Articles written by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen

Shedding light on a permaculture farm: Review of “Bioshelter Market Garden”

By • on October 29, 2011

As small farmers look for ways

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Slow what?: Review of “Slow Gardening”

By • on October 11, 2011

By now, I’m sure that all good Ethicurean readers

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Minding common ground: “Poly-farming” in northeast Ohio

By • on September 27, 2011

Just about any road I take that leads me out of

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Bounty hunters: A review of two new local-foods cookbooks

By • on June 7, 2011

As the local food movement expands and

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Tipping sacred cows: Reviewing “Meat: A Benign Extravagance”

By • on January 31, 2011

Mainstream culture and news abound with

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Two cookbooks give winter vegetables a starring role

By • on January 1, 2011

The temperatures have

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Olney Friends School in Ohio grows food to grow enrollment

By • on December 9, 2010

The farm-to-school movement has

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I am woman, hear me store: Review of “The Complete Root Cellar Book”

Now that the farming season is winding down along with my energy levels, I find

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Contain your enthusiasm: Review of “From Container To Kitchen”

As an apartment-dweller,

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When push comes to chèvre at Lucky Penny Creamery

Before Local Roots Market opened late last year, we expected gaps in the products offered. One specific category of products –- cheese –- kept us from

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Growing with the grain: Review of “Homegrown Whole Grains”

As you may have guessed by now, I love to bake. And since part of my self-employment now entails baking goods to sell at Local Roots, I'm keenly interested

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So long office, hello farm!

Maybe there's something in the air (or soil or water).  Maybe it's the growing (no pun intended) interest in farming around the country.  Maybe... it's just time.  How else do you explain not one, but

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Giving everyone a Grand (Opening, at Local Roots)

One year ago, the twelve of us who formed the steering committee of the Wooster Local Food Cooperative, Inc., held a public meeting at

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Bringing everyone to the table: A review of “PolyCultures”

A handful of recent movies - most notably "Food, Inc." and "Fresh" - have undoubtedly boosted the number of people with something to say about national food policy. And just as the local foods movement

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Yes, we can… and we relish it!

Last Sunday, I started the day by catching up on email and blogs and stumbled through a link to a recent Slate article panning the art of canning. Deriding

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