Summer in this valley is indeed a demonstration project on Abundance. Every day we get lettuce, broccoli, green beans and an assortment of fruits and berries spilling from the farms that surround us. Oh the joy of it.

The response to our Buy Local! plan has been tremendous. Many of you have commented online but many more have stopped by to offer their support.  Thank you. It is gratifying to see how the possibility of saving the world by withdrawing our support from the Tyson dominated corn-fueled monster has resonated with the locals. You can read the entire article at BethanysTable.com/community-pages/buy-local/.

We have purchased our first steer and hog from Nick, a farmer near Carlton. No feedlot here, Nick is finishing this yearling steer with produce trim he picks up regularly from a nearby organic farm. Nick is very sensitive to how his animals are killed. He absolutely will not let his cattle see another animal killed as they find this extremely stressful so he will transport the steer to the butcher. He’ll transport the hg the next day.

This means that the money you pay to Bethany’s Table is being passed along to the likes of Mark Brooks, who ones the produce stand on 185th & West Union and sources from the farms that surround us, to a cattle and hog farmer in Carlton, and to a butcher in Mt. Angel.

Warm fuzziness all around.

We appreciate your support of this initiative.