Things to keep in mind when designing a blog...

When designing a blog I think it is important to make your blog look welcoming. It needs to have an attractive look. It needs to be approachable. The font should be easy to read and the page should not be too busy. The writing is the most important part of the blog unless you have superb drawing or photographic skills, and in that case you should show off those skills. Still, the writing should shine and capture the reader. This can attract viewers. I love to see wonderful photographs. As I am sure many others do too. The writing also needs to be easy to read and understand. It should be approachable to the average person with an interest in the subject being written about. I think when designing a blog you need to consider how you would view a page if you were to come across it and be critical. When choosing a theme I think it is important to pick a subject that you are really obsessed with, because you would need to write about this subject many times over. You should choose a theme that is comfortable for you and approachable to a reader. You should choose a subject that is interesting to more than just yourself. It is important to write about a subject that you are very passionate about!

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The integrity of farm to fork

Farm to fork is an ancient American practice. It was lost with the industrial revolution of America. Right now there is a trend in the revival of this practice. It is an up and coming important topic. I’m not sure if it is the growth in technology that has caused this. I have my own story to tell about my obsession with Farm to Fork. For me this revelation started when my husband and I both lost our jobs, with a child on the way. I found myself unemployed and needing to reinvent my self worth.  I needed to learn how to cook. With a new child coming, it was important to me to cook healthy food. I yearned to have a garden of my own and learn to cook from it. It was during this time that we downsized from a 3 bedroom home to a 2 bedroom condo. It was hard for me to be locked up in a smaller space with no yard. I decided to throw myself into cooking. I wanted to learn to make all the most difficult recipes I could find. I needed to be artistically challenged to cope with our loss of income and home.  This situation made me more and more interested in dirt to plate topics. Cooking from scratch and using the freshest ingredients I could find became of extreme importance.  I explored our city farmers market and started cooking seasonally. It was very exciting and educational. I learned the value of Farm to Fork and want to share it with everyone possible. It is important for me to have a community blog to build the integrity of my community on this subject.

The responsibility of a community

Sacramento supplies the Japan with rice for sushi. We ship out many vegetables and fruit from this region. We are one of the largest farming regions in the West Coast. With this said we as a community here in Roseville have to take up the responsibility of using locally grown produce. We should not support apples from Washington when we have Apple Hill right here in our back yard. That just seems like nonsense. My challenge to the community of Roseville is to educate yourself on where your produce comes from when you shop at the grocery store. Speak out and complain, ask questions and demand for the integrity of our stores here in our community. We can make a difference for our community to have integrity and responsibility to our local farms.

The first seed in my little heart

The concept of farm to fork could have been influenced by my grandfather when I was a young child. I believe that his stories of the farmer at the dinner table made a very large impression on me. I distinctly remember sitting at the dinner table with my grandparents and him sharing about how exactly the little peas on my plate made their way there.