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Dear Small Farmers,
Dear Small Farmers, It is the season of giving thanks and giving gifts, so I am thinking of you. I want to thank you for not feeding me arsenic. Yup, turns out our government regulators, ostensibly...
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The Story of Seed
I’ve never been to a seed swap before. And to be honest, I had no real plans to participate in the one this Saturday at the Good Food Festival. Then I cut open this incredible squash last week. A few...
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My Seed Saving Education
So I got ‘schooled’ after my recent post about seed saving. I was all excited to be pulling seeds from last year’s Zephyr squash and thought I was going to share them with others at the Good Food...
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The Discomfort Zone
It’s interesting when we use the term “out of your comfort zone”, because by doing so we’re describing an uncomfortable situation but still clinging to a positive sounding phrase, ‘comfort zone’....
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Tongue. It’s What’s For Dinner.
My farmer friend Jeremy handed me a white butcher paper-wrapped package of responsibility recently. I brought it upon myself, actually. I sorta casually said to him at the farmers market, “Whaddya got...
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When Is Sorrel Soup More Than Sorrel Soup?
Sometimes a garden can be a little aggressive and it will kind of bark at you: “This is what’s for dinner!” You may have other plans. You may have no plans at all. But you look over at a plant and...
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It Takes A Village To Save Our Heirlooms
There they are – the seeds to my foodshed’s indigenous tropical fruit. And if you live in the Midwest, they are your heritage too – the pawpaw. It seems like there is an undercurrent of growing...
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