Passionately Raw!

Happy Earth Day 2024!  For me today is a perfect day to express my gratitude to all organic gardeners and farmers. I can only hope that there will be more people who embrace organic farming and strive for the organic certification of their produce.  Many people consciously choose to eat locally grown produce to reduce their carbon footprint. Unfortunately, "locally grown" does not necessarily means "organic" since conventional farms use tons of agrochemicals such as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, and plant growth regulators. While all these chemicals increase productivity, they can have adverse impact on human health and the environment.  For maximum nutrition and taste, in many of my raw dishes I try to use seasonal, organically grown produce. This simple radish carpaccio is one such dish. All ingredients are seasonal and organic but unfortunately not all were grown locally.  To make the pesto I picked up some barba di frate (Salsola soda) also known