Oh, Hello!

        So here I am, writing my first blog... not really sure how to begin but I suppose I’ll start with a little bit about myself. I am currently, for the most part, a broke student, weaving through episodes of school, work, and play. I’m almost done my degree at Carleton, a Bachelor of Arts [Honors] in environmental studies. I just recently completed my thesis and now all I have left is two electives which I’m taking now, over the summer months. I guess you could say I’m at that point in my life where I’m [practically] done school and thinking… well, what now? I know for sure that I want to do a lot of travelling but in regards to my career I don’t really know much. All I do know is that I want to be able to grow my own food and rely as little as possible on large commercialised supermarkets. Why? Well, that’s a whole other story in itself, but to be as brief as possible I’ll say that it has to do with my health-nut parents and a number of my undergrad classes, combined with an assortment of enviro/health based novels and articles that have inspired me along the way.

       This summer, I have taken up a work share at Aylmer Backyard Farms in order to get some farming/growing experience. Aylmer Backyard Farms is a completely organic urban farm system consisting of three various backyards in Aylmer, Quebec, ran by the fantastic and food-passionate Anne Janssen. My main reason for starting this blog is to have something that I can later look back at and remember exactly the kinds of things I did on the farm. Ideally, it’d also be great to have other organic and local food lovers to be able to follow my weekly experiences and possibly learn something as well!