From suburban fencerow to suburban fencerow?

Does it matter where your food comes from? Here's an interesting report about the environmental costs of transporting food across the world. Check out the interactive feature showing the carbon footprint for wine sold in New York. So there's got to be a less-polluting way to get food...

Last week I read an article about urban farming in The Wall Street Journal (only the blog entry is available now) and then found out a similar story appeared on Good Morning America just yesterday. See where I found the photo, above, and find more information.

For even more fun and excitement, here we can have chickens in the backyard as well. Three neighbors within a block of our house each have a small flock. Something to think about for when the boys are a little bit older... No, really! It's part of our long-term plan. Seriously.

Vacation

We just got back from a family gathering in Columbia, MO. We all got together at a farm outside of town. It was a great place. They have a passive solar house, pond, garden, 2 steers, chickens, ducks, and sheep. There were even 2 lambs born while we were there.
It was, as always, good to spend time with Kirk's side of the family. It has been made clear that I am the bossy one of the group. I had always thought that this was seen as a negative. I was told this weekend, though, that this is appreciated. I'm not sure I believe this yet, so I'll try to keep the power from going to my head.
Unfortunately I had a cold the entire weekend, so I was not able to participate in all activities. I got a spin around the pond in the canoe, a s'more, and lots of chats with the family, so it was good overall.