Local Food Chronicles Pt. 3: We didn’t even notice this was all local at first, or Sunday Dinner with My Little Family

Just let me eat the food!

Fried local okra, using locally ground organic cornmeal. We used Spectrum gmo- and trans fat-free shortening.

These potatoes were advertised at the market as “fresh dug”. With local butter.

Corn–self-explanatory–but my question is, we didn’t ask, but how prevalent is GM corn here in NC? Do even small farmers end up growing it inadvertently? It’s partly a math question: if the current stat is that about 70-80% of corn being grown is GMO, and only 10% is organic, then some percentage is non-GMO non-organic corn. Interesting but not particularly encouraging. The odds are not in our favor, especially as the pollen and seeds fly.

This is local steak. I don’t eat steak, so, sorry, I’m not sure what farm to credit. At Deep Roots we sell Running River Ranch beef.

Fresh slabs of what looks like a Purple Cherokee tomato. Next time I’m sending Charles and Aaron with a notebook!