Armchair farming: a Video and a Book – Hive and Nest

Farming is my little passion. I don’t actually do it. I’m much too lazy. But it’s a subject I love. So I was pretty interested in this commercial that I saw last week at the movie theatre.

Chipotle??? Who would have guessed? I have only eaten there once but I’m going to make a concerted effort of eat there more often. I’m happy to patronize any businesses that support local and non-factory farming.

Speaking of farming, here’s my latest city-girl-learns-to-farm memoir:

In this non-fiction story the completely citified author, Kristin Kimball, meets a cute guy and decides to start an organic farm with him. An organic farm where they only use draft horses, not tractors. Animal and plan-related wackiness ensues.  It’s amusing, completely fascinating and makes me wish yet again that I were a farmgirl. The Dirty Life has been of my favorite reads of the year.