archive for the 'Fruits & vegetables' Category

The slippery slope of banana disasters

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Wednesday, June 25th, 2008.

With millions in the tropics rely on the banana as a staple food, the spread of the Panama disease is a serious issue. If it hits a region, like Uganda, that depends on bananas, a humanitarian catastrophe could ensue.

The banana situation in Montreal

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Wednesday, June 25th, 2008.

Finding organic and fair-trade bananas in Montreal.

Safeway’s unintentional commentary on modern tomatoes

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Tuesday, June 10th, 2008.

Safeway is running ads declaring that their tomatoes are “robust,” a word that makes me think of strength and resilience, two qualities that should have nothing to do with burstingly juicy red orbs.

Local food promoted as economic development tool

by Janet @ Monday, June 2nd, 2008.

It’s one of the ironies of our food system that here in Kansas, one of the largest agriculture states in the union, we don’t have a whole lot of local food. It doesn’t have to be that way. What’s more, a turnaround in that situation is a good economic development plan.
That was the message that […]

Victory Garden update: Getting in a few good digs

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Saturday, May 31st, 2008.

If the Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer, then we’re well on the way to sweet summer eats in our Victory Gardens…

Perfect pinch: Saving pennies by cleaning out the pantry

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Wednesday, May 7th, 2008.

Remember last year’s Penny-Wise Challenge? The rising cost of food this year causes me to look back to what I learned then — and to cook from my pantry more and more.

Saving the songbirds (and ourselves)

by Elanor @ Sunday, March 30th, 2008.

Today’s New York Times featured an op-ed by Bridget Stutchbury, a biology professor at the University of Toronto and author of Silence of the Songbirds. Her book follows in the footsteps of Silent Spring and documents the rapid disappearance of migratory songbirds — by her account, a 50% decline in the last four decades — […]

Sow what? Planning and starting our Victory Gardens

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Monday, February 18th, 2008.

We’ve just dug out from a mild winter storm here in northern Ohio (only a few inches of snow, but topped with a thick glaze of ice), and I’m finally able to see the ground emerge from that blanket of cold, frozen precipitation. The weather lately has fueled a number of dreams of sunny, tropical […]

We’re plotting… our Victory Gardens!

by Ethicurean @ Monday, January 28th, 2008.

During both World War I and II, the American government mandated that its citizens ration food in order to feed the troops overseas. In order to supplement their rations of meat, oil, sugar, and other precious foods, the American people followed the government’s call to plant War Gardens (in WWI) and, later, Victory Gardens. Home […]

Dancing with the starches

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Saturday, January 19th, 2008.

The high-starch vegetables play an important role in our winter diets, giving us the extra nutrition and energy we northerners need to stay warm and well-fed when the snow flies. But you’d better believe that we’re counting down the days until the start of this year’s farmers market -– and the first fresh leafy greens and other spring vegetables!

Do pineapples belong in a snowstorm?

by Peter aka Nosher of the North @ Tuesday, January 15th, 2008.

Montreal enjoyed several days of warm weather last week, which melted almost all of the snow that had fallen over the last two weeks, and there was a lot of it. Just as I was beginning to enjoy walking to work in my hiking boots, mother nature dropped another big snowfall on us and I […]

State of local food not bad in this Plains city

by Janet @ Tuesday, November 27th, 2007.

Kei, a commenter on my blog, recently asked about what kind of produce is available these days in Kansas. A San Franciscan, she was surprised by the dearth of produce she found recently in New York compared with her home.
Although I gave her a brief answer, I thought I’d check it out in a trip […]

No harm, no fowl: Vegetarian Thanksgiving favorites

by Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen @ Monday, November 19th, 2007.

Since becoming a vegetarian, I’ve been more inclined to celebrate Thanksgiving according to its original intent: to give thanks for a successful harvest by eating the results of that harvest. I like to look to the garden or the farmers market and celebrate the rich bounty of vegetables available at this time of the year — as well as the stories behind them — to celebrate a 100-Mile Thanksgiving, at least in part.

Digest - Blogs: Let’s scrap the Farm Bill, winter marketing, the golden age of apples

by Ethicurean @ Saturday, November 17th, 2007.

Posts by bloggers at both personal and nonprofit sites that you won’t want to miss.

Farm tour: Pressing issues at Hidden Star Orchards

by Marc R. aka Mental Masala @ Sunday, October 14th, 2007.

Autumn is apple season in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, an opportunity to taste apples at their peak and remember how good an apple can be. For many, the apple’s standing has been diminished by too many cardboard-like Red Delicious apples served as token pieces of fruit on airplanes or at other establishments. […]

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