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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Food: Back to basics.

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October 14, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: mustard greens, spinach, broccoli, sweet potatoes, onions, corn, winter squash, peppers or eggplant, herb and apples. Recipes: Sweet Potato and Cabbage Medley Some vegetables, when they come in the fall, can come HUGE – and two of these are cabbages and sweet potatoes. (Anyone else [...]

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Thanks to our Sandy Spring coordinator, Gene Klinger, who spent from 1-7pm at the site this week. We think the previous shortage of shares is due to partners not communicating with each other and both picking up a full share. Again, please do not take a share unless you know for sure that your partner [...]

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I am wandering from the food topic this week. My friend Dana, who is a life-long birder and eco-travel entrepreneur, tells me that I am a birding conservationist. I am a newbie steward to bluebirds. You can see my bluebird house, complete with its shade sombrero above. This relates to two interesting articles in the [...]

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