Each time I take a trip to the Greenmarket I feel more and more compelled to move out to the country and raise some sheep, the world’s most amazing animal (more on this later.) Inspiration hits me even stronger when I am confronted with people who have actually done this….and are successful at it! A number of years ago an American woman and a German man met in Brazil and decided that neither of them wanted very much to leave. Both being ardent environmentalists they began to make the most of the land, organic farming came naturally to them and soon they were helping other farmers in the area to convert to organic production. The town where they are located is in the state of Rio de Janeiro and is an old mining community.

I like fruit pastes but this is something different, this tastes like actual fruit. It comes in fig, peach and guava. With some salty sheep’s milk cheese and a bottle of something cold and white, or some Spanish cider you really have an entire afternoon planed for you.