I was listening to a radio program on preserving food and the guest mention that for some people putting up food was an economic and political act of defiance against the current system and “big loops.” An example of a big loop might be the activity and energy it takes for an apple grown in New Zealand to end up in a grocery store down the street from my house. By eating local, growing your own, preserving your own, eating in season and other steps your are shrinking your loops.
My goal as I move forward is to try have smaller loops in my life and support Lollipops when they make sense as well.
This little picture is a good, yet simplified example of what I mean. If you really think about all the steps involved it will boggle the mind.
