Food Deserts
A locavore is someone who advocates for and eats locally grown foods, which is usually defined as within 100 miles but there aren’t any hard rules. Congress defines locally and
04/07/15
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Category: Seasonal
Food Inc.
The movie Food, Inc. is a documentary where guest nutritionists, naturopaths and general doctors, journalists, and farmers weigh in on topics of industrial food, organic food, food safety, and nutritional
03/12/15
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Local Produce Large Markets
I noticed at My Organic Market (MOMs) recently, it was difficult to find anything local. They had expensive grass-fed ground beef but the origin was Uruguay (and doesn’t have to
02/12/15
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CSAs
One way to get a steady supply of seasonal produce is to join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). You partner with a local farm and purchase “shares” which entitle you
01/13/15
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Pick Your Own
Pick-Your-Own farms are not only a great place to take the kids so that they can see where their food originates – not really one of those cold aisles in
09/30/14
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Bread Season
Right when I was thinking it’s squash season and time to start thinking of what to do with everything from a pumpkin to a spaghetti squash, a friend told me
09/23/14
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Substituting Seasonal Ingredients
In the spring I posted the best times of year for planting, but more importantly (in case you aren’t able to grow your own food) is when things are in
08/30/14
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Freezing for Winter
When winter sets in, we’re going to miss all of this fresh, beautiful, local produce. Of course you can buy stuff shipped in from around the world, but it doesn’t
07/14/14
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