Jujube Therapy

Top of the morning!

Just returned to the Bay Area from a week at Gauchito Farms an hour and a half north east of San Fransisco. Emy and I sorted dried Jujubes under a walnut tree for two days, weeded the strawberry field and worked on the orchard one day, and harvested for the farmers market two days.

Jujube's

My favorite little strawberry man

My body did not respond well to the the 90 degree temps after enduring a snow storm in Yosemite, and was caught by the farmers several times sprawled face down my yoga converted nap mat.. but I acclimatized by the end of the week. Never quite adjusted to the itchy rash that strawberry plants apparently give me and the endless mosquito attacks, but hey.. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Not easy to capture, but the susnset's were amazing!

The farming portion of this adventure was decreased immensely.. roughly 67%. Due to adverse weather conditions in Utah, Emy and I's reluctance attitude towards manual labor, and life realizations.

Farming is HARD! Farming to make a living is even HARDER! and doing all of this ORGANICALLY in the midst of large scale American agriculture.. chemical sprays, cheap labor, false advertisements and all, makes for an uphill battle.

I have not been scared off completely from the farming world, only have a much greater appreciation for small scale organic farms fighting to make a difference in the health and environment of their communities. 

I encourage everyone to try to shop at local markets! Ask how they grow their produce, what they are feeding their animals, and if they are doing it in a healthy and sustainable manner, buyyyyyyyyy lots!



 Check out this video that Viet made!   http://vimeo.com/94019747


Thanks for reading!