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I think red beans are different from kidney beans. They are marketed differently in the grocery stores, although I might add the capitalist standardization of vegetables and grains is one of the great catastrophes to have happened to farming. Barely anyone nowadays, for instance, eats amaranth or quinoa or spelt, though these grains are much more nutritious than the grains that go into corporate breakfast cereal. And as for vegetables, a glance at a good seed catalog will reveal far more in terms of vegetable variety than you find at the grocery store. Peaceful Valley has (for instance) eight different types of cucumber -- you'll be lucky to find two at the grocery store.
Folks who want to start on subsistence right away (at least in North America) are encouraged to join WWOOF...
"The freeway's concrete way won't show/ you where to run or how to go" -- Jorma Kaukonen
by Cassiodorus on Sat Jan 20, 2007 at 07:04:24 PM PDT
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You can do all of this in the house, apartment or wherever you happen to live.
No soda, no coffee, no milk and very rarely do I eat bread or "processed" food.
Learning to make (ferment) cultured veggies, again for creating a healthy gut.
I use small, fluorescent lightbulbs in all rooms of my apartment and I'm thankful that this place was recently renovated with the fixtures and energy-saving hardware I need to do it.
I am waiting for a big chunk of money because my old Toyota is the next thing that needs to go. I can't do that right now because of the $$$ situation, but I will proudly drive that car knowing that it's my American version of Hillary's cow! Thanks for this great diary and I will read the book and talk to as many people as I can about it.
Bush/Cheney: T'would be a shame to destroy the Mother Earth due to lust for oil, money and power.
by victoria2dc on Sun Jan 21, 2007 at 07:16:27 AM PDT
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