You probably know that Sandy Spring CSA partners with the farmers of Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative (LFFC). We help them find CSA sites in Maryland and Northern Virginia. In doing this work for ten years, we have worked with many different farms and we believe LFFC’s Certified Organic produce is the best in the region. [...]

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Check out The Plant, Chicago’s first entirely self-sustaining “vertical farm.” The Plant occupies a former meatpacking plant and slaughterhouse in the Union Stock Yards, transforming a huge brick building that once specialized in bringing red meat to the masses into a green space all about urban farming without waste. The interior that looks like something [...]

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What do Meryl Streep, Vogue magazine and our little CSA have in common? Well, it’s a stretch, but in the January 2012 issue, Meryl is on the cover, Annie Leibovitz was the photographer, and in the opening paragraphs it says Meryl supports and is a shareholder of a local CSA. It seems the term CSA [...]

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Google makes it easier to search for recipes, and even filter by any combination of ingredients, time to prepare and calories. You can even search for recipes by holiday or events such as Cinco de Mayo, baby shower, etc.

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I find this 4 minute video fascinating. It’s a positive approach to open source, DIY hardware. I’ve heard of open source software, but he has developed an open source model for building practical things like a tractor. Found on Facebook, originally from http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html

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