Posts from ‘April, 2010’

I finally had my first fiddleheads of the season at New Morning Natural Foods. These are from the Ostrich Fern. Fiddleheads are a New England thing. I’m fairly new to them, my first try was two years ago from Chef Corey at Trinity Conference Center in Cornwall Bridge. Since then, I haven’t missed a season. [...]

I knew it was going to be big, but I didn’t imagine it would be this huge! There were oodles of vendors offering free samples and not-for-profit organizations offering information. WPKN was live broadcasting the event up until a little after 1 PM. You couldn’t have asked for a nicer day!

I went to Meet the Author, David Gumpert at Molten Java in Bethel. Gumpert wrote The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights. Not a bad crowd for 6 PM on a Wednesday—farmers, consumers, raw milk advocates, bloggers, journalists, locavores, children, and avid readers. David Gumpert was warmly introduced by Ed Hertz [...]

The first Earth Day was 40 years ago! (Where’d the time go?) The point of the day is to raise our environmental awareness. I have to admit, there’s a lot more of that now than there was 40 years ago. Could we be doing more? Certainly. We need to care for this planet because if [...]

Molten Java Coffee Roasters in Bethel, CT is hosting Meet the Author with David Gumpert, author of The Raw Milk Revolution. Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 6 PM. Molten Java is at 102 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, CT 203-791-9747 The event is co-sponsored by Relay Bookhouse (next door) and the Milkmen USA. There’s also a great [...]

This week’s forage was a short loop- Holbrook Farm and New Morning Natural Foods with an excursion to Rich Farm. At Holbrook’s, a cheese tasting was in-progress. They’re carrying a larger selection of cheeses, including Cato Corner, Beltane, and Sprout Creek Farm from local sources, and the tasting was an opportunity to introduce their customers [...]

Time is just flying and all sorts of things are popping up now, particularly with this unseasonably mild weather! I’ve got some garlic coming up: I planted cloves from garlic I got from Maple Bank, Hollbrook, and Cherry Grove. I planted some potatoes. I read an article that said this was a good method. I’ll [...]