gmail.com

As we receive them we will upload your pictures under “Red Pictures Today.”

Also, as well as to share your stories of Red on this website under “Why are you wearing Red on October 30, 2008.”

i will be wearing red on thursday, will you?

on presidential debates

i dont know how others will feel about this but i really think these debates are pretty lame. im pretty sure this second debate is just a remix of the first one. and why is the audience so white??? and bald?? is this supposed to be a random sampling of undecideds? because are white people really the only ones who are undecided??
mccain talks like war with russia is a matter of luck. maybe these debates are better for those undecideds than those of us that are VERY decided. and on that note:




yes we can