Iowa "Farm Crawl"
Next to being a tech geek my biggest passion is sustainability, mostly in food production and consumption. To that end my favorite event in Iowa is the " Farm Crawl ." Eight unique, sustainable family farms southeast of Des Moines that open their doors to the public to tour their operation and get to know their local farmers. When my wife, Marieta, and I moved back to Iowa the only way we could easily obtain organic food was by becoming CSA members and learning more about farmers in our immediate area. Thanks to social networking it's considerably easier then say 10 years ago but the Farm Crawl is really a blessing. Anyone can say they do things in a sustainable way but you can't really know for sure until you see their operation for yourself. Now the tech connection . The past two years I've taken a video camera on the Farm Crawl. 2009 it was my little Canon Elura (bogus handicam dealie) and put together a little preachy piece about sustainable farming . 2