I am a mom and writer living in partially foggy Mill Valley, California just over the Golden Gate Bridge from very foggy San Francisco. You can read more about me at http://about.me/thaisderich, thaisderich.com, http://pinterest.com/thaisderich/, on Twitter @thaisderich.
In 2007, I started this blog to document my journey to reclaim control over my family's food by cutting out processed foods [95% of what's in most grocery stores]. When my now six-year old, Nate, started eating solids, I made him baby food from scratch using recipes from Ruth Yaron's bestselling Super Baby Food book. That morphed into a lot of traditional cooking methods. I’ve since become obsessed with relearning how to cook and shop for food [not boxes].
My conscious eating was followed by a planned home birth with West (now three-years old).
I studied at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and currently stay home to raise my sons. I am the Speaker Series Host at the International Cesarean Awareness Network and have written a memoir about my birth experiences and maternity care reform in the U.S.
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This is really cool. I think there are a lot of us who want the best for our children, and yet we are faced with obstacles on a daily basis. I really enjoyed reading this blog. keep it up! you are an inspiration!
Hi! Very excited to have found your blog. We stopped shopping the grocers the first of the year as well and everyone else thinks I'm crazy. I look forward to reading your blog to get more inspiration since I sense I'm falling into a rut after 3 months of this.
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Sustainable Eats
I am a former GFE student and took the class on "urban fowl" on the 11th. I also took a class at Loveapple Farms (www.growbetterveggies.com) and am now the proud owner of three new chicks. The info is a little different and some is even a litle conflicting with what I learned at GFE. I also recommend a trip to Ranch Hag Hens in Petaluma (www.ranchhaghens.com) - Dawn will chat and give you advice for free and may be the nearest source of organic feed to SF. Already I am finding that chicken-keeping is much like parenting; you have to sort through the advice and find what works for your flock! The experience of raising the chicks and watching how delighted my 5-year-old is with them makes the decision to not get already-laying hens worth the wait. Good luck, and let's trade eggs some day!
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