After arriving last night at Janie's comfortable cottage in Berkeley, we immediately began the plan of attack to get as much quality footage as possible in such little time. We are to be in San Francisco for a total of 4 nights and have a lot ahead of us. Today we visited the backyard of David Morris, owner of the Bread Garden Bakery, in Berkeley. He has a great chicken coup in his backyard. His main reason for having them is to eat all of his excess food waste from the bakery but then found that their manure has become a great addition to his glorious veggie and fruit garden. It was amazing to be in a very nice neighborhood with houses right next to one another and see how quiet and clean chickens can be. We are all inspired and our respective families might be surprised to find that one day when they walk out back that each of us has found the spare time to construct our own homemade coup. Fresh eggs, great fertilizer and 4 or 5 years down the road - great soup! Crazy fact I learned - did you know that baby chicks are actually sent to hatcheries and people via the Postal Service! Never complain about flying coach again!
After the chickens and a quick visit to David's bakery, we headed to TCHO, a chocolate factory located on Pier 17 in San Fran. John and Timothy taught us all about the importance of eating chocolate that is derived organically and from sustainable sources. This way the natives harvesting the cacao are paid fair wages for their work and the big US companies even come in and teach them cleaner and better harvesting techniques. I love me some Hershey bar, but now I will think twice!
The end of the day found us on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall for the signing of the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture. There stood the real heroes of the slow food and sustainable movement, unified in standing up for our country's right to good, clean, fair food. It was a great start to the, sure to be inspiring, weekend. To sign the Declaration and read more about its purpose visit http://fooddeclaration.org/
After the chickens and a quick visit to David's bakery, we headed to TCHO, a chocolate factory located on Pier 17 in San Fran. John and Timothy taught us all about the importance of eating chocolate that is derived organically and from sustainable sources. This way the natives harvesting the cacao are paid fair wages for their work and the big US companies even come in and teach them cleaner and better harvesting techniques. I love me some Hershey bar, but now I will think twice!
The end of the day found us on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall for the signing of the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture. There stood the real heroes of the slow food and sustainable movement, unified in standing up for our country's right to good, clean, fair food. It was a great start to the, sure to be inspiring, weekend. To sign the Declaration and read more about its purpose visit http://fooddeclaration.org/
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