Who Am I?

I had a chance to introduce myself to a new group of people last night, so I thought I would share it here before the paper goes into the shredder. Here’s what I said to the Johnson County Food Policy Council last night:

I am:

• Native Iowan living west of Solon.
• Ten years since retiring from a 25-year career in transportation and logistics.
• Two terms on the county board of health with four years as chair. Familiar with air and water compliance issues.
• Blogger with 234 posts tagged “local food.”
• Farm worker. In 2020 on Carmen Black’s farm and at Wilson’s Orchard. Eighth season at each.
• Avid gardener with a large kitchen garden integrated with local food producers, grocery stores and other retail outlets.
• 24 percent of our food dollars are spent on local food, not including my garden.
• Mostly ovo-lacto-vegetarian.

These mini-autobiographies are getting easier to write as I age.