getting in the swing of it

So after a week we’ve almost ironed out the few small issues we had with our new site. Fairly soon we’ll be promoting the site and the delivery service. If you know anyone who needs delivery in the area let them know. For the first few months delivery will be free to everyone no matter how much or how little you order.
During the last week we’ve seen asparagus arrive, we know mangoes are very close and that blueberry bushes are flowering and the bees are buzzing. The quality of fresh greens such as cos lettuce, rocket, spinach, silverbeet, kale and chard is amazing at the moment so eat up. We’re now stocking beef direct from small farmer in the Otways who you can read more about on our facebook page. His meat is extraordinary and his farming practices are seeing the reintroduction of many native grasses that had been kept dormant due to past farming practices. Of course he uses no chemical inputs and his animals only have one bad day in their lives.
Gina Rinehart’s at it again saying we should all work harder (preferably for $2 a day, which is what apparently South African workers are happy to work for. Happy! Really Gina, did you miss the strikes and shootings at one of their biggest mines), drink less and spend less time with friends and make our own fortunes. Hey Gina, when did you do all the hard work to amass your fortune, that’s correct Dad gave it to you. Anyway, we’ll just leave her working in her unsustainable world with no friends.
Does the government and big business have a plan for this country when the coal and other minerals run out? As a society we seem to be far too concerned with what’s happening to our wealth right now rather than planning for a carbon free future. Countries such as Germany will continue to invest in the future whilst we build power hungry desal plants and sell minerals to China who have been stockpiling them for years now. All the while we whinge and whine that our TV’s are too small and our electricity bills are too high. Really? Be patient because whilst coal generated electricity prices continue to rise the cost of solar power continues to fall. Turn the lights off, use less power, save the difference and put solar in. Then you can buy a bigger TV and pay less, or nothing for your electricity.
I’ve been reading articles and comments on facebook and the like lately and is it just me or do people in the Food industry think themselves a bit too important. The term Food industry legend has been in 3 articles and the word Pioneer was used the other day. Now if I’m right a Legend is someone a little grander than a cranky celebrity chef and a Pioneer isn’t someone who opens a store in a trendy part of town before someone else. Maybe I’m too much of a stickler for English (which would be a surprise to me and my friends) but c’mon let’s get some perspective.
And for some good news on the environment try this: Recycled Plastic Bottle from Pacific Ocean.
Russ