Fruit, Seeds, And Other Foods

     Did you have breakfast this morning? Planning on having lunch or dinner? Yes I know, I say this pretty much every day, but what you eat started out on a farm. For starters, pretty much everything you eat has wheat in it.

     Breakfast cereals, pastas, and breads all have wheat flour in them. Wheat flour is made from the seeds of wheat grass.
     Want sugar on that breakfast cereal?

     Sugar Beets are the source of about 30% of the worlds sugar. The best part about them is that they don't require a tropical climate to grow, like that other sugar producer: sugar cane. For better or worse, everything has sugar in it nowadays. All the sugar is contained in the root, underground.

They improve everything, pork chops to soup,
And not only that but each onion's a group.

Peel back the skin, delve into tissue
And see how an onion has been blessed with issue.

     That's a little bit of a poem by Roy Blount Jr. A small ode to the splendidness of the onion. As well as tasting good, they're good for you too.

     This hay may not look all that delicious to you, but were you a cow, you'd be salivating right now. After all, good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow. It's all part of the process.

     Last but not least is the fruit. Some of the early ones are starting to turn, like these sour cherries. Sour cherries are great in pies and jams.
     Harvest time is rapidly approaching. Feeding folks is a continuous cycle, and harvest replenishes the stockpiles. So, point made, I'm sure. Enjoy some delicious food today!