There’s no shortage of issues surrounding the labeling of chicken. As more consumers become aware of the issues surrounding the industrial production of chicken, we’ve seen terminology and meaning drop left and right. Cage-free, free-range, free-roaming, free-running, naturally raised; each term comes and then gets swallowed whole by an industry that eagerly promotes the age [...]

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Now pick up cheese at the same time and place you already pick up veggies, fruit, eggs, etc. New for 2012, in our cheese share we offer 3 varieties of locally made artisan cheeses. Once per month you’ll receive an assortment of cheeses all crafted expertly by sustainable family farmers. Each share will contain 1.5 [...]

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Join us at Green Living Expo. Sandy Spring CSA will have a booth and we’ll be giving a demonstration on CSA, specifically, ways to cook CSA veggies. The third annual Green Living Expo features green suppliers, products from local and national businesses, exhibits and seminars from government agencies and nonprofits, and more! Help us educate [...]

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Howard County Conservancy, a host site for our CSA in Woodstock, Maryland, invites you to attend Healthy Food in Our Schools with Anthony Geraci on Wed, March 15 at 7pm. Tony Geraci is a national leader working with Michelle Obama to support healthy food choices for kids in their school lunches. Formerly the Director of [...]

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What’s the difference between food labeled organic and food labeled natural? The term natural is very loosely defined by the FDA and can encompass a wide swath of products, whereas Certified-Organic is a strictly defined and enforced standard. In addition to those listed on the chart, there are other important advantages of organic. For example, [...]

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Erin Barnett, director of Local Harvest wrote a fascinating article in the Local Harvest newsletter. It begins: Three years ago this month I started taking a new approach to meal planning. It sounds like an exaggeration, but it really has changed my life. If you’re like me, you like to cook, but don’t enjoy deciding [...]

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We are being presented with the Slow Food DC Snail of Approval award! Come join us in celebration on September 25 at Poste Moderne Brassiere’s patio from 4-7pm. Click here to get tickets $30 for Slow Food DC Members, $35 for non-members. A sampling of roasts and seasonal sides plus a drink ticket is included [...]

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A CSA member had some fun with the African Horned Melon She also sent us this beautiful card.

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Greetings! My name is Julia Allal and I am the Group Services and Community Outreach Manager at Strathmore, a performing arts center in North Bethesda, Maryland. Food writer Michael Pollan will be speaking at Strathmore on Wednesday, October 26 at 8 pm, and will discuss issues such as the industrialization of food and agriculture and [...]

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What if supermarkets grew veggies in their own rooftop greenhouses, instead of shipping them in from California and beyond? Think of how that could bring us the freshest, tastiest produce, and vastly reduce long distance trucking of perishable items? That’s the idea behind New York-based BrightFarms. We grow for taste, not for shelf-life, and we [...]

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