Intentional Living
We affirm and support the interdependent web of all life.
— Unitarian Universalist Association, Seventh Principle.
For some of us, the subject of food — what we eat and how we get it — can be a spiritual practice in itself. Gardening has helped heal and strengthen more than one heart — not to mention the good it does a body. Cooking can be an art form, and eating the answer to a hedonist’s prayer.
Others view food issues in a more pragmatic way: they know that where our food comes from and the infrastructure required to get it to us has a significant impact on the health of our planet.
Here are links and ideas to feed both — the mind as well as the heart.
- Seattle Tilth — organic gardening and CSAs in Washington
- Eat "low on the food chain" — even only one day a week makes a difference.One pound of beef requreis 16 times the amount of grain as 1 pound of bread.Pork? Eight pounds.Chicken? Four pounds.
- Buy local! Support local farmers’ markets. Transporting food uses fuel and requires refrigeration.
- Compost yard waste, kitchen waste (not meat).If you don’t have a garden, give it to someone who does.
- Speaking of gardens — why not grow your own vegetables? It’s good for the body and great for the soul.
- Learn to “put up” food — save some of that summer goodness for February.
- No room for a garden? Metropolitan Seattle is blessed with many “pea–patches” — community gardens with plots to rent for condo–, apartment– and houseboat–dwellers.Not only do you get the exercise, the fresh air, and the food — the company is great, too.
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