Joel Salatin on Backyard Hens


I brought Henrietta in the other night to put Vaseline on her poor chapped comb and Britton snapped this photo of us

I saw this article about Joel Salatin and I thought it was great. He talks about how farming could and should be, and that it really would be the easier way to do it had it not been for the chemical and food industry pushes. I especially liked the comment he made about backyard chickens when he said:

“If you want to get brutally honest, in my opinion we shouldn’t even have egg sales in America! Every restaurant and every home should have two or three chickens. I mean, you got a parakeet, why not have two chickens? You get eggs instead of a parrot keeping you awake at night. In a perfect world, that’s how it would be.”

Salatin’s views came into focus when author Michal Pollan included him in his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma.  I am also really excited to go pick up Michal Pollan’s new book Food Rules (this link says it’s only $5 is that right?).

The Greeley City Council did move the chicken ordinance on to the February 16th schedule, so plan on coming down and helping us at 6:30pm City Council Chambers (next to Lincoln Library).

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Latin Night in Denver

 

My salsa dancing legs

 

Last night you could say we had a “Latin Night”. We decided to get together with some friends and go out to dinner and then go salsa dancing in Denver. We went to Los Cabos II, a fun Peruvian restaurant and then we went to La Rumba, a great salsa club afterward. At dinner Britton and I sat in the middle of the table with half the conversation on one side talking in English and the other side talking in Spanish. I thought it was great…and even Britton was catching the gist of quite a few Spanish words.  It would be great to take a trip to Peru during the Peru holidays.


Shana, Adriana, Kelly, Me, Rosario and Ofelia before dancing

Then we danced till about midnight at La Rumba. We had been there before, but it was still great fun. We took a short lesson and then watched a performance by some salsa dancers in West Side Story-type garb. When the live band started my friend Kelly said it reminded her of the Ricky Ricardo band/orchestra. They had a lot of great musicians and there were a ton of people dancing. My feet started to ache (the price of fashion I guess) and we were ready to go anyway. It was a great night out.

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New Website – Fruitfulista

I had been thinking about making a new website/blog for some time. Something I am very interested in is personal finance and our money system. But it doesn’t just stop there. I am interested in disecting the reasons we do the things we do and how we are manipulated with marketing, advertising, regulations and social norms. Part of our pull and desire to move to Puerto Rico is the feeling that we are so tremendously manipulated and essentially hypnotized into the American “standard” way of life.  We want to expand our horizons and go forth and be fruitful in a new culture and a land of never-ending summer.

If you are interested in following along in some of my disections and discussions of these issues as well as tips and tricks I have learned along the way, check out Fruitfulista.com from time to time. The name is a play on words that mix being fruitful with fashionable frugalista. I have added it to the Transplanet sites link to the right on this website. If you have some feedback about different things I should cover that relate or have a magazine, book, or movie I should check out that speaks to these, I would love to hear from you. If I think it fits, I will then write a short summary/recommendation. If you’ve had any “aha” moments related to these things, help make the discussion even more well-rounded!

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