Today we started not to bring home any more plastic for a month. I do not know if I like it, because it just started this morning. I am excited about the no going to the grocery store part, because I don't like going to the grocery store. My mom says we're going to see how little we can shop at the grocery stores because we're trying to find non-corporate food sources. My friends Finn and Cleo and their mom Liesl are doing this too, and we'll all help each other with ideas.
We're going to Bay Hay & Feed instead of the grocery store because they've got some food that's local and not all wrapped in plastic, and we're going to the Farmers' Market more, and Bainbridge Barter. We are also going to Walt's, and instead of getting candy there that's wrapped in plastic, we'll get candy like Lemonheads because they're wrapped in cardboard instead. We can walk to Walt's and Pane d'Amore, the bakery that also sells cheese, bread, fish, salsa, sardines, drinks, chocolate, cheesesticks, eggs, milk, cream, wine (I'm pretty sure), and other groceries. We like them because they'll put our cheese and bread in cotton bags and metal containers that we bring in. Last night we picked up some cheese from someone's house. It is very fancy cheese and I love it. We get cheese from this man once a month; he helps people order cheese without going to the grocery store. Maybe he should have a website!
Some of the food that we get doesn't come from a store. It comes from our backyard. Mom is making more garden beds so that we can grow more food. We also use the Rock Farm. That is quite interesting. There are a lot of huckleberry plants around there, so we eat lots of huckleberries. We share a plot there with Liesl, Finn, and Cleo. The Rock Farm is run by mom's mom and dad, my grandparents. It also has a lot of trails around, so I bring my bike and ride around the trails and driveway with Finn. We stop constantly and eat huckleberries. There are two big hills, and I've gone down both of them. Finn's bike is faster than mine, but I don't care. I hope that I can grow some more food there.
