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Pick-Your-Own from the Greenmarket
I learned today that a number of the farmers who sell at the Greenmarkets also let you go and pick-your-own at the farm. Strawberry season is coming, and the stonefruits and other berries aren’t far...
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Last Chance for Strawberries
In the midst of a lot of dismal news about food prices and food shortages, there remains a bright spot: I managed to catch the tail end of the local strawberry season. I thought that all of the recent...
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Water or Wheat?
A melon farm in Toshka, Egypt. Much of Northern Africa, the Middle East, and other countries in dry climes are facing this dilemma. They have too little water to farm intensively and be...
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Back in Action
I’m back, after much traveling and many adventures, with a surprising amount of maps and local foods goodness involved. More about that will be up soon, as well as my commentary on a lot of...
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An Apology and a Relocation
Alas, I have fallen victim to the scourge of so many bloggers and so need to apologize for my extended absence. I have relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Santa Cruz, CA, and have been busy settling into...
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Tri-County Cooperative Produce Market
The produce auction barn Driving through Hightstown, NJ to visit my friend Geoff last month, I saw a sign for a Produce Auction. The sign proclaimed that the produce auction occurred every Monday,...
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Putting it all together: local food, agricultural policies, and the environment
There’s all sorts of reasons to eat and enjoy local foods: taste, the satisfaction of contributing to your local food economy, health, opting out of agribusiness. In last week’s New York Times...
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The Edible City
I recently stumbled across this trailer for Edible City, which looks to be a well-crafted, detailed look at urban farming in the Bay Area. The trailer is a bit long, at just over nine minutes, but is...
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Composting Greens into Green in San Francisco
Yesterday’s article in the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted a key part of both food and sustainability – what to do with organic waste. The solution, working remarkably well in the Bay Area –...
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Tri-County Produce Market Update!
The produce auction barn This morning, my friend Geoff sent me a link to a new article he wrote about the Tri-County Cooperative Produce Auction, which we visited in September. It’s great news: in...
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