Maplemoon

Maplemoon
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Mark has been a supporter of organic agriculture and an avid eater of organically-raised foods for most of his adult life. He joined forces with the folks at Organic Maple Co-op in the early summer of 2010. In Organic Maple Leaf Rag he explores the meaning and importance of the word “organic,” in food and agriculture. He also looks into the small world of organic maple syrup, and the daily activities of the Co-op. Both author and Co-op are based in Cashton, Wisconsin – a village whose weight in the organic-agriculture movement is disproportionate to its size.



Saturday, August 21, 2010

... leaf, bloom ...



I happened to look out the front door this morning just as a yellow wing descended onto a purple coneflower. It settled there, moving now and then -- as though a fluttering butterfly.


It was a small, yellow maple leaf, which had fallen from one of our trees. The morning was misty-white ... and drops kept falling from the leaves high above, hitting the small leaf that had landed among the echinacea blooms ... making it seem to flutter.


When I looked closer, I saw the leaf's stem had inserted itself into the spiny center of the coneflower -- just like the proboscis of a butterfly.


Cheers ...

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