Posts from ‘May, 2010’

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 [...]

I finally have the pictures of Sport Hill Farm‘s new barn—a very cool barn indeed! (Forget looking for Patti in these pictures—she’s camera-shy!) There’s also a loft upstairs for summer camp activities (Sport Hill is affiliated with The Unquowa Schools Farm Camp program, which gets children involved in seeing where food comes from).

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 included: lamb [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Today was the public hearing at the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) over raw milk buying clubs. Raw milk is legal in MA, but can only be purchased at the farm. As part of the day’s festivities, they held a Raw Milk Drink-In this morning in Boston Commons! Here in CT, raw milk can [...]

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 [...]

The 2010 Passports are out! Last Saturday was opening day of the Passport to Connecticut Farm Wineries contest. Pick up a Passport at any of the participating wineries. Visit 16 of the 30 wineries, get your Passport stamped, and submit it by November 7, 2010. The 2 grand prizes are 2 week trips to Spain! [...]

This week’s forage took me to Holbrook Farm, where I scored: spinach mustard greens scallions raw goat’s milk from Beltane. (Yes! Holbrook carries raw goats milk!. Tastes like, um, milk.) cheeses from Cato Corner Farm and Sprout Creek Farm. This one, with a tangy brie-meets-light-blue-cheese kind of taste, had my name all over it. DiGrazia [...]