Originally I was going to blog about traceability for 30 days. Seemed ambitious but not impossible or even painful.

Interestingly enough, 30 days feels like not remotely enough time to cover all the information I'm finding out and things I'm learning as I go well out of my way to make sure the food I'm eating is traceable.

Last week I was much less on top of it as I have been due to traveling and eating out and sort of letting myself go off the deep end.

I'm still going at it, though.   I've found out so many great things and somewhat scary things about traceability.  I can say I'll probably not off the traceability track for a good long time ....or ever.

The scary part has really been about what we don't know about the food we eat.  Boy, do we take it for granted. Let's not forget "Round Up Ready".  I think that very soon I'll be writing a post talking more about that.

I'll be throwing in some more recipes soon.

Here's a link to my Tandoori Turkey recipe that was printed in this month's in Bon Appetit.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/11/tandoori-turkey

And yes, our turkeys at the restaurant are traceable. Thank you Dragon Fly farm.

Happiest of Holidays,

Heather and Team Delicious America

From Jill Wiener:

Ag Summit is Nov 28th.  Please call the 807-0532 to register.  I don't have the exact hours in front of me, nor are they on the CCE website, but it is an all day event. 

Started the mushroom kit three days ago.

Here is the box, slightly opened.

The website: www.backtotheroots.com is great.  Two guys, UC Berkely, coffee grounds, Peet's, mushrooms, TEDx. It's got all the great buzz words plus a pic of the two guys in button-up shirts looking happy and sustainable. The photo of the possible outcome is most inspiring.  Big, broad capped mushrooms reaching out of the brown corregated box it comes in.

So step by step here's what that first encounter with the opened container looks like:

First impression: kinda cool. Bag of moldy coffee grounds.  Instructions.

Of course, like any good project, it's not just mist and wait. You open up the box and cut a cross cut the length and width of the opening.

  And then you have to take the bag out of the box and submerge it in water for 24 hours. Not difficult at all.

  And it comes with this awesome mister. You have to mist 2 times a day for approximately 2 days.

Nothing has really happened yet. Small bumps have occured but nothing I can really get on my camera. I've been misting and looking forward to day 10.

I think this is a great idea across the board and I'm looking forward to see what else these guys come up with. They're getting it into schools and hope to promote growing food at home.

I actually thought about a post of great christmas gifts I've found since starting this blog just a month ago since I'm in the brain of spreading great, traceable food to the masses.

Guess what you'll be getting this year, Sherwin....