Today’s the last day of the National Heirloom Exhibition in Santa Rosa, California. I’m overwhelmed! Here’s a few photos:
Back to bloggin’ when I get back to Los Angeles.
Photos from the National Heirloom Exhibition
Author: Mr. Homegrown
National Heirloom Exposition
Mr. Homegrown here:
I’m up in Northern California for a few days to attend the National Heirloom Exposition in Santa Rosa. The lineup looks spectacular–all for the low admission of $25. Hope to meet some of you there!
Home Sweet Dumpster
Via Lloyd’s Blog, artist Gregory Kloehn’s dumpster living unit.
The Wound of Separation Invades Every Fortress
[Editors note 2022: I’ve come to see Eisenstein’s thinking as deeply flawed listen to this podcast for what I agree are many of the problems with his work] The gold standard in podcasting for me is the always enlightening C-Realm podcast hosted by “KMO”. A recent two part interview KMO did with Charles Eisenstein, author of a new book called Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition, will be of particular interest to Root Simple readers.
The interview covers a wide range of topics including the creation of a gift economy, collapse and transformation. I especially like Eisenstein’s critique of the myth of separateness and the need for building community resiliency as opposed to unabomber-style “let’s run off to the woods and avoid the zombie apocalypse.” Spoiler alert: the zombies will find your cabin.
Here’s part one of the interview: “Emperor of What?“
And Part II: “From the Heart to the Fringe“
Eisenstein’s book is being serialized on Reality Sandwich here.
Free Postmortem Exams for Backyard Flocks in California
It’s too late for us now, but if I had another two chickens die in close succession, I’d consider rushing the bodies off to one of the California Animal Health and Food Safety’s labs run by the University of California Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine.
A Root Simple reader who is a veterinarian tipped us off to this service. You don’t need a veterinarian (though you might need one to help interpret the results) and the service is free to those with less than 1,000 birds. All you need to do is get the body, as soon as possible, to one of four labs in either Davis, Turlock, Tulare or San Bernardino.
The backyard flock submission form is available at: http://www.cahfs.ucdavis.edu/submission_forms/index.cfm. The addresses of the labs are on the form. I’m sure that many other states offer similar services. Call your local Extension Service for details and leave a comment if you know about your state’s testing programs.