Homeland Security

So you go to the local safeway. For the sake of convenience you grab some pre-cleaned, bagged veggies. Easy resealable pouches, healthy fresh vegetables, couldn't be easier. Bullshit. Agri-business and large scale processing has put our national security in Jeopardy. It is in the best interest of homeland security to decentralize food production and create a series of regional food sourcing centers that can act independently in case of terrorist, and or accidental contamination. From here on out I will refer to these regional food production facilities as Foodstuff Annex for Regional and Metropolitan Support, or F.A.R.M.S. These F.A.R.M.S. will produce food for population centers within quick trucking distance. They can produce a variety of foodstuffs that are indigineous and or specific to the climate of the area providing a hearty, nutritious and diversified yield. Crops that are naturally resistant to pests and disease of the given regions. This decentralization also has great strategic import. It is almost impossible for food flow to be disrupted by contamination when there are so many independent F.A.R.M.S. operating.

product

So I've started to cover the unsavory, unglamorous, stressful aspects of the job. It's easy to do since most of these posts come right after work. I'm usually winding down reglecting on the night. Successes and failures as well as just the desire to wrap it up and go home. To relax and get ready for the next day. If I could post periodically throughtout the day I'm sure the content would be quite different. But the predominant thing would be the product. A joy that comes directly from the raw ingredients, how they smell, how they look, taste, respond to heat, etc. Taking that near perfect item and preparing, framing it and serving it is the true thrill. Like most career changers I got into this because of the romantic notions of food and the craft of cooking itself. Of course the adrenaline and process of line cooking, cooking at speed, has become it's own addiction. The product is still the overwhelming motivater. Seeing the seasons change, the product change, is thrilling.