The best thing about writing a blog are the comments It has been suggested that I deepen my passionate affair with chocolate. I should delve more deeply into milk, dark, white, Belgian, 60 percent, healthy, nonfat etc. How better than to start with cacao trees? Also a wise person thought I might find the answer to my question "Why is it" by returning to a farm. Why not combine the two? I could live on a Chocolate Farm.
First I need land. I may buy a defunct housing tract. Plenty of buildings for the chickens, cow, farm manager and me and the dog. Still there will be room for the vegetable garden. The cow can glean the remaining vegetable greens and fertilize the garden while she munches away. Sustainable farming!
Any excess produce will be donated to the orphans at the nearby orphanage. The little children will be able to visit the farm and learn the joys of working with their hands and doing farm labor. Lucky!
For a small charge there will be chocolate factory tours (available on request). The factory will be located in one of the larger vacant houses. I have already visited some small chocolate factories- Jajoba for one and I believe chocolate production will be a fine way to spend my declining years. Now to get started on digging holes for the cacao bean trees. Great exercise. E-mail if you are interested to join.
-Louise
i wanna join. i wanna join. I already took a sustainable living class at santa cruz.
ReplyDeleteWhat country are you doing this in?
ReplyDeleteYES!
ReplyDeleteI have experience living on an egg farm. If I combine that with your chocolate mission, might we have a farm that produces chocolate eggs? Useful for Easter!
ReplyDelete-Julie