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February 5, 2012 It seems that during food icons month I managed to refer to Lady Eve Balfour as “nutty”, Xenophon as “sexist”, Ralph Waldo Emerson as “bogus”, Liberty Hyde Bailey as “racist” and George Washington Carver as a “Tom” who wasn’t actually a great scientist. My intention was to single out each of these individuals, [...] October 23, 2011 It’s been a good eight to ten weeks since we had anything to say about tomatoes in the Thornapple blog, and as both regular readers know, tomatoes are not only a personal obsession, they are the driving value behind the entire local food movement in the United States. I won’t speak for Europe [...] August 7, 2011 How ‘bout them jumbo squash we’re getting from the Thornapple CSA these days? I bet that’s even more evidence of diversity, don’t you? See, here’s how evolution works in squashes: The normal ordinary garden squash has a deep-seated urge to realize it’s inherent (that is, God-given) potential for flourishing. It sits there in the [...] June 5, 2011 Hot and wet. Diane was not looking forward to another year of hanging out at the Allen Street Market on Wednesday afternoons, waiting for Thornapple CSA members to come by and pick up their shares. We’ve already had a week of August temperatures here in June this year. And it has been pretty [...] April 10, 2011 Laurie Thorp was at the Thompson household last Sunday explaining “Why my bacon is better than your bacon,” or more to the point, some of the things that are going on at MSU’s student organic farm. The event was part of the “Diane Presents…” forum that she has been organizing as an adjunct [...] April 3, 2011 Now I’ve repeated this over and over and over again, my friend. This blog IS NOT in any sense of the word an official outlet for the core group of the Thornapple CSA. It’s not the Thornapple CSA newsletter. It’s not supposed be a forum in which any business, official or otherwise, of [...] December 19, 2010 The last few weeks of the Thornapple blog have taken a reflective turn, focused more on process than outcome, and as a result they have drifted away from food ethics. Occasioned by the anniversary of the blog, I’ve been thinking and writing a bit on blogging. This began with the Keyblog after Thanksgiving, [...] December 12, 2010 Back in 1971 Robby Krieger, John Densmore and Ray Manzarak were in the recording studio laying down tracks for some songs while their band-mate Jim Morrison was “on holiday” in France. I leave it to pop era historians to debate whether or not Morrison had any intention of rejoining the trio. In any [...] December 5, 2010 File this one in the “Questions you never thought to ask” category: Where did Thornapple CSA get its name? The true answer to this question lays buried deep in the synapses of Jane Bush’s brain. Which is another way of saying it was Jane’s idea. But others in the Thornapple CSA immediately liked [...] Nov. 28, 2010 I’ve been planning today’s blog for almost six months. Today is the anniversary of the Thornapple Blog. One year ago, I wrote an entry that “snuck in right after Thanksgiving,” and that promised to tide Thornapple CSA members over the long winter months when there would be no weekly delivery of fresh vegetables. [...] |
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