Posted in Backyard Chickens, Farm to Fork, Growing Goodies, Oh Say Can You CSA!, Real Time Farms blog on May 10, 2012
Transition Challenge Month, yup. Brought to you by the Transition United States, yup. Clearer now? Until I was asked to teach a Backyard Chicken class for a Reskilling Festival co-hosted by Transition Ann Arbor, I did not know either. Nor had I heard the phrases “peak oil” or “energy descent”. But in my humble opinion, [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Real Time Farms blog on October 10, 2011
Last week I visited three of the 20 Amish farms that comprise the Path Valley Farms collective, serving nearly 60 DC restaurants. In this enchanting place food is grown by those who ride in buggies to serve the needs of customers who travel by jets. One gets the sense travelers seldom visit the 2-3 mile [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Health, Real Time Farms blog on October 7, 2011
(In the interests of being a good lesson planner, I am going to outline the format of this story so you know what to expect. First I am going to share my personal experiences teaching in a school, then I am going to talk about our first National Farm to School Month, then I am [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Real Time Farms blog on September 2, 2011
The heavy lifting side to cooking – sliding a bone saw through a 200-pound quarter of beef, for example – belies the regal decadence of the art in the final product. Perfectly balanced orbs of color, texture, flavor and elegance arrive to your table. Removed from the blood of the animal and the dirt of [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Real Time Farms blog, Vision on May 31, 2011
(Other than being a good word for freerice.com, encomium denotes a song of praise.) Just in time for a perfect week of spring weather, I visited DC (my hometown) and Baltimore to walk up and down the Mall, visit the Department of Agriculture (USDA), talk to restaurants in love with transparency, take pictures of markets, [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Real Time Farms blog on May 23, 2011
“Have you heard about the Slow Food campaign? They are urging supporters to send in pictures of farms to protest against the Florida, Iowa, and Minnesota bills that would make it illegal to take a picture or a video of a farm. They are calling it the farmarazzi campaign.” Two weeks ago, I am sharing [...]
