Posts under ‘farms’

Salad greens are still growing boundlessly here in CT. Patti’s been mixing it up with some interesting heirloom varieties. This week’s bounty 2 heads of Red Romaine 2 heads of Grand Rapids lettuce 2 heads of broccoli 1 big bag of mixed mustard greens and arugula I’ve been experimenting with some salad dressings—nothing to write [...]

Jamie Oliver shows where the various cuts of beef come from on the cow. After the good cuts are gone, what happens with the waste trimmings? It gets made into pink slime. If you don’t have the time or stomach to watch, here’s the synopsis: Butchers pay companies to take away the parts of the [...]

Patti Popp at Sport Hill Farm harvesting my own personal asparagus. Did I mention how delicious it was?! Here it is next to Patti’s corn (from the freezer from last summer) and Greyledge’s pork chops (with a rub of ramps from Holbrook’s and Oh My spice blend from Boxed Goodes).

Miranda Vineyard held their annual barrel tasting yesterday at the vineyard. A barrel tasting gives us a chance to sample the wine in its final stages before it is bottled. They held the tasting in three sittings which provided great opportunities to see the operation and ask questions. The tasting included music, a tour of [...]

Here’s Ken Cook from the Environmental Working Group, giving a talk called Turning the Farm Bill into the Food Bill. The bill is coming up again in 2012 so it’s time to start talking and doing something about it now. Interesting. I didn’t know: The food bill is $412 billion from 2008 to 2012. There [...]

My Dark Days Challenge meal #17 was Yankee Pot Roast a New England favorite. (Notice it’s not called Red Sox pot roast, neighbors!) I use a few extra ingredients, not ordinarily part of this dish including garlic, wine, and tomatoes. I like to think of it as my own Bronx Italian Yankee pot roast. Food [...]

Dark Days Challenge meal #16. As I mentioned, a funny thing happened at Sport Hill Farm: last year’s crops were still growing! (Okay, maybe not growing, but definitely not dead. Certainly viable and edible. Very tasty even!) Patti let me forage these gifts from the Earth. I scored spinach, carrots, and leeks. So I made [...]

Folks around here agree that we suffered an incredibly harsh winter. The cleanup from the storms has farmers working even harder than they ordinarily do—putting their farms back together. They’re also harvesting crops from season extension crops and preparing for the regular season.  Still, there is something magical about Nature and how she continues to [...]

I finally found the Fairfield Indoor Winter Farmers Market! (This is the market that used to be at the Fairfield Theatre Company.) This year, it’s at the Greenfield Hill Grange (1873 Hillside Road, Fairfield). The market is open from 10 AM – 1 PM. The joint was jumping and had a nice assortment of items. [...]