Every two years, Slow Food International has a really big celebration called the Terra Madre, which is going on right now, and this year it is in Turin, Italy. The focus this year is on indigenous cultures, food sovereignty, and their relationship to the earth (link 2 below). Many proud, independent peoples around the world…
In these economic hard times it should come as no surprise that more people find themselves struggling to acquire the basic necessities of life, including food. Even before the recession there were plenty of reports of increasing food insecurity. As I scour the internet each week for food news to share with you, one topic…
Fall harvest at Long Hungry Creek Farm is filled with Brassicas, more commonly known as the mustard family. It includes some of the healthiest and most widely grown crops throughout the temperate regions of the world. Some of the brassicas that we grow are mustard greens (of course), kale, mizuna, arugula, napa cabbage, michihili cabbage,…
Fun, informative, excellent eats, great weather, talented and dedicated people. As a biodynamic conference, there was plenty of talk about soil, how to make and apply biodynamic preparations, and understanding the forces that we must interact and get along with in order to grow great food. Rudolph Steiner wrote volumes about nature spirits and their…
I have said it before- the success of local food owes thanks, in part, to industrialized food. Why? Because they have so thoroughly ruined the quality and nutritional value of our food supply, that millions of previously unaware Americans have been forced to recognize this fact, and it scares them. While I don’t advocate the…
I was unable to get to the farm before Saturday afternoon, by which time things were in full swing. By full swing I mean there was music not only on both stages, but small gatherings of people around the farm were playing amongst themselves- every instrument and style you can think of. There were people…
You can feel it in the air, the transition into fall. You can see it in the plants around your house or around your favorite walking path. You can see it in the veggies that come in your CSA share each week. You can see that sunset gets a bit earlier each night, and that…
An old saying goes “there are two things money can’t buy- love and homegrown tomatoes.” The climax of the summer garden is the gushing forth of the tomato crop. If you garden eight acres, like we do, or just eight square feet, it’s likely you are growing this favorite vegetable. Around April 1st the seeds…
I was made aware this week of an article that appeared in the New York Times on 8/19, that attempts to explore the cost and environmental differences between local and industrial agriculture. Stephen Budiansky, a gardener himself, enjoys local food, but is concerned about what he calls “self-indulgent — and self-defeating — do-gooder dogmas.” He…