Thank a Farmer

I watched Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) address the 82nd National FFA Convention last night. We all know what FFA stands for. Mike said that he had a peripety (look that up in your wikipedia) when, after producing a number of environmentally conscious "green" episodes of Dirty Jobs, he realized that if you were going to "get clean with green you had to get down with brown". While this comment originally referred to folks who worked in areas like recycling and renewable resources, Mike soon realized that anything sustainable was stewarded by folks who weren't afraid to get their hands dirty. If we ate today, we must thank the farmers who cultivate the crops and tend the livestock that contribute to the bounty on our tables. So, my hat's off and I lift a glass (a nice hoppy one) to the farmers who produce our food and I offer an extended hand of friendship to those of you who do so in my community. Which brings me to the topic of the Chenango-Madison Bounty. Farmers and producers in our region have established a food distribution system that brings food from our fields to your tables. How green is that? Local food, distributed en-masse to the doorsteps of the residents of Chenango and Madison County. I love it and would do so, even if we weren't producers. Check it out. Order today. Support our local farmers and producers and watch for the CNY Bounty Challenge coming soon!