Posts under ‘locavore’

The Summer 2008 issue of Edible Nutmeg included an article on putting by written by Sherri Brooks Vinton. that’s the first I’d heard of her. I tried her Spiced Carrots Ice Box Pickles recipe and they were absolutely delicious and a big hit with friends and family.
I’ve been making this recipe ever since, well worth [...]

Friday, June 18, 2010, 4-7 PM
Ice Cream Social at New Morning Natural Foods store
to benefit Safe Haven Shelter and services for victims of domestic violence located in Waterbury and Southbury. Rain or shine.
Saturday, June 19, 2010, 2-3 PM
Sherri Brooks Vinton, author of Put ‘Em Up,  at Sport Hill Farm
Demo on preserving food and book signing.
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The 2010 Summer Farmers Market season is starting to swing! Several markets are already opening, and within the next month, the rest will follow suit. Here’s a directory of sorts, highlighting the markets in my near circle, far circle, and some links to more market information so you can draw your own circles. I also [...]

Here’s my very own arugula! They were just seeds on April 10.

I have to admit, I was surprised to find out that the USDA introduced a Know your Farmer, Know your Food program. They are making all kinds of resources available to small farmers. So what’s wrong with this picture?
On a practical level, the USDA’s policies and regulations are skewed towards the industrial producers. It is [...]

Local meals happen all the time here. Okay, well about 90% of the time. I generally post these for challenges, but there is no challenge going on and this one was so sweet. I owe it all to some serendipitous (or was it fortuitous—you decide) discoveries on the foraging trail. The impromptu feast [...]

This week’s forage technically began on Friday evening on the ride home from work. Sport Hill Farm was still open so I picked up:

arugula
spinach
a lovely potted lavender plant

The new barn at Sport Hill is really coming along. It is beautiful. Sorry, no photo since this was an impromptu visit! Next time.
Cecelia is up for a [...]

When it comes to comfort foods, hot cereal tops the list for me—year round. My absolute favorite is farina (cream of wheat for the non-Italians) but there isn’t a local source. A close second is oatmeal. Happily, there is a local source for oatmeal (my second favorite hot cereal): Lightning Tree Farm in Millbrook, NY [...]

In a Burlington Free Press article, The Price of Fresh: Author questions tradeoffs of ‘fresh’ food and localvore eating, Free Press correspondent Melissa Pasanen describes a talk by Dartmouth College professor and author Susanne Freidberg. Susanne Freidberg has written a book called Fresh, which, this article suggests, implies there are unintended consequences from the local [...]

I got a late start on this week’s forage—blame it on the rain. Happily, the sun came out as I got to my first stop! My trail:
Holbrook Farm, where I scored:

spinach
arugula
mustard greens
ramps
cilantro
greenhouse tomatoes from March Farm
Kenyon’s Rhode Island sea salt (Yay! It’s back!)
Holbrook’s own bread and butter pickles
Beltane Farm Goat milk
Womanchego cheese from Cato Corner [...]