1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogcookiemhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/cookiem/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="R8BNGQ7Hff"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/autumn-harvest/">Autumn harvest!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/autumn-harvest/embed/#?secret=R8BNGQ7Hff" width="600" height="338" title="“Autumn harvest!” — HappyCow" data-secret="R8BNGQ7Hff" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> In the northern hemisphere, it is full swing into autumn.  One of the traditional American autumnal pasttimes includes picking your own produce!  What’s better than seeing where your food comes from and thanking the farmers who are helping keep our pantries filled with goodies? In many areas along the Atlantic Seaboard, apple and pumpkin picking are at their prime!  Pick some apples and bring them to lunch, or turn some into apple sauce, jar it for the winter!  OH and who could resist making some apple pie?  Fresh apples from your local orchard have flavors that can’t be beat from store-purchased apples shipped from all over the world, including New Zealand and Argentina.  Even if those foreign apples are organic, is that worth the petroleum and chemical outputs from the life cycle that is required to get them to you?  When you visit a local orchard, feel free to ask questions about sustainability and marketing, that way you know what you are getting!  Who do they sell to?  How were they grown? Additionally, pick-your-own apple orchards provide a fun, safe, healthy family and friends activity!  Much better than sitting on the couch and watching TV or surfing the web.  Help […]https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/autumn20harvest.jpg