QUALITY OF LIFE

Posted by on Mar 20, 2013 in EAT | No Comments

Today was a day of cooking great batches of meals for Easter visitors to Coll and Tiree. My parents are visiting from abroad and they helped with all sorts of things – looking after children, chopping onions, recipe advice… In the void left by so much assistance, I got to thinking… About why on earth we spend so much time on fairly low-earning projects. Chatting to a fellow farmer’s wife yesterday, we contempated what makes a farm diversification worth pursuing. If you factor in the value of your time and the huge costs of freight – on and off the island – which affects everything from food production and butchery […]