Foodstock draws thousands

In the end, Foodstock did feel a little bit like Woodstock. It could have been the mud. And the intermittent rain. Most of all, though, it was the beatific smiles. Smiles that came not from recreational drug use, as at that other “stock,” but from the joy of breaking bread among an impromptu community of people, united not just because they loved food, but also because they respected the land from which it is harvested.

The organizers are claiming there were 28,000 people there, but the actual amount hardly matters. They’ve also decided not to reveal how much money was raised, primarily because it’s going into a war chest that will be used to fight the Highland quarry. And really, that doesn’t matter either. What matters is that a movement began last Sunday, one that’s going to fight tooth and nail against those who wish to mine the limestone below those fields. It’s going to be a long, hard fight. At least the food will be good.

Photo Brad Holden

Photo Bryan Davies