The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-13, Page 78Not well-known in Scotland
*from page 20A twiett, every week to pick up
years and more than 50 people their vegetables," says Bev o.
attended,"Bob says. loads up their small pi up
The .vent included: hot soup tru4 with boxes and of
made with vegetables from the vegetables for delivert. on
farm, and inince tarts using Tuesdays and Turadys.
flour from the =whore wheat The Buddy areloe ng.. cite
grain that was grown on the, in aur industry that ha een
faun developed around large yield
"The concept about CSA is agriculture and modern tech-
not well known in ;Scotland and nologies to feed mass populace
England. and yet they have more tions.
organic produce available to "Some people say that we
everybody through the grocery ,cant afford to have organic agri.
stores," Bev says. "People don't culture because it lowers pro.
think of it as alternative, it''s ductivity per aore, They say
very much part of the nor-. they need all the tools available
Moving organic produce to to feed the masses. I'm not :sure
the mainstream is not an objec. what the answer is," Bob says.
tive for the Dodds. Bob has con The. Buddy don't aim to be
cerns thatthe,term, organic part of the agricultural system
could be misused as a label to that isgeared to feed the mass-
market products,"Just because es, instead they have defined -a .
organic food is in the grocery community to which they can
stores, I'm not sure it that's a manageably supply some foodd,
good thing, or not. We need to "The .productivity iS there.
find a whole new way of pro- The ability to feed ourselves is.
viding the food. Maybe we need there," Bob:says. •
more -box schemes (community Their hope is that other ooxnlm
gardens). I'm not sure .that munity gardenscan be estab-
organic is any better if, they. ship ' lished, and Bev 'says, "We
itffrrom California," Bob says. appreciate the people who :ear.
The Budds have made efforts pool and come from :Blyth, but
to cut down on transportation to there should be a community:
their community garden. garden in' Blyth.
"We weren't sure that we felt Already a second community
good about all those families garden has been established in
having to'drive out here once or the -north end 'of Huron County'
on the farm of `bony and . Fran
natl.
There may be et demand for
mass acreage, high-tech
machinery and bio -technology
m the world of food production,
but the Budds have found that
people power propels them, that
sharing workloads and respons-:
bility , for the land and the envi-
ronment is 4. successful means.
to produce quality vegetables
and to bring the: community and
the rower together in a food
system that •is mutually benefi-
vial.
The Budds say will never go
back to the lifestyle they once
knew.
" Nbw I'm working to become
smaller, and smaller and small-
er.:l'd like to make my living
from the garden," Bob says.
They may be called modern
age eccentrics but Bob and Bev
are pleased with their decision
to depart from the established
norm. -. to cut out the excesses,
forego luxuries and simplify.
their lifestyles;.
Bob positively teams, when
someone comments on the look
of the ;';garden or raves about a
delicious tomato 'that he was
grown. '
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