I do not remember where or when I learned that our grocery stores have only a three-day supply of food on hand or that the United States has become a net-importer of food. I do know there are lots of books, web sites, blogs, and Tee Vee shows about “survival” and I don’t have any plans to add to such apocalyptic noise in our little corner of the internet. I just think it’s cool to shake the hand of the farmer who raised the cow which made the milk I’m having for breakfast. I also think it’s an amazing thing to plant a tiny little seed in the ground and watch it grow into a spreading cucumber plant which flowers and then finally produces a bunch of cucumbers. Depending on the type of seed planted, I might be able to save one of the hundreds of seeds in just a single cucumber and then plant that one tiny seed to start the cycle all over again.