The benefits of agricultural diversity are very important to the local environment. Some of the benefits include supporting pollinators, reducing the carbon footprint (focus on planting more native plants and crops whose seeds don't travel hundreds of miles), and water and energy savings as many native, diverse plants do not require excess amounts of water, pesticides and fertilizers

While traveling for work in Minnesota I had the best meatless meal I can recall - it was a burrata ravioli! The ravioli had poppyseeds inside the pasta, and burrata mozzarella on the inside. The sauce was a light olive oil sauce with pine nuts and pickled rhubarb. It was amazing!

There are a lot of negative health consequences to spending so much time indoors and on screens. Decreased physical activity usually means increased weight, as some say.......sitting is the new smoking!  Staring at the screen for long periods of time can cause “computer vision syndrome” with symptoms of strained eyes, blurred vision, dry eyes and headaches. All that exposure to blue light can decrease sleep quality.  I also believe that being outside makes me more interested in my natural environment and I have a desire to learn more.  Mentally I feel better after being outside.

I used an entire cabbage and the head (only part that I didn't eat myself) was eaten by my pet shrimp and snails in my fish tank!