I agree about seasonal eating patterns and I guess that is implicit if you are eating local organic (i.e. no crazy hydroponic winter tomatoes). Living in utah t

I agree about seasonal eating patterns and I guess that is implicit if you are eating local organic (i.e. no crazy hydroponic winter tomatoes). Living in utah that would mean the winters would bring a lot of grains, canned/bottled fruit and vegetables from the growing season etc. How does a fresh vegetable stew with some home made bread not sound good? On rice - I actually tried growing rice in my apartment using 5 gallon buckets one suspended in the other so that there is a constant supply of water in the bottom (I think the term is self watering container). I just threw in some soil and tossed a hand full of organic brown rice and it sprouted within the week! I am not sure how much I could have grown had I taken it past that point but I was surprised that it even sprouted!