Windham Gardens

Windham Gardens
Granby, CT
This picture is of Windham Gardens is Granby, CT. It operates a flower nursery, and as a produce farm. It is operated by veteran farmer Doug and his wife, Erin Windham. Following my Freshman year at UVM, I spent a summer working on the farm, mainly doing retail at the farm and at farmer's markets. I enjoyed my time working at the farm, and it's what made me interested in local agriculture.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

What Have I learned?

Through this experiment, I realized how difficult it is to eat food directly from the farm. For one, I did not have the cooking knowledge to prepare the food that I bought. Secondly, there is a limited variety of food available at the market. For example, I drink a lot of milk, but it's not available at the market.

Could I have made it a week with those groceries? Maybe, but it would have taken a lot of discipline not to eat anything else.

Although I may have failed my initial experiment, I learned the reality of eating local food, I had a great time shopping at the market, and I got to eat some really banging food. I have lowered my personal expectations, and now I will use local food mainly to supplement my regular groceries.

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