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Capsicum lately
I snagged these gorgeous peppers from Scott Arbor Farm, a family farm located in Seguin, about 50 miles south of Austin. I always make a beeline to their stand at the downtown Austin Farmer's Market. According to their website, they have been farming organically at the same location for 32 years. They were organic
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Locavore Resources in the Puget Sound
Earlier this week, Man of La Muncha and I met up with Jenni and Lisa, two of the co-founders of our meat CSA (meat countdown T minus 22 days!) to talk about our reactions to reading Michael Pollan's The
Tomatoh, Tomatow
It was going to be the quintessential blog posting. Sir Loin and I were set to spend the whole weekend up at the house of Madame La Vache (otherwise known as the grandmother of Miss Steak). This other blog entry I was going to write fell through, so I thought, well, Madame La Vache has a great garden
Calling all Seattle carnivores!
Put your money where your steak knife is! The Montlake Meat group is looking for additional members, according to our reader (and Montlake Meat book maven) Jenni. She also reminded us that we've been tardy about sending in
Chicks Dig Me…and I Dig Them Back
Farming is hard. And I have a feeling Chickenman is going easy on me. Omnichores: Shoveling the wood chips out of the brooder house to get ready for the imminent hatching of the chicks. The brooder house hasn't been used for a long, long time, except by scorpions and geckos, and really big black spiders.
Get on your mucking boots: Fordhall Farm Saved!
Fordhall Community Land Initiative announced their success in raising enough funds to buy the farm and set it aside for use as an organic farm, wildlife preserve, and community resource. As noted earlier
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Lovely Muck: Saving a Shropshire Farm
During our daily review of news sites for our digest, Dairy Queen discovered that two siblings are selling shares to save their father's organic
Eating Locally – the New Cool
I've been attending a conference in the arid Southwest this week, and as a result have been reading USA Today, a newspaper I never really look at. But, lo and behold, on page 5D of today's Life section, there's an article about a couple in Vancouver, British Columbia who decided last year to spend an
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