March 07, 2010 Exposed to her parents interest in horticulture as a young child, Joya Parsons grew to embrace her green thumb. “By the time I reached my early twenties, I was bitten by the horticulture bug.” Her interest in growing things was played out on the land her parents went on to buy in [...]
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Meet a Farmer: Joya Parsons, Chicken Farmer
Posted in CUpS Food News Wire Also tagged chickens, farming, free-range chickens, local economy, Local Food Economy, pasture fed chickens, saving seeds, seeds Post a comment
Getting local foods to local tables: Part III, a farmer’s perspective
January 11, 2010 After all the planning, planting, and harvesting, how does a farmer get all that food distributed locally?
“Even with bizarre weather patterns and climate change, even with the seemingly random challenges every natural system throws in one’s way, connecting the food they produce with the people who want to eat that food [...]
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Consumers: Help secure Britain’s food future
Jan. 07, 2010 Defra (UK’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is calling for citizenship to ‘vote with your fork’ to influence how food might be sustainably produced. Food security is a goal for ‘Food 2030′.
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Wild and Cultivated Mushrooms at the Farmers Market
Fall is upon us, the summer’s harvest is coming to an end, and many farmers are getting fields ready for next years crop. But not everyone is slowing their pace. If you grow mushrooms – whether cultivated or from the wild – your busy time is fast upon you.
This is what I discovered when [...]
A Sustainable Farmer Talks Corn
Anthony Boutard shares the history behind the different varieties of corn that he grows, and describes their more notable uses. Anyone who knows Anthony, knows this farmer believes in growing a wide diversity of crops, including diversity within a species. It just so happens that corn being one of the oldest grains also has [...]
Posted in Food Conversations Also tagged anthony boutard, ayers creek farm, corn, corn belt, corn meal, corn state, crops, diversity, family farmers, fish, flint corn, fresh food, Growing & Raising Food, hard grained, lamb, organic, popcorn, sustainable agriculture, vegetables, white grits Post a comment
Farm To School: A Conversation with Marion Kalb-part 3
Cooking Up a Story: Food News Part 3:
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In this final segment, Marion Kalb, director of the Farm To School program, suggests practical ways to work with food service directors, and others, to bring fresh, locally produced foods, [...]
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