Back from Bioneers!

We're back from the first "beaming" Bioneers conference in Cleveland, Ohio. I've been hearing about Bioneers for many years and haven't ever had a chance to travel to San Rafael, California to attend the shindig in person. Last year, we heard about the "beaming" satellite conferences and nearly attended the one in Traverse City, Michigan. When we heard that there was going to be one at Cleveland State University this year, we knew that we had to go!

I talked to several people prior to the conference and attempted to explain what Bioneers is and had nearly as much trouble as I do defining my MA in Transformative Leadership. A day out from the end of the conference I would define Bioneers as a collection of people of the leading edges of the environmental, social justice, and spiritual movements of our times. We'll be posting some reflections from the coference over the next several days.

Yikes! Fame!...if only fortune would shortly follow...

Today we were featured in a local newspaper article (Akron Beacon Journal) about our local food journey. The story was called "Ohio grown, Ohio eaten" and may be accessed at www.ohio.com. We were a little nervous about being featured in a story, but it turned out very nice....and if it gets more people to look into local eating then that is a great thing!

On another note, we had our last week at the Peninsula farmer's market saturday. We stocked up on what we could, and have a freezer full of extra meat and cheese. We are considering buying a small chest freezer as an auxiliary place to store extra supplies to help us get through the winter. For now we are enjoying the plenty that we have.