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Notes from a new farmer: Q&A with Michael Gallagher, Square Roots Farm
In every school, there is a legendary former student -- the one whose academic prowess knew no bounds. "Brilliant," people marvel about this student, even decades later. "That kid was brilliant." (Or, here in New England, you might hear: "Wicked smaaaaaht.") At my daughter's school, that individual is Michael Gallagher. A dozen years after he left
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Dispatch from Germany No. 2: Visiting three small but innovative farm-to-table enterprises
By Renee Ciulla As I wrote in my first post for Ethicurean, I’m a graduate student learning about Sustainable Agriculture in Europe who recently spent a semester
CSA to deliver education along with produce
God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be picking up my first CSA delivery of the year in late April. When I do, it will be the 16th consecutive spring that the Rolling Prairie farmers have unloaded their goods and distributed them to subscribers in Lawrence, Kansas. Those facts — the 16th year
Happy Thanksgiving from the Ethicureans
I hope all of you are getting ready to enjoy a locally inspired feast, or one with at least a couple Ethicureanish dishes on the menu. I'm a bit sad I won't be cooking at home this year. I'm unfortunately stalled in the airport en route to Scottsdale, AZ, where if the rain lets up I shall be hanging
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As the dirt turns (a pair of agricultural hope operas)
I grew up surrounded by farms. Though my family lived in a neighborhood on the very outskirts of our northern Ohio city, my school bus drove out into the country to pick up some of my farm-raised classmates. And in the summer, I spent the county
Announcing the Bay Area’s newest meat CSA: the Clark Summit Farm Meat Club!
In September 2006 I complained to then-San Francisco Chronicle reporter Carol Ness that there were plenty of veggie Community Supported Agriculture programs in the Bay Area, but none that would give you a selection of chicken, beef, pork, and eggs every month. She quoted
Help for Michelle Obama
The March 10 issue of the New Yorker includes a profile of Michelle Obama, the refreshingly candid (and awesomely tall) potential next First Lady. Back in April, someone who was caucusing for
More Montreal winter
I wish I had a tomato. Instead, I get snow. That is what we woke up to on New Year's day. I would easily trade all this snow for a fresh tomato that I can slice as thick as I want, because I have so many tomatoes. My garden has given me so many tomatoes, and my CSA box is overflowing with them, I can
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I bought a quarter of a pig
My search for a supply of sustainable meat is now ended, successfully. Pictured below is a quarter of a pig that is now in my freezer. I had been calling around town and emailing people, trying to find someone who raises pigs in a sustainable manner. I found a few expensive shops that I could't possibly
Autumn in Montreal
When the leaves begin to fall from the trees around these parts and the Canadian geese fill the skies, some folks smile with delight at the vibrant colours of the fall foliage. Other folks, a group which I belong to, see it in a different light. For me, autumn signals the death of the leaves and the
Is the success of farmers markets hurting farmers?
[Updated on 9/22 to include positive sentiments from farmers about farmers markets] Just as I was thinking that the Bay Area is enjoying a golden age of farmers markets, with a multitude of farmers markets bringing fresh, local food directly from the farm to the consumer, reality drops in: farmers markets
Digest – Features: We (heart) NYT Food, Globalization of Food 101, bad Target
We can't remember a New York Times Food & Dining section that had so many stories flavored by food politics. The Gray Lady sure is greening up her act — in stark contrast to that other esteemed publication from the Big Apple (more on the New Yorker's food issue later) — and we love her
Montreal farmshare weeks 3 & 4
Week 3 of my farm-share included: 2 edible flowers 1 pint raspberries 2 heads chicory? 1 big head Boston lettuce 2 kohlrabi 1 bunch kale 1 large bunch swiss and rainbow chard 1 bag big snow peas 1 cucumber 4 zucchini 1 bag dried speckled romano beans 2 dozen eggs purchased Week 4: 1 head chicory? 1 big
My Montreal CSA box – baskets #1 & #2
I've mentioned the CSA I belong to many times and I've also been eagerly awaiting the start of the summer season - which began last week. I'm sure many people who live in the USA and some Canadians on the west coast are able to enjoy fresh local vegetables all year round, but the growing season in Montreal
Digest: You say tomato, we say no-thanko, Kind’s FARM 21 analyzed, “mama cooks”
NEWS Please, someone save us from ourselves: A new variety of tomato (right) has been genetically modified to restore some of the flavor and aroma lost from when tomatoes were bred to be durable
