If local is the new organic, then most of my friends here are very trendy. As with most little towns in the scenic intermountain west, we have our issues between the newbies and the locals, but game cuts across all the class boundaries — we all eat local wild meat. Whatever you might feel about hunting, you have to admit that you can’t get much more local than going out on a cold fall morning before sunrise, then shooting, field dressing, and packing out an animal that is destined for your freezer. An animal you intend to eat for the next year.
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Live webcast: Eat Well Guided Tour of America’s grand finale
Our friends at Sustainable Table asked me to mention that there will be a live webcast today at 6:30 p.m. EST (3:30 p.m. PST) of the shindig marking the last stop of the Eat Well Guided Tour of America. If you happen to live around Red Hook, NY, it sounds like it’s going to be […]
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