We just received these kind words in an email from a member: SUBJECT: Today’s bounty Really, peeps, I laid all the box contents on the counter this afternoon and it looked like a foodie magazine photo shoot! Right now I am carmelizing the onions with balsamic and rosemary, and the Delicata is in rings for [...]

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Facebook alerted me to this story about a friend of mine from high school. In 2010, the recession prompted a group of friends and neighbors to establish a garden and teach kids and families about healthy foods and the joys of gardening. “We’re teaching children that nutrition isn’t difficult,” Hunsberger said. “If we tried to [...]

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From Eat Local Challenge, a group weblog focusing on the importance of locally and sustainably grown food. Eating local means more for the local economy. According to a study by the New Economics Foundation in London, a dollar spent locally generates twice as much income for the local economy. When businesses are not owned locally, [...]

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From Food Politics, via Hartke is Online! Consumers and Farmers to Take their Message to Congress The annual lobby day for small, sustainable farms is coming up again this coming Wednesday, March 16th. This is your chance to join us once again as we take our support for unrestrained farm to consumer direct sales to [...]

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What’s wrong with this picture? From Food Politics by Marion Nestle – USDA has changed the way it reports the country’s annual expenditures on the food system. It has just released the Economic Research Service’s new food dollar report. As the report explains, it is designed to answer the question “For what do our food [...]

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From The Atlantic.com: At the University of California-Berkeley, a group of students protested the proposed opening of a Panda Express branch. What is surprising is that the students not only defeated the chain but also took their victory one step further by raising $100,000 to replace the proposed restaurant with a student-run co-op carrying fresh, [...]

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Food for Thought From the organizer… In the Nov 29 Newsweek article called the Divided We Eat, Michael Pollan (Omnivore’s Dilemma) was quoted as saying “we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food.” CSA falls into the latter. I wanted to share with you [...]

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From the British Columbia award winning Pique Newsmagazine comes a succinct explanation of why fast food and other pre-packaged foods are cheaper than fresh ingredients cooked at home. The Real Price of Today’s Cheap Food.

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Wednesday November 24, 2010 Our weekly email from Kathan at Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative is reprinted here for your convenience. Please let us know if you are not receiving these weekly emails. Also, in case you missed it, scroll down to find a recipe for cranberry compote with apple and orange. Hello CSA Shareholders! The [...]

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Recent research has shown that cranberries may be the healthiest food on your plate this holiday. Loaded with flavonoids, cranberries may help ward off cancer and heart disease. They also may be linked to improved dental health and keeping stomach ulcers at bay. So, don’t skip the cranberries this Thanksgiving and your body will be [...]

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