Kentucky, the Other Land of Lincoln

Sonora to Harrodsburg

Illinois is known as "the land of Lincoln," but our 16th president was actually born in Kentucky; about 10 miles northeast of Sonora!  So Dave, Austin, and I visited Abraham Lincoln's birthplace on the way out of town.  

"Memorializing a President;" the copper circles are pennies

In front of the memorial building

Log cabin representative of the Lincolns'

On the way to Harrodsburg, I stopped in Bardstown for lunch at Corner Cafe and Bakery, mostly because it serves all organic foods and the bluegrass band playing in the dining room was full of Kentucky charm.  After my delicious blue cheese-mango-walnut-microgreen salad, I spoke with Debbie, the owner.  She opened the restaurant in October, 2008, and has been doing great business ever since.  Since they’re eco-conscious and advertise their organic ingredients, I thought they might compost their food scraps.  I thought wrong.  “I hadn’t thought of composting, but I suppose we could do that since we have a farm,” Debbie told me.  

Spreading the compost message, one restaurant at a time.