5 million people visit the Grand Canyon every year
This staggering figure is a cross section of a world population which doesn’t get out into nature as much as in generations past. (See Richard Louv’s book Last Child in the Woods which addresses nature deficit disorder) Yet, our observations of the people seen on the North Rim this day, people are enthralled with not only the Canyon, but the flora and fauna on the canyon rim. We saw people taking the time to read about the plants and animals, and in most cases, sit in nature, if even for a while. Man, and Woman’s internal compass designed is to gravitate back to nature, despite the lure of technology. Mountain Spirit’s goal is to facilitate this process.
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Grand Canyon Tourists & Nature
05/08/2010Your Food Supply #8: Real Corn
05/08/2010Linda describes what good organic corn looks, feels and tastes like.
Your Food Supply #7: BuckHorn Mt.
03/08/2010Buckhorn Gardens in Montrose Colorado goes “MorGanic”
Breigh Peterson and Darren Cloud go beyond organic at the Telluride Farmer’s Market.
See Buckhorn Gardens’ website.
The Little Pika & Global Warming
03/08/2010How Global Warming is effecting the Pika, a High Altitude Rock Dweller.
Photographer Wendy Shattil of Denver, Colorado gets great shots in the name of nature. Learn about her efforts to capture and document, on camera, endangered species for future generations. I talk with her about the pika, a rodent in the rabbit family, who can’t go any higher as the temperatures rise in our mountain environment.
Be sure and check out her amazing images on her website.
Your Food Supply #6: Fair Trade
03/08/2010Third World Countries Depend on First World Markets
Now what do we do? We’ve built market relationships in Mexico and other countries, where they sell everything from avocados to bananas to the U.S. Should we now stop buying their products in order to buy local? How much damage would that do to their farming economies? It’s not so clear, according to Linda….
Your comments welcome.
Your Food Supply #5
31/07/2010Concina Linda Works with Local Farmers
Your Food Supply #4: Healthy Lard?
30/07/2010Good Lard, What is it and Why Should I Care?
Your Food Supply #3: Ancient Corn
27/07/2010Cocinca Linda Explains Corn Grinding, The Ancient Way
Your Food Supply #2: Passionate Restaurateur
26/07/2010Meet a Passionate Food Supplier
"Made by Hand, From the Soul of Mexico"
After our drive through corn fields, cattle feed lots and processing plants of the of the great American prairies complete with narration on CD of “An Omnivore’s Dilemma” we arrived in Durango for our week of House sitting. When looking for a restaurant which served local food, we found Cocina Linda, run by an energetic and passionate woman to whom we both took a liking. Below is the first post in a series from our informative interview with her. Stay tuned for more the next few weeks. Watch this video to see why we love Linda and her good food.
Image: Cocina Linda’s Logo
Your Food Supply #1.2: You’re Kidding, Right?
23/07/2010Do you know how many different cows are in one hamburger?
Feed Lots in Kansas, USA
Question #1: When you are eating a hamburger, you’re not eating beef from one cow, you’re eating a beef mixture from how many cows? Let us know your answer and we’ll tell you after we get 20 responses.
Question #2: Why do you think there is a hedgerow of trees along the feedlot bordering the highway?
A North American Feedlot, Kansas
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