I'm flattered to be added to a list of Bloomington food Bloggers* over at one of my favorite multimedia programs, Earth Eats. Whether you're a fellow Earth Eats lover, Bloomingtonian, or community agriculture researcher, thanks for ending up in this virtual space.
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After a class project that had me thinking about my food waste--in terms of compost and cash--I became a little obsessed with what my diet choices meant for my household's footprint, health, and budget. I ended the blog at the end of the semester, but I've kept tracking a lot of that information. I keep asking myself what it really costs to eat the way we want to eat, and how we can even the playing field so the heavy price tags of things like our splurge on maple syrup and bacon in one week are possible for more families.
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There are only two more weeks before the Bloomington Community Orchard begins its weekly open house-style workdays. This means I'll be beginning participant observation and first-hand participation, beginning to map how workday participants engage with the site. This involves getting into gear on IRB paperwork and finalizing the structure of my research questions. While on spring break, I've been gathering exciting reading: actor-network theory (ANT), non-representational theory (NRT), feminist qualitative research methods. The result of my research I'm most eager to delve into is bringing ANT and NRT into conversation in the Orchard landscape. I'm interested to see, through mapping participants' movements through the Orchard, who and what the key players are.
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