Tag Archives: 100 Mile Diet
The Extreme Sport of Running a CSA
By Cam Mather Over the years I have been reading about CSAs. “Community Supported Agriculture” or CSAs deliver a basket of produce to people once a week during the growing season, so the members share in the harvest. They take the ups with the downs. Now as I reach back into the recesses of my …
When Baseball Ruled My Life
By Cam Mather I recently watched the movie “Moneyball” and I thought it was a great movie. I really like Brad Pitt. I think he’s underrated as an actor because he’s so darn good looking. Sometimes we assume that good-looking people aren’t as intelligent or as talented as people who are less attractive, which is …
Crossing the Gardening Rubicon
By Cam Mather This hasn’t been much of a winter here at Sunflower Farm, just like many places in North America. The area south of us along Lake Ontario had virtually no snow. By the end of the winter in 2008 and 2009 after numerous dumpings of snow we had enormous piles and snow banks …
Calculating the ROI of Our Chickens
By Michelle Mather As you might know from reading previous posts on this blog, Cam and I acquired 4 laying hens in May. We had always toyed with the idea of having our own chickens, but we didn’t know anything about looking after them and so we kept “chickening out.” We both eat a vegetarian …
Our Books and DVDs Make Great Gifts!
By Michelle Mather The readers of this blog have found us through many different ways; google searches, podcasts, news stories, etc. Many of our blog readers aren’t aware that we have published 7 books and produced 5 DVDs, so today I thought I’d describe our books and DVDs and suggest that if you are looking …
The Living Sustainably and Independently, Ready for Rough Times, Hands-on, Solar-Powered, All You Can Grow Workshop Wrap Up
By Cam Mather A couple of Saturdays ago we had 12 people come to Sunflower Farm for “The Living Sustainably and Independently, Ready for Rough Times, Hands-on, Solar-Powered, All You Can Grow Workshop.” It was a blast. It was a really great group of people and I think everyone had a great day. I know …
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
By Cam Mather Ever notice how when you buy a “blue” Honda Civic, or a red Chevy Cobalt, or whatever, you suddenly notice how many other people have the same car? It’s a bit like how ever since we acquired our chickens, we began noticing how many expressions that we use, are related to chickens. …
Getting Paid for What I Love to Do
By Cam Mather I planted my first vegetable garden when I was 16. I have no idea why. I lived in suburbia and was a pretty typical teenager. I liked rock music, bought a long coat like the one the members of the band Foreigner wore on the cover of their first album, couldn’t wait …
Thank God I’m a (Transplanted) Country Boy
By Cam Mather Early this summer we were invited to Jean & Pierre’s house for breakfast. We bought our house from Jean 13 years ago. She now has a house closer to town, in an area of mostly farms. The farmland around here is rolling hills, used mostly for hay for cattle. As we drove …
Sorting, Classifying and the Heartbreak of Wasting Food
By Cam Mather I waste a lot of food. I guess we all do when you read some of the studies that analyze how much food ends up being wasted. (There’s good article here about the subject; http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/wasted) But it seems to be worse for me, because it’s so in my face. There are the …
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