i love your stories and reading your point of view. it is our responsibility to feed people good food and to teach our children about eating well—our job to inspire and enlighten wherever we can.
indeed it is challenging. no one really realizes what a teacher does beforehand unless they are one--the preparing ahead--and the schlepping! i just did the national heirloom exposition in cali and flew southwest so i could take two bags and one was 50.5 pounds and the other was 48.5! and i shipped my books ahead. i'm not sure how to do it any other way--you and i can't just walk in with a jump drive. lol. however i reached so many folks there--and hopefully inspired them.
Kirsten, I would like to remind your readers that your grandchildren have the unique opportunity to be reared in a household that consumes whole plus fermented foods, so a visit to your home's larder is not scary! We informed adults do indeed have a responsibility to educate everyone, parents and children, to the wonders, power and deliciousness of fermented foods. I've been known to teach kraut making in the parking lot out of the back of my car! We all need to find our ways to inform the masses and not give way to Big Food and their advertising indoctrination.
Hi Kirsten. I’m in! Thank you for making us think about this. I recently babysat 2 teenage nieces, 3 cats, and a dog for a couple of days while my sister and husband were away.
No live foods in the house… so I bought some Parmesan cheese to start the girls on and they loved it! I couldn’t get kefir in the shops in that area. But if I could the animals would have been getting a dash of kefir in their bowls too. You are so right about the power of us non parents - and it’s fun having new food experiences together too.
i love your stories and reading your point of view. it is our responsibility to feed people good food and to teach our children about eating well—our job to inspire and enlighten wherever we can.
Thank you Susan. I agree. It’s much more difficult than it sounds isn’t it?
indeed it is challenging. no one really realizes what a teacher does beforehand unless they are one--the preparing ahead--and the schlepping! i just did the national heirloom exposition in cali and flew southwest so i could take two bags and one was 50.5 pounds and the other was 48.5! and i shipped my books ahead. i'm not sure how to do it any other way--you and i can't just walk in with a jump drive. lol. however i reached so many folks there--and hopefully inspired them.
Amen to all that! (Especially the schlepping!)
Kirsten, I would like to remind your readers that your grandchildren have the unique opportunity to be reared in a household that consumes whole plus fermented foods, so a visit to your home's larder is not scary! We informed adults do indeed have a responsibility to educate everyone, parents and children, to the wonders, power and deliciousness of fermented foods. I've been known to teach kraut making in the parking lot out of the back of my car! We all need to find our ways to inform the masses and not give way to Big Food and their advertising indoctrination.
I can totally see you teaching in a parking lot from the back of your car and I love it!! You have always passed it on. 🙌💪
Hi Kirsten. I’m in! Thank you for making us think about this. I recently babysat 2 teenage nieces, 3 cats, and a dog for a couple of days while my sister and husband were away.
No live foods in the house… so I bought some Parmesan cheese to start the girls on and they loved it! I couldn’t get kefir in the shops in that area. But if I could the animals would have been getting a dash of kefir in their bowls too. You are so right about the power of us non parents - and it’s fun having new food experiences together too.
👏👏yay! I think we forget that the real “treats” don’t have to be pure sugar.