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Local Saturday - Thanksgiving starts at the Farmers' Market
Christie's Corner | 15 hours ago by Charmian
Great minds think alike. I was saving this local post for the Thanksgiving weekend. Fall harvest, gratitude, the bounty at our local Farmers' Market... It tied together perfectly. But Dana McCauley beat me to it. Well, I guess two bloggers getting t read more
A Celebration of Rainbow Swiss Chard
An Urban Plot | October 10th 2008 by urban plot
Today's post is a celebration of Rainbow Swiss Chard. Why eat boring food when you can eat a rainbow imbued with liquid sunshine!~from a seed catalog description....A beautiful chard, its colors are brilliant (pink, yellow, orange, red and white). Th read more
New Pears in Ontario
Foodie-File | October 10th 2008 by Christine
This weeks Canadian foodie- find is from Ontario where three new pear varietals are being celebrated. We received the pears in the test kitchen this week and have been munching all week long at various states of ripeness to determine our favourites. read more
Dana’s Big Gardening Adventure: It just goes on and on
Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary | October 10th 2008 by Dana McCauley
I know that some of you are wondering: ” what could she be doing in her garden now that it’s autumn in Ontario?” The truth is, not much. It’s time to rototill and put this baby to bed for the winter to be honest (fortunately, there’ read more
An insightful read
Green Living Blog | October 9th 2008 by Daniela
I had put the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver, on hold at the library when I first read about it, and it finally arrived the other week. I must say, I’m enjoying the book thoroughly. I’ve never read a book by Kingso read more
Trader Joe’s in Manzanillo- Delicias Gourmet
Manzanillo Mexico Blog | October 8th 2008 by Stephen
Our favorite grocery store has always been Trader Joe’s. When we lived in New York, we would take two trains at rush hour to Union Square 14th St, about an hours commute from our apartment in Brooklyn, just so we could shop at the only Trader J read more
How to Save an Economy? Start Growing Food
Ecolocalizer | October 8th 2008 by Lucille Chi
I can’t be the only one wondering what I’d do if the bottom really drops out of the economy and we’re all left to fend for ourselves. And the best answer I keep coming to is farming, as in growing my own — and others’ &# read more
Garden Fresh Roasted Veggies
An Urban Plot | October 8th 2008 by urban plot
Here is an amazingly simple yet wonderful garden fresh dish shown here before cooking. It has a beautiful variety of colors! My High School Home Economics Teacher would be SO proud. Beets, Carrots, Onions, Garlic, Potatoes (red, russet, blue), tosse read more
Why Bother?
An Urban Plot | October 7th 2008 by urban plot
You can't start growing your own food without asking yourself the question, Why Bother? It is work, pleasurable work with amazing returns... but at the end of the day aching and tired, you just gotta wonder.. if it really is worth the bother... Frien read more
What Eating Local Really Means
An Urban Plot | October 6th 2008 by urban plot
Eating local means more for the local economy.Locally grown produce is fresher.Local food just plain tastes better.Locally grown fruits and vegetables have longer to ripen.Eating local is better for air quality and pollution than eating organic.Buyin read more
Local Saturday -- wine edition
Christie's Corner | October 4th 2008 by Charmian
I've been rather lax with my weekly local food report. After a strong start with surprisingly delicious vegan cupcakes, I spluttered. However, this week I'm back on track thanks in part to a group of wine writers who are hoping to get readers to Dri read more
Tempting Eve…Again.
greenUPGRADER | October 2nd 2008 by Matt
It’s still apple season on the east coast! Take advantage of this wonderful time of year and go apple picking this weekend! Many local orchards have ‘Pick Your Own’ hours, a wonderful opportunity for a family field trip. Supporting read more
I am graceful
The Writing Nag | October 2nd 2008 by Writing Nag
I am graceful Originally uploaded by cocoaberg25Positive affirmation and delicious local food in Montpelier, Vermont. All of their buckwheat crepes are named with positive affirmations choose from I am happy, I am fulfilled, I am beautiful, I am grac read more
Questions About the Carbon Costs of Food
Healthy Living for People and Planet Earth | October 1st 2008 by Will
This week’s share
Tiny Farm Blog | September 29th 2008
Another nice fall CSA share this week! Thanks to no killing frost so far, we’re still picking beans (Jade), peppers (Gypsy, Ace, Cayenne Long Slim), and zucchini (Golden Dawn III). There’s also winter squash (Table Gold acorn), cauliflowe read more
Java Jungle and Jungle Vino a Reno Pairing Not to Miss
Live UR City | September 29th 2008 by TommyGuns
A cozy coffee shop and classy bar sitting together in the heart of downtown Reno. Every Reno adventurer needs to discover the local business pairing of Java Jungle and Jungle Vino. You will never be left wondering what to do in Reno once you walk read more
San Francisco Farmers Market Watch: September 27th
Cook Here and Now | September 28th 2008
Buongiorno. The first organic persimmons (see above) were here today and some plump organic grapes from Benzler farms, who also brought in non-irradiated and not sprayed with propylene oxide almonds from this year's crop (many of you know how hard... read more
Do we want to eat Canadian food?
Food and Farming Canada | September 26th 2008 by Lilian Schaer
The following column was printed in the Guelph Mercury on September 25 2008. Do we want to eat Canadian food? By Lilian Schaer Harvest is upon us and you can’t go very far without running across someone promoting local food. It’s everywhere - new read more
Breaking New Ground: Three Tips to Support New Immigrant Farmers
Sustainablog | September 25th 2008
Got some epazote, gai choy on your farmers market list this week? As new immigrant farmers plant agriculture careers on American soil, our produce options increase with fresh flavorful options like the pungent Mexican herb, epazote, or Asian mustard read more
Another Town Mulls Urban Chicken OK
Ecolocalizer | September 23rd 2008 by Lucille Chi
It seems that self-sufficiency and raising your own food is winning increasing approval from officialdom in the U.S., with Falmouth, Maine, possibly becoming the next town to OK the keeping of chickens in residential areas. The Portland Press Herald/ read more
San Francisco Farmers Market Watch: September 20th
Cook Here and Now | September 22nd 2008
Buongiorno. The first rain of the season greeted me at the market on Saturday. I write this on the first day of fall and the produce reflects the seasonal shift (if you're new to the blog, go read my post... read more
Mega Local Dinner
Dork Chow | September 21st 2008 by C. R. Dick
Foodbuzz had this contest called 24 in 24. You were to plan a big themed thing for 20 Sept, and they would pick 24 people and pay them to do their event and also feature them. Well of course I don’t know the right people or have enough resour read more
Last market day of summer
Tiny Farm Blog | September 20th 2008
We rang out the summer at the farmers’ market with a really lovely morning. I don’t remember what was going on here, but Lynn is looking a little under siege. You can’t call our market bustling or ever even EXTREMELY busy, but it read more
Farm share
Tiny Farm Blog | September 17th 2008
It’s interesting to see what everyone here helping in the field choose to harvest. Smaller selections always surprise me, I’d be, “A little of EVERYTHING, thanks!” Lynn, who’s off till Friday, went for herbs—sage, pars read more
A favorite…
Chez Us | September 17th 2008 by Chez Denise et Laudalino
Frisee Salad with lardons We both love this salad; but, I really think after tonight, it is up there with one of my all time favorites! after breaking the delicate poached egg …. heaven! * will write more later, we are both home suffering wit read more
Gardening Thoughts and Some Humor, too
FarmStyle by Clare | September 17th 2008 by Clare
As many of you know, the last three years in addition to my accounting department job, I've been chief flower person and vegetable gardener at my bosses' vacation home here in town. They are rarely there and so everything goes under appreciated, hen read more
Tomato fight comes to London…sort of
Food and Farming Canada | September 17th 2008 by Lilian Schaer
Many of us have heard of the crazy tomato fight festival held in the Spanish town of Bunol every year. Now an event billed as London Ontario’s biggest tomato fight is set to kick off this coming Sunday. Having seen pictures of the messy, free-f read more
Restaurant run
Tiny Farm Blog | September 16th 2008
A phone call on the weekend lead to this, our first real restaurant sale. It was cool! A chef called looking for local, organic veggies for a special menu this week. They’d joined at the last minute a regional food festival, featuring local foo read more
Let's cook and eat together: Sunday September 28th
Cook Here and Now | September 15th 2008
Buongiorno. Our upcoming dinner will be our 2nd anniversary celebration! What better ingredient to celebrate with than the tomato. They're finally peaking in flavor and variety and will be the star of our dinner -- think dry-farmed Early Girl, cherry read more
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